TO: George Pinto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> George Pinto writes to Goanetters: You must be as tired as I am of having to educate Mario on this forum. He is now bombarding me with private emails even though I requested him to stop. It is unfortunate that besides his inaccurate knowledge of most matters and his mispresentation of some of my views, he continues to SPAM this list. The Delete button is getting tired. Please wish him a new hobby in the New Year.
Mario replies: George, before you can presume to educate me you could use some education yourself. Generalized attacks on me are like pouring water on a duck's back, especially from people who are blissfully displaying their ignorance or bias while trying to malign me, as you are above. I'm sure most Goanetters can tell the difference. I sent you a private email because I was embarrassed with your peculiar claims that a major investigative report by a duly constituted commission of the US Government was not credible because the members of the commission were "white" people, without any regard to who they were as individuals or the contents of their report. I am not the only one on Goanet who has noticed your blatantly racist comment, so for you to hide behind the generalities above is a continuation of your intellectually challenged rhetoric. I would have more confidence in your education and knowledge if you had cited some of the Commission's findings, and rebutted them with facts and opinions of your own. They were not investigating capitalism, control of mid-east oil or the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, all subjects you apparently think should have been in the report. Frankly, I don't think you have even read a summary of the report. Every conclusion that the 9/11 Commission reached was thoroughly researched and documented. Several "brown skinned" middle-east experts were interviewed and their opinions are part of the report. The complete report is available at www.senate.gov. Before continuing his rant against white Americans in general, George should read it. Maybe he will learn something. I am not holding my breath. Here are 5 examples of George's "educated" mentality and/or knowledge of this subject: 1. It ( the 9/11 Commission report) is written by mostly white males in the USA who understand little about the Middle East. 2. Instead, the more popular explanation - Islamic terrorism is used for a Christian audience. Islamic terrorism is code (or politically correct in certain circles) for being anti-Muslim. No mention of any Israeli terrorism is made: neither the terrorism that radical Israeli settlers practice or the state-sponsored Israeli genocide on innocent Palestinians. 3. The Middle East situation today is yesterday's colonization which has become today's neocoloninzation. It is based on white superiority, among other issues. 4. And yes, the 9-11 would have greater credibility if it had dark-skinned people on the panel - like a few people from the Middle East who are scholars there and can offer a better perspective and some former Governor or Senator from the USA. 5. Bush had to be chaperoned by Cheney. Combined, they testified for A WHOLE HOUR with pre-screened questions. The 9/11 Commission was equally comprised of Democrats and Republicans appointed by their respective parties. There were several opponents of the Bush administration on the Commission, as anyone who followed its proceedings would know. There were several middle-east scholars who were interviewed and their views documented as part of the report, as anyone who followed its proceedings would know. The commission had one task, which was to investigate everything they could about 9/11. They were tasked with only reporting what they could verify through testimony and documentation, without any political subjectivity and rhetoric. They used the term "Islamist terrorism" not "Islamic terrorism" because all 19 of the suicide attack team were renegade Muslim heretics who had cited the peaceful religion of Islam as part of their rationale for their heinous attack on mostly innocent civilians, which is prohibited by the religion of Islam. They were called terrorists because they attacked mostly innocent civilian targets, without regard to the skin color of their victims. Several "brown skinned" people, including hundreds of Indians, were killed. George knows little or nothing of what I have outlined above. The proof? In point 2 above he says that the commission should have referred to Israelis as terrorists. The only Israelis and Palestinians involved in 9/11 were innocent civilians, so how could the commission refer to "Israelis terrorists", or "Israeli settlers" or even "genocide on innocent Palestinians"? Regarding point 5, Bush and Cheney testified with no pre-screened questions and no time limit. Commission members said that Bush answered 90% of the questions asked. George tries to insult President Bush by saying he was "chaperoned" by Cheney, which says more about George's knowledge that it does about Bush. Anyone who followed the proceedings or read the report would know all this. Obviously, George has done neither.
