Rhetoric

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Rhetoric

Tom Brosz — 6/17/2005 1:03:45 AM (archived)

But it boils down to this: Whoever actually wrote and/or delivered that mess, it's obvious that it's written for a specific audience, and that audience is NOT America. Now tell me we should take his inflammatory rhetoric as literally as some people take Pat Robertson's...

Bin Laden was responsible for the destruction of a part of New York City, another attack on our military nerve center, a thwarted attack on the Capitol, and the deaths of nearly 3,000 Americans on our home soil.

I'm really curious to know exactly what someone has to do, who says he's going to kill us if we don't do what he wants, for you to take him "literally."

To the best of my knowledge, Pat Robertson has not actually sent anyone to Hell.

And the Inquisition was a very long time ago. Islamic radicalism is here and now.

The whole thread (82 posts)

The war on terror - Tom Brosz - 6/12/2005 5:04:02 AM
- re: The war on terror - SDG - 6/13/2005 7:08:24 AM
  - Responding to ObL - Robert - 6/13/2005 11:08:15 PM
    - Oil - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 4:39:31 AM
      - re: Oil - Robert - 6/14/2005 5:58:33 AM
    - re: Responding to ObL - gbaikie - 6/14/2005 1:48:43 AM
      - re: Responding to ObL - Robert - 6/14/2005 8:09:56 PM
      - ANWR - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 4:37:09 AM
        
        re: ANWR - gbaikie - 6/17/2005 7:32:21 AM
    - re: Responding to ObL - SDG - 6/14/2005 1:42:03 AM
- Emmenthaler cheese - Fox - 6/13/2005 2:01:44 AM
  - Looking forward to it! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 2:11:56 AM
    - On second thought... - Fox - 6/15/2005 2:36:11 AM
      - Rhetoric - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2005 1:03:45 AM
        
        re: Rhetoric - Fox - 6/17/2005 3:30:40 AM
        
        You know, this is why I worry that Western society is doomed. - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2005 4:11:44 AM
        
        Leftist self-lobotomy - Adam - 6/19/2005 10:59:50 PM
        
        Generalizations about "the Left" - Mary Anne - 6/20/2005 12:39:40 AM
        
        Once more - Fox - 6/17/2005 4:08:03 PM
        
        Why not go back and actually read one of the "Good News from Iraq" posts? - Tom Brosz - 6/18/2005 12:11:01 AM
        
        Point taken - Fox - 6/18/2005 8:49:00 PM
        
        re: Point taken - Tom Brosz - 6/19/2005 5:16:09 AM
        
        Preaching to the choir: their preferred method. - Mary Anne - 6/19/2005 12:10:59 PM
        
        Ads - Tom Brosz - 6/19/2005 9:41:40 PM
        
        NPR is to Rush Limbaugh as - Mary Anne - 6/19/2005 10:03:34 PM
      - I pretty much got the gist of it, didn't I? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2005 12:34:54 AM
- Liberal for a day. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/13/2005 12:25:54 AM
  - Not ever for a part of a day....... - Publius - 6/13/2005 2:01:50 PM
    - Did you read that right? - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/14/2005 4:53:55 AM
    - Knowing the enemy - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 3:18:40 PM
  - The joys of multiculturalism. - Lee - 6/13/2005 2:21:46 AM
    - Maybe they should take back the stuff they shared with us. - Mary Anne - 6/13/2005 3:19:44 AM
      - That was 800 years ago. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 3:56:20 AM
        
        So? It was still theirs. Multiculturalism. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 6/13/2005 11:23:21 AM
        
        re: So? It was still theirs. Multiculturalism. - gbaikie - 6/15/2005 12:39:27 AM
  - Not bad.:) - FrankC - 6/13/2005 1:44:21 AM
    - Thanks Frank - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/13/2005 3:14:20 AM
  - "I can out-liberal a liberal when the need arises" - Lindy - 6/13/2005 1:17:22 AM
    - Hurricanes & howitzers - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/13/2005 2:26:37 AM
- The war on thought - Robert - 6/12/2005 9:43:23 PM
  - re: The war on thought - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 1:52:23 AM
    - De-constructing the sound byte "War on Terror" - Lindy - 6/13/2005 3:38:38 AM
      - re: De-constructing the sound byte "War on Terror" - Robert - 6/13/2005 4:16:24 AM
    - re: The war on thought - Robert - 6/13/2005 3:32:06 AM
      - Thoughts. (Random) - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 4:57:06 AM
        
        re: Thoughts. (Massive) - Robert - 6/13/2005 10:08:42 PM
        
        re: Thoughts - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 8:24:21 AM
        
        re: Thoughts - gbaikie - 6/14/2005 8:38:35 PM
        
        re: Thoughts and more thoughts - Robert - 6/14/2005 7:06:11 PM
        
        P.S. Bandwidth - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 9:22:39 PM
        
        Check your premises - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 8:58:14 PM
        
        USA as armed camp - Mary Anne - 6/15/2005 11:01:18 PM
        
        re: USA as armed camp - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2005 12:33:55 AM
        
        re: USA as armed camp - Mary Anne - 6/17/2005 5:29:37 PM
        
        I can agree with you on one issue. - Lee - 6/16/2005 6:39:57 AM
        
        Ah, but it will never happen. - Mary Anne - 6/16/2005 11:30:40 AM
        
        Dang Tom! - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/14/2005 9:13:08 AM
        
        Yeah, but...........where am I? (n/t) - Lindy - 6/19/2005 6:19:22 AM
      - Relieved of your moderator cloak... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/13/2005 3:40:16 AM
        
        Looking forward to it - Robert - 6/13/2005 3:56:08 AM
  - Okay starting fom square one... - FrankC - 6/13/2005 12:55:43 AM
  - re: The war on thought - gbaikie - 6/12/2005 10:42:11 PM
    - Current Events IS the "War Zone" (n/t) - Lindy - 6/13/2005 1:20:12 AM
      - Too true. - Mary Anne - 6/13/2005 1:31:40 AM
- Nice Summary Tom - Mark Eby - 6/12/2005 5:04:45 PM
  - Tom is so good at doing this. (I'm impressed) - Gary - 6/12/2005 7:36:46 PM
    - Is "this" a good thing? - Robert - 6/12/2005 9:51:00 PM
    - re: Tom is so good at doing this. (I'm impressed) - Mary Anne - 6/12/2005 8:06:13 PM
      - Precisely - Mark Eby - 6/12/2005 11:08:35 PM
        
        I don't think the alternatives have been fully tried. - Mary Anne - 6/13/2005 12:58:26 AM
        
        Good response. - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 2:11:10 AM
        
        Joe Muslim. (Oh, and thanks.) - Mary Anne - 6/13/2005 2:59:11 AM
        
        re: Joe Muslim. (Oh, and thanks.) - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 5:16:49 AM
        
        A stable currency....really? - Lee - 6/13/2005 7:57:01 AM
        
        At this point, stable is miracle enough. - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 8:11:49 AM
        
        Just 2.1 million dinars. - Lee - 6/14/2005 2:09:00 AM
        
        By The Way - Mark Eby - 6/12/2005 11:15:18 PM
        
        You and me, Mark - Fox - 6/13/2005 2:05:17 AM
        
        World Opinion Does Matter - Mark Eby - 6/13/2005 2:17:33 AM
- A little lste now for those questions, Tom - E.P. Grondine - 6/12/2005 4:30:06 PM
- re: Bush's war on terror - Eric - 6/12/2005 11:30:58 AM
  - I'll vote for #6 and #2 (n/t) - Lindy - 6/12/2005 6:11:29 PM

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