I agree with you, not that this will surprise many people. Lest we seem a mutual admiration society, I will leave it at that. The article is unfortunately not unusual, but I thoroughly enjoyed seeing it so well refuted.
And the accent was nice too :) Dana On 12/2/05, Paul Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 03 December 2005 00:41 > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: fun weekend reading > > > > I missed the original post but that's an impressive > > refutation, thank you. I have developed a sort of left-handed > > affection for Sam because he does process information well > > when he tries -- the problem is the stuff he feeds his brain imho. > > That particular article just seemed to me to be so far off base in so many > ways and so disrespectful to all those people who are not American that > have > fought with and by the sides of American soldiers against common enemies > throughout the years and knowing that my family has paid with lost uncles, > brothers and fathers for someone to wipe out their histories is such a > distasteful justification of the current American presidency... I guess > you > could say it hit a nerve... > > I do know that there is hope for us all as I have witnessed many threads > on > this list that show balanced and well thought out arguments followed by a > reasoned, advisarial debate. However, whilst there are those in the world > that are producing and consuming propaganda that seeks to re-write history > to justify the "cause of the day", the rest of us have an uphill battle! > > There was a remark in that article using the phrase facism and attaching > it > to Muslim extremists and whilst I agree that the extremists are facist in > their own way, I felt that this article was also facist. It's just a case > of > which facist ideology fits the observers view of the world best at the end > of the day and both of these facist views IMO are as dangerous as each > other. > > > It's a shame we don't hear from you more often. I found this > > witty and informative. > > > > Why thank you. I do read most if not all of the posts but actually finding > the time to participate fully is another matter :( > > Paul > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:185624 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
