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Brad Martin <br...@zakalwe.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 12:47:18 -0800, Bret Ripley <rip...@olywa.net>
>wrote:
>
>>In article <MPG.18ebad9eb...@news.ywave.com>, rip...@olywa.net 
>>says...
>>> In article <l4u38v4nbq3leri13...@4ax.com>, 
>>> mem...@nospampleaseimbritish.ntlworld.com says...
>>> > http://www.petitiononline.com/cador/petition.html
>>> > 
>>> > Just in case any of you missed this, just spotted it over in .rpg. Apparently
>>> > someone is worried
>>> 
>>> Uh, Mem . . . 
>>> 
>>> > that the American people are getting confused between the
>>> > Republican party and the Elite Republican Guard of Iraq. Bring on your stupid
>>> > American jokes as you see fit but this kind of ignorance really saddens me.
>>> 
>>> Excuse me, Mem, but . . . 
>>> 
>>> > Perhaps anyone who signs the petition should be put on a list and sent a
>>> > Geography book in the post along with some helpful crayon scribbles like "You
>>> > are here!" and "They are there!". <falls off chair laughing>
>>> 
>>> Uh, Mem, have you actually looked at the signatures?
>>> 
>>> Submitted for your consideration: it's a joke.
>>> 
>>> So far, there are 3 signatures: #1 is the "author" of the petition, #2 
>>> is a joke name, and #3 is a Mr. (or Ms.) fsdf, who's heartfelt comment 
>>> "asdfasdfa" pretty much says it all.
>>> 
>>> During my last trip to the UK, I was startled to discover that "Merkin 
>>> bashing" seemed very much in vogue.  What startled me, however, was not 
>>> the fact that criticism was being levelled at the US, but rather the 
>>> silly, misrepresented, and sometimes fictional objects of that 
>>> criticism.  I found myself a little disappointed by this, because there 
>>> are so many legitimate criticisms to be made regarding the US without 
>>> making shit up.
>>
>>I know it's bad form to reply to oneself, but why stand on ceremony I 
>>always say.
>>
>>As an example, on British television someone was having a giggle about a 
>>poll conducted in the US that showed a large percentage of people 
>>surveyed couldn't identify the name of the current US President (or 
>>something similarly simple).  Now, I happened to have heard a news story 
>>about this particular poll before leaving for the UK, and what the 
>>television host neglected to mention was that the survey was conducted 
>>among young school children.  I realize this would have spoiled the 
>>joke, but apparently some people lend some degree of credibility to this 
>>sort of caper.
>>
>>Of course, if you wish to demonstrate Merkin idiocy you could just go 
>>read comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.flight-sim.
>
>Our media is carrying an awful lot of 'Peace Protestor' shit at the
>moment, or at least was until a few days ago. Most of these 'Anti-War'
>merchants come across as just 'Anti-American', with people queuing up
>to tell us how evil Bush is whilst being strangely silent about that
>nice Mr Hussain. That's not to say there aren't genuine anti-war
>demonstrators, but I don't think the media can get as much mileage
>from them.
>
>Personally, I find these idiots who lie around with red paint on their
>faces supposedly representing those who may be killed in this war
>repugnant. I don't seem to recall any similar action when Saddam was
>gassing thousands of innocents in the kurdish north of his country.
>
>And as for these Christian human shield idiots, if there really is a
>god, lets hope it's allah, and he drops a fucking thousand pound bomb
>on them.
>Wouldn't that be deliciously ironic.

And aren't those fireworks pretty.  Woo!  There goes another one.
What's that?  You missed it?  Never mind - it'll be in The Sun
tomorrow.

>Sorry, didn't mean to use irony, I know how you stupid Americans don't
>understand it.

Ditto.

-- 
Lemming

Curiosity *may* have killed Schrödinger's cat.