My criteria is time and interest. I literally have over 100 posts in draft that I was going to send to the list at one time or another that were interesting or relevant to what was being discussed but I never got back to. Another criteria is if something potentially impacts me in a way that I like or don't like. Also, one sided events drive me crazy, which is why the media and the UN shows up a lot in my posts.
Some examples: I've posted on conflicts around the world where the death toll is in the 6+ digits but are ignored by the media or whoever. When we were talking about Somalia I was going to post an article about how the UN dealt with a hostage situation in Somalia. They cut off the water to Mogadishu. The hostages were returned in 4 days. That means 4 days without water in the capital of a country. When the UN is being dicks in new and interesting ways, I usually post about it. I posted about how free speech is being curtailed but only posted once about Durban and that was in reference to the State Department being dicks again. When the media is being biased and one sided on an issue I may post about it. The same when people are being totally one sided, which is why I post on Bush topics where he's accused of being the devil rather than just one in a long line of demons. I was going to post today about a woman who hired a stripper to take her place at her school reunion. When I see what I consider a foolish statement like "moderate Taliban", it comes up on my radar (though I don't think I started that thread). Stupidity gets my interest such as when people were upset about an afro on an Obama chia pet and called it racist. I can go on and on but my criteria are the same as everyone elses. And yes, I post about terrorism, religious coercion, and the like and yes, many of those posts have some relation to Muslims and/or Islam. My point is that you're singling out a segment of my posts which have something negative to say about something in some way connected to Islam and using it as the basis for a profile. Taliban is Taliban. They just happen to be Muslims. Pakistan is Pakistan. They just happen to be Muslims. The UN human rights council are pricks. Many of their members happen to be Muslim. But then again, most (dare I say but not all) of their members are countries with atrocious human rights records. I'm glad I never posted about the super hot Palestinian chick who was hitting on me in collage. My not responding to her charms might also be considered anti-Muslim (it was actually because I was a clueless schmuck). On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:48 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ok, Michael. Just answer me this. With all the news in the world every day, > what drives you to post the things you post? What's your selection criteria? > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Michael Dinowitz < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > This topic re: the Taliban? So was it the snarky comment about moderate > > Taliban that did the harm or the idea that they may one day take over > > Pakistan? Or was it that I posted it rather than someone else? > > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Michael Grant <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > For the record: I don't seriously think you'd try to kill anyone, the > > > remote line was a gaff. > > > > > > However it does seem that you do more harm than good when it comes to > > this > > > topic. > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:295751 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
