From: Chris Burford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
BBC in London this morning has just played a clip of Bush defending himself with some red-neck stuff about Saddam Hussein that if it is a choice between a madman and defending the American people he will defend the American people.
If you take this literally, any mindset that Saddam Hussein was mentally ill is an even worse failure of intelligence than so far exposed. Just in terms of real politik how can you sensibly analyse any country on the basis that its leader is a madman? Perhaps that really was the problem.
But in terms of crude stigmatisation of people with disabilities, this sort of statement would be completely unacceptable in Britain. For all his crimes and misdemeanours, his cynicism and his opportunism, Tony Blair could never have produced this slur on mentally ill people in British civil society.
Huh? Bush is guilty of war crimes, and you're nailing him with a *PC* offense? Really, Chris, you're beginning to sound like St. Tony Blair yourself.
Carl
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