> This is what passes for honest reporting at NBC? This is what passes > for neutrality at Reuters? I expect total bias from ABC (who can't > talk about the Gaza towns without claiming they were filled with > religious extremist zealots). I expect total bias from the BBC. It > seems the papers and news networks with actual integrity are getting > fewer and fewer. > This is the downfall of the world, biased reporting controlling what > and how people see the world. > If ever there was a need for a place to rant and say that they're all > ass licking dog fuckers, it's now.
ROTFL!!!! Thanks, that made me smile. You said it all with that last line, but let me just add that I want to be shocked that the Palestinians have become the doyennes of the so-called anti-war Left in the U.S. and Europe, but mostly I am just saddened by the recognition that the same people who glorified the murdering bastards that took over places like Cuba, Nicaragua, and Vietnam are standing up and declaring themselves in favor of a society that has decided en masse that it is OK for a teenager to strap a bomb to themselves and detonate it in a crowd of civilians. That is a death cult, not a society. I don't see where the Palestinians go from here, at least in the immediate future. They put everything into the intifada, and once the West Bank barrier is fully in place, the bombings are going to be nearly eliminated and the intifada will be finished. But there is nothing to replace it. Arafat destroyed his people and killed and wounded thousands of Israelis, and all for nothing, all for the same de facto situation that he walked away from five years ago. What a fucking waste. Charles Krauthammer had an interesting comment on the situation, which was that he figured Israel may have to sit behind the barrier for two or three generations before the Palestinians accept peace- and he wasn't all that confident that they would accept it, he was more speculating on the possibility in some distant future. Someone else made the comment that the world should be pouring money into Gaza to try to make that place work, but who who try to start a business in Gaza at this point? It can't be government hand-outs, that would just go into: 1. Swiss bank accounts and 2. guns. As for the reporting, people rarely think or see outside their own beliefs, even smart people. I think about it this way. When I speak, I hear the form of speech to which I am accustomed- based on birth, education, etc. I interpret that as baseline or neutral speech. When I hear someone from a different place, perhaps with a different upbringing, speak, the first thing I hear is their accent. Their speech does not conform to my notion of a verbal baseline, and part of that difference I call an accent. Of course, to that person's ear, it is not their speech that sounds different, it is mine. To their ear, I have an accent. Beliefs are, of course, very different from accents. What disturbs me about the current state of affairs with the Left is the deeply paradoxical beliefs in non-violence coupled with support for the Palestinians. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:170864 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
