British Newspaper Article
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This was being passed around another board. It was *apparently* published in a British newspaper. I couldn't verify the source, but the article was well written. ------ ONE year ago, the world witnessed a unique kind of broadcasting - the mass murder of thousands, live on television. As a lesson in the pitiless cruelty of the human race, September 11 was up there with Pol Pot's mountain of skulls in Cambodia, or the skeletal bodies stacked like garbage in the Nazi concentration camps. An unspeakable act so cruel, so calculated and so utterly merciless that surely the world could agree on one thing - nobody deserves this fate. Surely there could be consensus: the victims were truly innocent, the perpetrators truly evil. But to the world's eternal shame, 9/11 is increasingly seen as America's comeuppance. Incredibly, anti-Americanism has increased over the last year. There has always been a simmering resentment to the USA in this country - too loud, too rich, too full of themselves and so much happier than Europeans - but it has become an epidemic. And it seems incredible to me. More than that, it turns my stomach. America is this country's greatest friend and our staunchest ally. We are bonded to the US by culture, language and blood. A little over half a century ago, around half a million Americans died for our freedoms, as well as their own. Have we forgotten so soon? And exactly a year ago, thousands of ordinary men, women and children - not just Americans, but from dozens of countries - were butchered by a small group of religious fanatics. Are we so quick to betray them? What touched the heart about those who died in the twin towers and on the planes was that we recognised them. Young fathers and mothers, somebody's son and somebody's daughter, husbands and wives. And children. Some unborn. And these people brought it on themselves? And their nation is to blame for their meticulously planned slaughter? These days you don't have to be some dust-encrusted nut job in Kabul or Karachi or Finsbury Park to see America as the Great Satan. The anti-American alliance is made up of self-loathing liberals who blame the Americans for every ill in the Third World, and conservatives suffering from power-envy, bitter that the world's only superpower can do what it likes without having to ask permission. The truth is that America has behaved with enormous restraint since September 11. Remember, remember. Remember the gut-wrenching tapes of wee
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This was being passed around another board. It was *apparently* published in a British newspaper. I couldn't verify the source, but the article was well written. ------ ONE year ago, the world witnessed a unique kind of broadcasting - the mass murder of thousands, live on television. As a lesson in the pitiless cruelty of the human race, September 11 was up there with Pol Pot's mountain of skulls in Cambodia, or the skeletal bodies stacked like garbage in the Nazi concentration camps. An unspeakable act so cruel, so calculated and so utterly merciless that surely the world could agree on one thing - nobody deserves this fate. Surely there could be consensus: the victims were truly innocent, the perpetrators truly evil. But to the world's eternal shame, 9/11 is increasingly seen as America's comeuppance. Incredibly, anti-Americanism has increased over the last year. There has always been a simmering resentment to the USA in this country - too loud, too rich, too full of themselves and so much happier than Europeans - but it has become an epidemic. And it seems incredible to me. More than that, it turns my stomach. America is this country's greatest friend and our staunchest ally. We are bonded to the US by culture, language and blood. A little over half a century ago, around half a million Americans died for our freedoms, as well as their own. Have we forgotten so soon? And exactly a year ago, thousands of ordinary men, women and children - not just Americans, but from dozens of countries - were butchered by a small group of religious fanatics. Are we so quick to betray them? What touched the heart about those who died in the twin towers and on the planes was that we recognised them. Young fathers and mothers, somebody's son and somebody's daughter, husbands and wives. And children. Some unborn. And these people brought it on themselves? And their nation is to blame for their meticulously planned slaughter? These days you don't have to be some dust-encrusted nut job in Kabul or Karachi or Finsbury Park to see America as the Great Satan. The anti-American alliance is made up of self-loathing liberals who blame the Americans for every ill in the Third World, and conservatives suffering from power-envy, bitter that the world's only superpower can do what it likes without having to ask permission. The truth is that America has behaved with enormous restraint since September 11. Remember, remember. Remember the gut-wrenching tapes of wee
I suggest you move this to the soapbox! Max.
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I suggest you move this to the soapbox! Max.
Why? Political statements are VERY common in the lounge. But to make this thread acceptable for the lounge, I will add the following comment. "GWB SUCKS!!!!" Better? :rolleyes::laugh: Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
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Why? Political statements are VERY common in the lounge. But to make this thread acceptable for the lounge, I will add the following comment. "GWB SUCKS!!!!" Better? :rolleyes::laugh: Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
Now you're really setting things on fire here :-D
Cheers,
Marc:beer: Click to see my *real* signature :beer:
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I suggest you move this to the soapbox! Max.
Agreed ! The tigress is here :-D
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This was being passed around another board. It was *apparently* published in a British newspaper. I couldn't verify the source, but the article was well written. ------ ONE year ago, the world witnessed a unique kind of broadcasting - the mass murder of thousands, live on television. As a lesson in the pitiless cruelty of the human race, September 11 was up there with Pol Pot's mountain of skulls in Cambodia, or the skeletal bodies stacked like garbage in the Nazi concentration camps. An unspeakable act so cruel, so calculated and so utterly merciless that surely the world could agree on one thing - nobody deserves this fate. Surely there could be consensus: the victims were truly innocent, the perpetrators truly evil. But to the world's eternal shame, 9/11 is increasingly seen as America's comeuppance. Incredibly, anti-Americanism has increased over the last year. There has always been a simmering resentment to the USA in this country - too loud, too rich, too full of themselves and so much happier than Europeans - but it has become an epidemic. And it seems incredible to me. More than that, it turns my stomach. America is this country's greatest friend and our staunchest ally. We are bonded to the US by culture, language and blood. A little over half a century ago, around half a million Americans died for our freedoms, as well as their own. Have we forgotten so soon? And exactly a year ago, thousands of ordinary men, women and children - not just Americans, but from dozens of countries - were butchered by a small group of religious fanatics. Are we so quick to betray them? What touched the heart about those who died in the twin towers and on the planes was that we recognised them. Young fathers and mothers, somebody's son and somebody's daughter, husbands and wives. And children. Some unborn. And these people brought it on themselves? And their nation is to blame for their meticulously planned slaughter? These days you don't have to be some dust-encrusted nut job in Kabul or Karachi or Finsbury Park to see America as the Great Satan. The anti-American alliance is made up of self-loathing liberals who blame the Americans for every ill in the Third World, and conservatives suffering from power-envy, bitter that the world's only superpower can do what it likes without having to ask permission. The truth is that America has behaved with enormous restraint since September 11. Remember, remember. Remember the gut-wrenching tapes of wee
and... um what does Iraq have to do with 9/11? -c
Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out. --Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
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Now you're really setting things on fire here :-D
Cheers,
Marc:beer: Click to see my *real* signature :beer:
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Why? Political statements are VERY common in the lounge. But to make this thread acceptable for the lounge, I will add the following comment. "GWB SUCKS!!!!" Better? :rolleyes::laugh: Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
Political statements are acceptable, but posting an article that might be inflamatory with no reference will eventually dribble into useless discussions and pointless debates. Max.
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This was being passed around another board. It was *apparently* published in a British newspaper. I couldn't verify the source, but the article was well written. ------ ONE year ago, the world witnessed a unique kind of broadcasting - the mass murder of thousands, live on television. As a lesson in the pitiless cruelty of the human race, September 11 was up there with Pol Pot's mountain of skulls in Cambodia, or the skeletal bodies stacked like garbage in the Nazi concentration camps. An unspeakable act so cruel, so calculated and so utterly merciless that surely the world could agree on one thing - nobody deserves this fate. Surely there could be consensus: the victims were truly innocent, the perpetrators truly evil. But to the world's eternal shame, 9/11 is increasingly seen as America's comeuppance. Incredibly, anti-Americanism has increased over the last year. There has always been a simmering resentment to the USA in this country - too loud, too rich, too full of themselves and so much happier than Europeans - but it has become an epidemic. And it seems incredible to me. More than that, it turns my stomach. America is this country's greatest friend and our staunchest ally. We are bonded to the US by culture, language and blood. A little over half a century ago, around half a million Americans died for our freedoms, as well as their own. Have we forgotten so soon? And exactly a year ago, thousands of ordinary men, women and children - not just Americans, but from dozens of countries - were butchered by a small group of religious fanatics. Are we so quick to betray them? What touched the heart about those who died in the twin towers and on the planes was that we recognised them. Young fathers and mothers, somebody's son and somebody's daughter, husbands and wives. And children. Some unborn. And these people brought it on themselves? And their nation is to blame for their meticulously planned slaughter? These days you don't have to be some dust-encrusted nut job in Kabul or Karachi or Finsbury Park to see America as the Great Satan. The anti-American alliance is made up of self-loathing liberals who blame the Americans for every ill in the Third World, and conservatives suffering from power-envy, bitter that the world's only superpower can do what it likes without having to ask permission. The truth is that America has behaved with enormous restraint since September 11. Remember, remember. Remember the gut-wrenching tapes of wee
It does not have the 'feel' of a British article , some of the language used seems to be from an American source . Can you tell us where you obtained the 'article' . I am in favour of military action in Iraq , but I am constantly frightened by the introspective view that underlies a lot of US 'news' . Much of the news coverage I see seems to be 10% news and 90 % comment . And what comment there is seems to be very much dumbed down .This 'article' seems typical of the sort of comments I see all the time . It has no analysis it simply attempts to tug at the emotions. You cannot understand a subject if you stay only at the level of your emotions . The opposition has emotions too , and they hold theirs as deeply as you hold yours . But if you analyse the opposition , if you understand why they do what they do then surely you will be in a better position to defeat them ? Otherwise the only solution can be to beat them into place , and that will not work in the long term. Am I the only one forever playing catch up with technology , while all the juicy opportunites keep rolling by ?
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This was being passed around another board. It was *apparently* published in a British newspaper. I couldn't verify the source, but the article was well written. ------ ONE year ago, the world witnessed a unique kind of broadcasting - the mass murder of thousands, live on television. As a lesson in the pitiless cruelty of the human race, September 11 was up there with Pol Pot's mountain of skulls in Cambodia, or the skeletal bodies stacked like garbage in the Nazi concentration camps. An unspeakable act so cruel, so calculated and so utterly merciless that surely the world could agree on one thing - nobody deserves this fate. Surely there could be consensus: the victims were truly innocent, the perpetrators truly evil. But to the world's eternal shame, 9/11 is increasingly seen as America's comeuppance. Incredibly, anti-Americanism has increased over the last year. There has always been a simmering resentment to the USA in this country - too loud, too rich, too full of themselves and so much happier than Europeans - but it has become an epidemic. And it seems incredible to me. More than that, it turns my stomach. America is this country's greatest friend and our staunchest ally. We are bonded to the US by culture, language and blood. A little over half a century ago, around half a million Americans died for our freedoms, as well as their own. Have we forgotten so soon? And exactly a year ago, thousands of ordinary men, women and children - not just Americans, but from dozens of countries - were butchered by a small group of religious fanatics. Are we so quick to betray them? What touched the heart about those who died in the twin towers and on the planes was that we recognised them. Young fathers and mothers, somebody's son and somebody's daughter, husbands and wives. And children. Some unborn. And these people brought it on themselves? And their nation is to blame for their meticulously planned slaughter? These days you don't have to be some dust-encrusted nut job in Kabul or Karachi or Finsbury Park to see America as the Great Satan. The anti-American alliance is made up of self-loathing liberals who blame the Americans for every ill in the Third World, and conservatives suffering from power-envy, bitter that the world's only superpower can do what it likes without having to ask permission. The truth is that America has behaved with enormous restraint since September 11. Remember, remember. Remember the gut-wrenching tapes of wee
http://www.theblessingsofliberty.com/articles/article23.html[^] -c
Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out. --Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
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and... um what does Iraq have to do with 9/11? -c
Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out. --Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
Here is an interesting article about 9/11 and Iraq that deals with the lack of evidence for any direct link. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/04/september11/main520830.shtml[^] Five months ago, the evidence just wasn't there. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
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Political statements are acceptable, but posting an article that might be inflamatory with no reference will eventually dribble into useless discussions and pointless debates. Max.
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Here is an interesting article about 9/11 and Iraq that deals with the lack of evidence for any direct link. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/09/04/september11/main520830.shtml[^] Five months ago, the evidence just wasn't there. Tim Smith I'm going to patent thought. I have yet to see any prior art.
i'm sure glad Rumsfeld is on our side... :~ -c
Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out. --Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
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This was being passed around another board. It was *apparently* published in a British newspaper. I couldn't verify the source, but the article was well written. ------ ONE year ago, the world witnessed a unique kind of broadcasting - the mass murder of thousands, live on television. As a lesson in the pitiless cruelty of the human race, September 11 was up there with Pol Pot's mountain of skulls in Cambodia, or the skeletal bodies stacked like garbage in the Nazi concentration camps. An unspeakable act so cruel, so calculated and so utterly merciless that surely the world could agree on one thing - nobody deserves this fate. Surely there could be consensus: the victims were truly innocent, the perpetrators truly evil. But to the world's eternal shame, 9/11 is increasingly seen as America's comeuppance. Incredibly, anti-Americanism has increased over the last year. There has always been a simmering resentment to the USA in this country - too loud, too rich, too full of themselves and so much happier than Europeans - but it has become an epidemic. And it seems incredible to me. More than that, it turns my stomach. America is this country's greatest friend and our staunchest ally. We are bonded to the US by culture, language and blood. A little over half a century ago, around half a million Americans died for our freedoms, as well as their own. Have we forgotten so soon? And exactly a year ago, thousands of ordinary men, women and children - not just Americans, but from dozens of countries - were butchered by a small group of religious fanatics. Are we so quick to betray them? What touched the heart about those who died in the twin towers and on the planes was that we recognised them. Young fathers and mothers, somebody's son and somebody's daughter, husbands and wives. And children. Some unborn. And these people brought it on themselves? And their nation is to blame for their meticulously planned slaughter? These days you don't have to be some dust-encrusted nut job in Kabul or Karachi or Finsbury Park to see America as the Great Satan. The anti-American alliance is made up of self-loathing liberals who blame the Americans for every ill in the Third World, and conservatives suffering from power-envy, bitter that the world's only superpower can do what it likes without having to ask permission. The truth is that America has behaved with enormous restraint since September 11. Remember, remember. Remember the gut-wrenching tapes of wee
I stopped reading when I read this rubbish: "And realize that America has never retaliated for 9/11 in anything like the way it could have. So a few al-Qaeda tourists got locked without a trial in Camp X-ray? Pass the Kleenex... So some Afghan wedding receptions were shot up after they merrily fired their semi-automatics in a sky full of American planes? A shame, but maybe next time they should stick to confetti." That is uncalled for, totally pathetic to resort to that. So he reckons the only way we would be justified in our ranting about America is if they nuked half the planet? Actually, he lost me when I go to the "remember blah blah" crap. Anti-American does not automatically mean Pro-9/11. He has some valid points in the begining of course.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaAnna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: I don't know much about Artificial Intelligence, but I've seen a lot of Natural Stupidity in the corporate world...
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http://www.theblessingsofliberty.com/articles/article23.html[^] -c
Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out. --Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
Thanks for posting the source.
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This was being passed around another board. It was *apparently* published in a British newspaper. I couldn't verify the source, but the article was well written. ------ ONE year ago, the world witnessed a unique kind of broadcasting - the mass murder of thousands, live on television. As a lesson in the pitiless cruelty of the human race, September 11 was up there with Pol Pot's mountain of skulls in Cambodia, or the skeletal bodies stacked like garbage in the Nazi concentration camps. An unspeakable act so cruel, so calculated and so utterly merciless that surely the world could agree on one thing - nobody deserves this fate. Surely there could be consensus: the victims were truly innocent, the perpetrators truly evil. But to the world's eternal shame, 9/11 is increasingly seen as America's comeuppance. Incredibly, anti-Americanism has increased over the last year. There has always been a simmering resentment to the USA in this country - too loud, too rich, too full of themselves and so much happier than Europeans - but it has become an epidemic. And it seems incredible to me. More than that, it turns my stomach. America is this country's greatest friend and our staunchest ally. We are bonded to the US by culture, language and blood. A little over half a century ago, around half a million Americans died for our freedoms, as well as their own. Have we forgotten so soon? And exactly a year ago, thousands of ordinary men, women and children - not just Americans, but from dozens of countries - were butchered by a small group of religious fanatics. Are we so quick to betray them? What touched the heart about those who died in the twin towers and on the planes was that we recognised them. Young fathers and mothers, somebody's son and somebody's daughter, husbands and wives. And children. Some unborn. And these people brought it on themselves? And their nation is to blame for their meticulously planned slaughter? These days you don't have to be some dust-encrusted nut job in Kabul or Karachi or Finsbury Park to see America as the Great Satan. The anti-American alliance is made up of self-loathing liberals who blame the Americans for every ill in the Third World, and conservatives suffering from power-envy, bitter that the world's only superpower can do what it likes without having to ask permission. The truth is that America has behaved with enormous restraint since September 11. Remember, remember. Remember the gut-wrenching tapes of wee
Putting at the same level the 9/11 and the Holocaust seems to me a little bit surrealist. The author spits his hatred as others spit their venom, and uses it to justify war crimes and non-respect of Human Rights. I don't see the difference between his speech and the ones of the radical islamist hatred mongers.
Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop
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i'm sure glad Rumsfeld is on our side... :~ -c
Be very, very careful what you put into that head, because you will never, ever get it out. --Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
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Political statements are acceptable, but posting an article that might be inflamatory with no reference will eventually dribble into useless discussions and pointless debates. Max.
Inflamatory??!! Who gives a rats a$$! :mad: There is way too much political correctness being handed down here at CP the way it is. The guy saw an article he liked so he posted it. If you don't like it, ignore it.
Jason Henderson
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It does not have the 'feel' of a British article , some of the language used seems to be from an American source . Can you tell us where you obtained the 'article' . I am in favour of military action in Iraq , but I am constantly frightened by the introspective view that underlies a lot of US 'news' . Much of the news coverage I see seems to be 10% news and 90 % comment . And what comment there is seems to be very much dumbed down .This 'article' seems typical of the sort of comments I see all the time . It has no analysis it simply attempts to tug at the emotions. You cannot understand a subject if you stay only at the level of your emotions . The opposition has emotions too , and they hold theirs as deeply as you hold yours . But if you analyse the opposition , if you understand why they do what they do then surely you will be in a better position to defeat them ? Otherwise the only solution can be to beat them into place , and that will not work in the long term. Am I the only one forever playing catch up with technology , while all the juicy opportunites keep rolling by ?
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I stopped reading when I read this rubbish: "And realize that America has never retaliated for 9/11 in anything like the way it could have. So a few al-Qaeda tourists got locked without a trial in Camp X-ray? Pass the Kleenex... So some Afghan wedding receptions were shot up after they merrily fired their semi-automatics in a sky full of American planes? A shame, but maybe next time they should stick to confetti." That is uncalled for, totally pathetic to resort to that. So he reckons the only way we would be justified in our ranting about America is if they nuked half the planet? Actually, he lost me when I go to the "remember blah blah" crap. Anti-American does not automatically mean Pro-9/11. He has some valid points in the begining of course.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaAnna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: I don't know much about Artificial Intelligence, but I've seen a lot of Natural Stupidity in the corporate world...
You probably wouldn't understand unless it happened to SA, but it was one of the scariest days of my life and I wanted heads to roll. I think most Americans wanted to nuke somebody that day. Thank goodness cooler heads prevailed.
Jason Henderson
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." - Gandhi