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In article <ddc48v0ca05g3cpkq...@4ax.com>, 
l3m...@bumblbee.demon.co.uk says...
> 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.

And if the news is on page 1 or 2, he may even see it.

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

Is that more irony?  Would you please remember to include html tags next 
time?

Bret