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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.

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

br d