I could care less were Walter to praise the President's actions or inaction. I do not think that it is appropriate to take politics onto a list created to discuss living aboard boats - not warships. So yes, I condemn Walter for concealing a political diatribe inside an "innocent question." Since many people are not news junkies, I can well imagine that you do not recognize the repetition of political propaganda. I probably made an error in countering Walter's "question" with facts because I should not have answered his question. I should have just protested his posting something political.
Since neither of you can recognize propaganda when you see it (or maybe it represents your viewpoint) I have pasted the origins of his "question" below: ** *HANNITY:* All right, I'll concur with you. All right, so then what's the future for him? What is the future for North Africa? What is the future for the Middle East? My guess is that we risk more extremism -- *NORTH:* Much more. There are very few options left to this administration because decisions made by the Obama administration to take carriers offline and ships offline. We have no ability to respond in any way militarily. We have no carriers in the Mediterranean today for the first time in 31 years. You have no American carriers in the Mediterranean, no battle groups and you have Iranian ships. Because this administration has made bad decisions all the way along line. It's not a good formula, Sean. The good news is at the end of the day, Muammar Qaddafi is a dead man. Watch the last few minutes: http://tinyurl.com/66zqunn It would appear to me that Walter was spouting the party line. Feel free to let me know what "biased examples" you are referring to. Facts are not opinions, but don't let facts interfere with your polemics. I may have hit, but I haven't run and I did not stoop to name-calling. Ron Rogers On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 11:51 AM, ahmet erkan <[email protected]> wrote: > Typical hit and run tactic for bullies : > > 1. Attack the person who entertains an opposing idea. > 2. Push own opinions (decorated with biased examples) as the only sensible > strategy. > 3. Push own conclusions. > 4. Blame the victim and win support by issuing orders to keep political > discussions off the list. > > Once in a while as a break from boating related subjects, I would prefer to > hear Walter's genuine > opinions about World affairs, rather than see him bullied. > > Fair winds > Ahmet >
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