Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/05/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]What are you trying to say - that the US are murderers and rapists or that the Iraqis are? I does not make the the US any better either way. It?s not democracy and freedom the US are bringing to Iraq, it?s torture. All the best! Raimo K Personal photography homepage at: http:\\www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Philip Kokoczka" <kokoczkaphotography@hotmail.com> To: <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 3:10 PM Subject: [Leica] Susan Sontag > What would you do? > A group of criminals have kidnapped your wife and daughter. They are known > for gang raping, torturing and killing their captives. You happen to find > and capture a couple of them. They know where your wife and daughter are > being held, and have told you that they have only a short time left before > the raping, torturing and killing begin. What do you do to get the > information where your wife and daughter are being held? If you just ask > them nicely to tell you where they are being held do you think they would > tell you? What length would you go to in order to get them to tell you the > location at which your wife and daughter are being held? > > Face it folks, times have changed. The Geneva convention was written to > protect the rights and dignity of military personnel captured on the > battlefield, not terrorists that cut off hands for punishment, or use a wood > chipper for "executions" or use poison gas on minority populations. I am > getting sick and tired of hearing the ilk of Ted Kennedy and his gang trying > to compare what our military did to what Sadam's henchmen did. How can you > compare putting panties on someone's head with giving them a bath in nitric > acid? These terrorists are out to kill you, your wife, daughters and sons. > They are out to kill your way of life. They are out to impose their version > of Islam on you and the rest of the non-Islamic world. What regime do you > want to live under? Please, let these military people do what they can to > find out where the next strike is planned. And remember that these > terrorists they are watching in the Iraqi prisons are not there because they > broke the speeding law or stole a candy bar from the neighborhood grocery. > They are there because they are terrorists and want to kill me, my family, > your family and my and your way of life. > > This is a site to discuss Leica cameras, lenses and accessories and the > taking of Leica pictures. Please take all criticism of our military to sites > set up for that purpose > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get 200+ ad-free, high-fidelity stations and LIVE Major League Baseball > Gameday Audio! http://radio.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200491ave/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information