Someone tells me that five years ago in a country thousands of miles
away, currently in a state of war, he committed atrocities. Exactly
how would I, as a private citizen, go about verifying this?
Dana
On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 15:55:56 -0500, G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Bah, thats a load of whooey.
>
> Whether you are impelled to or not, citing something that you've heard
> without verifying it's authenticity is just plain irresponsible and wrong.
> It's one of the reasons those dang chain emails annoy me so much.
>
> If Kerry heard first hand stories from soldiers of atrocities, accounts that
> he believes are true based upon the trustworthiness of the source, then when
> he relays that story to Congress he is stating them as if he believes them
> to be accurate.
>
> If it turns out that Kerry's sources lied to him, even though he had every
> reason to believe they didn't, he'd be guilty of the same mistake Bush made.
> Saying he has no obligation as to the truthfulness of stories he is
> recounting, is to forgive George Bush of the very same thing. I don't care
> if he's talking to Congress, or a kindergarten class.
>
> When Bush relayed the British WMD intel, he believed it. I sure hope Kerry
> believed what he was recounting in that testimony, because it speaks worse
> of him if he didn't, wrong or otherwise.
>
> ugh, sorry for the long post.....Brian
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gruss Gott
> To: CF-Community
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: Kerry's Testimony
>
> > Andy wrote:
> > If one wishes to hold Bush responsible for ... the same should be
> applied to Kerry.
>
> You're wrong. Here's why:
>
> Mr. Bush is acting as the President of the United States; he acts in
> the same capacity as Congress in the example of Mr. Kerry's testimony.
> If Mr. Bush, or congress, feels something needs to be investigated,
> then they investigate it.
>
> Mr. Kerry, on the other hand, was acting in the capacity of a
> character/professional witness. His job was only to provide
> information based on questions from the investigators; not to conduct
> an investigation. That's congress' or the President's
> job.________________________________
>
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