hold off on the personal attacks please.
larry
At 06:45 PM 3/31/2004, you wrote:
>You're totally ignorant of the Iraqi culture aren't you.
>
>I think you could compare the way the Iraqis live, and perhaps their
>belief systems to the 18th or 19th century yes.
>In many parts of the middle east there are 'slaves', there are brutal
>draconian laws and there is the same myopic views that existed in the
>time of the domination of the old catholic church.
>
>Others have already given examples of your precious, righteous and holy
>Americans acting in similar ways. Not that it will make a difference, as
>I'm sure you will then launch into some disingenuous argument about
>'degrees' of barbarism.
>
>And 'whether the conclusion is illogical or not makes no difference'?
>So you're quite content with spewing torrents of jingoistic effluent
>with no care or time taken to analyse the validity of your statements?
>Interesting.
>
>Do you even know that Fallujah is practically in the center of a region
>replete with anti-american sentiment in Iraq?
>No, you probably don't. Yet you feel qualified to make bigoted
>statements about Iraqis in general with comical authority.
>
>Doh study it John, America is the milk of human kindness and goodness
>out to save the world one nation at a time.
>All hail Caesar.
>All roads lead to the US.
>
>(and yes that was sarcasm).
>-Gel
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 4:28 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Nice people....
>
> >> Are you attempting to make the non-sequitur comparison of Iraq's
>present
> >> state, with America's current state?
> >> Such a comparison is impossible.
>
>No it's not. Someone can say, gee look at the way those Iraqi people are
>acting. That's wrong and WE dont act that way. Whether the conclusion
>is
>illogical or not makes no difference, at least to me.
>
>Ergo my suggestion to consult your history books on the barbarism that
>occurred in what is now known as the US during those times.
>Do you deny such heinous acts occurred?
>
>Never denied that anything bad happened in my own country's past. It
>has,
>but again that was in the 18th and 19th century, when it was also okay
>to
>own other human beings and beat your wife with a stick. I even asked for
>instances that people could show me of americans acting that way.
>
>-Johnnie!!!!
>
>
>
>--
>Incoming mail is certified Virus Free.
>Checked by AVG Anti-Virus (http://www.grisoft.com).
>Version: 7.0.230 / Virus Database: 262.6.5 - Release Date: 3/31/2004
>
>
>
>
[Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
