[at-l] Tell me...what do you think?

[jim.bullard at gmail.com (Jim Bullard)]

On 2/28/06, RoksnRoots@aol.com <RoksnRoots@aol.com> wrote:
> In a message dated 2/22/2006 12:39:20 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> shane@theplacewithnoname.com writes:
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> >> Im curious. What was the Poem
>
> http://www.backcountry.net/arch/at/0201/msg02206.html
>
> Shane
> *
>
>                  It should be noted that Baltimore Jack's jingoism was
> followed by one of the worst episodes in US history including the first pre-emptive
> aggressive war against a country that hadn't attacked us, and wasn't guilty of
> what we accused it of. The introduction of a massive WMD lie that fully
> constitutes a war crime by all definitions, followed by more lying about bad
> intelligence. A new low in media integrity. And finally, Abu Ghraib and other
> shameful acts of torture that were then partially supported by the government.
>
>
>                Sounds to me like everything Warren was talking about...

Were you there? (I'll wager you weren't)

I was. My impression of Warren's remarks as one who was present, were
very different from your comments above. From the reaction of the
crowd there I feel safe in saying that the majority present reacted
much the same as I. But then (to be charitable) perhaps Warren is,
like you, simply a  misunderstood knight in shining armour who has a
bad habit of tripping over his own tongue. Perhaps you both need to
learn to state your positions more clearly with fewer sprinkles of
hatred toward those innocents who suffer from being in the crossfire
of battles they weren't part of.

Whatever, it was a case of rubbing salt into open emotional wounds.
Anyone who thinks that is an appropriate response to the situation
needs a course in remedial Psy101. It was tasteless, tactless, rude,
impolite, hurtful, impolitic and served no good purpose whatsoever.
Abraham Lincoln once said "The best way to get rid of an enemy is to
make him your friend". Warren made no friends with his reading and
remarks. I suspect from subsequent reaction that he did make some
enemies.

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Jim Bullard
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