[lit-ideas] Re: Five Years Ago
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:33:47 -0700
"Biff," take that. "Zonk" "oof"
I've been discussing things as elaborately as the subject matter seems to
deserve.
"kick," "take that you dirty conservative." "Bonk" "ouch!"
Well, yes, tis true. I'm not terribly impressed with the Left's ability to
reason. I may have let that drop now and again. They don't seem able to
develop an argument and support it very well.
"Oh yeah. Says who? Who do you think you are? You just think you are
soooo tough. Former Marine, guns & stuff, makes me soooo sick!"
As I indicated, I have read a number of people from the Left who apply full
blame on the US for 9/11. Think Ward Churchill.
"You leave poor Ward alone. What did he ever do to you? You hate Indians
don't you, don't you, go on admit it. Afraid to, aren't you? Just as I
thought: No guts."
Does the Left have something positive to offer about what should be done in
the War against Terror? It sounds rather hard to believe. No fair assuming
the destruction or the disbanding of the U.S. or the destruction of Israel.
"Think you're soooo smart, don't you? Well I'm here to tell you, you don't
know half of what you think you do, no not a quarter -- not even an eighth
or a sixteenth -- not a thirty second or a sixty forth . . . not a gaa gaaa
gaaaa
[Duet sung by Lawrence, baritone, and Simon, tenor altino]
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Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Five Years Ago
More of Lawrence's standard fayre.
On the one side we have his predominant position that the left can't read
the situation, that it is incorrect in applying full blame on the US for
9/11. (It doesn't of course, but we shouldn't let facts get in the way of
rhetoric.) On the other side we have his other position that the left thinks
the US and Britain should get out of Iraq now. Notice that all he ever seems
to be concerned about is the political opposition. It doesn't matter about
those in power. Why's that?
Interesting leap between the two of course. On one side we have the
consideration of blame, whilst on the other the consideration of policy.
What happens when we swap the two about? The questions become:
What does the left consider should be done in the 'War on Terror'?
Who is to blame for the situation in Iraq?
No doubt Lawrence could supply answers to both. First though he should make
a study of the word nuance.
Simon
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