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June 30, 2004
Easy to admire from afar....
It's easy to admire terrorists from a distance, rather more difficult when they are terrorizing you. (Via GlennReynolds.com.)While Dunnigan was speaking of popular perceptions in the Mideast, I immediately found myself thinking about popular perceptions in the United States, where terrorists, loathed after 9/11, are now finding respect. Even admiration. Or whatever one wants to call this statement from Michael Moore: The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow – and they will win.Dunnigan is right. It's easy to admire them from a distance. And easier for some than for others. posted by Eric on 06.30.04 at 09:35 AM
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Has anyone seen Michael Moore and Muqtada al-Sadr at the same time. I wonder.... RD · July 1, 2004 07:46 AM If you think Michael "Dude, where's my integrity?" Moore is bad, check out this item on Ralph "Lenin Lite" Nader, courtesy of Secular Blasphemy: http://blogs.salon.com/0001561/ Look for "Ralph Nader: 'US a puppet, Israel a puppeteer'" in the 7/1 section. The extremists are ganging up to destroy the sensible middle. Why am I not surprised? All of a sudden, I have a new respect for Moore, who looks absolutely moderate by comparison. Raging Bee · July 1, 2004 03:58 PM "The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not "insurgents" or "terrorists" or "The Enemy." They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow – and they will win." Imagine, if you will, a foreign power sending ground troops into your home in search of "terrorists". There are not terrorists in your home and these troops have killed over 11,000 fellow civilians. Would you resist? SixFootPole · July 1, 2004 09:08 PM If that foreign power was the United States and I was in Iraq, Iran, or Saudi Arabia, I'd feel very good that I was no longer in danger of being stoned to death for heresy by the local clergy or run through a shredder by the dictator. I would not feel grateful to the Leftists within the occupying country who were undermining the War effort. Steven Malcolm Anderson (Cato the Elder) the Lesbian-worshipping gun-loving selfish aesthete · July 1, 2004 10:30 PM Oh please! This is a democracy and we have free speech, the right to assembly, to air our grievances, and the right to print them. "Undermine the war effort"? What are we supposed to do if we disagree? Be quiet about it? SixFootPole · July 2, 2004 12:43 AM Actually, this is a Constitutional republic, not a democracy, or else you would not have free speech if the majority voted to silence you. I will defend your right to say anything you please, on your own property or with the consent of the property owner, and as long as it does not constitute a clear and present danger. I will also defend _my_ right to disagree with you or with anybody else. And to Hell with the Politically Correct Thought Police of today's Communist-controlled universities. Steven Malcolm Anderson (Cato the Elder) the Lesbian-worshipping gun-loving selfish aesthete · July 2, 2004 01:38 AM huh? Does this have anything to do with Communists? Communists have rights too! Sorry, but speech is not a clear and present danger. If the communists form an army, we have a problem, but speech is protected. If Moore is presenting a clear and present danger, file the charges and make the charges stick. The issue here is disagreement with the President, which is my right and my duty. He serves at the pleasure of the people, not by the grace of god. And it is too a democracy. SixFootPole · July 2, 2004 05:41 PM |
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