[OT] Another heated discussion about the Iraq siutation, war and politics.

[rextorres]

Originally posted by Thermodyne:
Rextorres,

I laugh in your face, is that the best that you can do. Evil Nazi is not a description that has ever been used to describe me. And the way you put it makes you sound like an angry child. Don’t you have the courage to come right out and state your opinion of me? I guess we know the answer to that now. And yes I do question your patriotism. I think that there is a good chance that you are nothing more than a coward sitting at a computer, spouting off from a home that is made safe by the sacrifices of others. So until you decide to add some substance to your Posts, I will ignore you, and spend my time enjoying the demise of Saddam.

Thanks for confirming my points - I don't know how much clearer I can make it.

[Aloofi]

Wow, a flame war!

*seats in a reclinable chair and opens a popcorn bag*

[CEO TROLL]

This is getting interesting...

Aloofi, do you mind passing the popcorn?

[Aloofi]

Sure, here you go.
*Passes the Popcorn bowl to CEO Troll*

Hey hey, don't eat it all, you nasty pig. Give me back my popcorn!

*CEO Trolls runs away and locks himself in the bathroom with the popcorn bowl*

Open the door!!!
Give me back my popcorn or I'll bring down this damn door!!!

[tesco samoa]

edited by tesco...

links removed....

[ March 24, 2003, 20:46: Message edited by: tesco samoa ]

[dogscoff]

I hear the US is complaining about Iraq's treatment of prisoners of war. How can they demand that Saddam respect the Geneva Convetnion when they won't even do it themselves?

Link-> http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0111-07.htm

[CEO TROLL]

tesco,

In the interest of fair play, could you post some links to pictures of Iraqis dead from Sadams chemical weapons? Or pictures of Iraq prisoners dieing from anthrax testing? How about some of Sadams sons torture and rape victims?

[Aloofi]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
warning very very very graphic pictures of the war, and of the brave fallen soldiers who fight it.

Do you know if they have an english site?

[Aloofi]

gotta tell you, I'm tired of watching only war propaganda instead of news.
I dispise Al Jazeera for all the lies they say about Israel, but I guess I have no other place to see the pictures that have been Banned from the american media......

Link to Photo of dead soldier.
http://www.aljazeera.net/mritems/ima...46017_1_17.jpg
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[ March 24, 2003, 17:15: Message edited by: geoschmo ]

[dogscoff]

gotta tell you, I'm tired of watching only war propaganda instead of news.

Impartial news is always hard to come by, especially in times like these. The only way to be utterly sure in situations like this is to actually go there yourself, and to be honest I think I'd rather not know than do that.

That said, I usually find the BBC to be pretty good. Their website isn't all that easy to search, but you can tune into their radio over the web if you're not in the UK to do it the old fashioned way, and they tend to show both sides of any given argument/ conflict. Most importantly, you know they're not in the pockets of some corporate or other because that's just not how they're funded. They do have links with certain political parties at the higher levels, but I honestly don't think that influence filters down very far into the news reporting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news

Edit: Thinking about it, there's nothing wrong with biaseed news coverage as long as (a) you can find some equally biased piece leaning in the opposite direction and (b) the reporter follows rules of good journalism and doesn't lie/ distort the facts becasue of their bias.

Also aloofi, I find it odd that such images are Banned in america. After all, you can go down the cinema any time and see ten times as many soldiers killed with a hundred times the gore. I often find Americans very hard to understand for this sort of contradiction.
That said, we're hardly any different these days here in the UK of A.

[ March 24, 2003, 16:57: Message edited by: dogscoff ]