Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/06/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well, we didn't use nukes when a black man was dragged to his death behind a truck in Texas, or when a gay man in, was it Wyoming, was crucified on a fence. No, wait, not here in the U.S. of A. We are farrrrr to civilized for those things to have happened. I believe the discussion had to do with POWs and their treatment. After all, didn't we go to war because we knew what beasts "those people" are? And look at the tonnage we already dumped on them. -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Don Dory Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:05 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Susan Sontag on Iraq Photos Hmmm, Four contractors are drug from their trucks, beaten, dismembered, drug through the streets, burned, then hung from a bridge. No nukes there. A young man has his head cut off slowly in front of the cameras while Akbar Allah is chanted. No nukes there either nor any primordial sludge. Just a different perspective on things. Don dorysurs@mindspring.com -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+dorysrus=mindspring.com@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of B. D. Colen Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 12:43 PM To: 'Leica Users Group' Subject: RE: [Leica] Susan Sontag on Iraq Photos More like into the primordial sludge... ;-) -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+bdcolen=earthlink.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Feli di Giorgio Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 1:28 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: RE: [Leica] Susan Sontag on Iraq Photos On Mon, 2004-05-31 at 19:13, Marc James Small wrote: You know Marc, somehow I get the feeling if the Iraqi's had done the same to our boys and pictures had been published, you and most of the rest of America would be demanding that we nuke the place into the stone age. Feli > There is no evidence, none at all, that any rapes or murders occurred > at Abu Grahib, merely accusations. As is the case with most US > citizens, I will await the developments which occur with the six > investigations underway. Obviously, if there were such acts > committed, then there will be prosecutions for such actions. As the > record stands at present, though, no one was killed at the prison nor > physically assaulted: all the hard evidence we have shows merely > humiliations of various sorts being inflicted on Iraqi prisoners. > > The death rate at Abu Grahib is in line with that experienced in US > prisons and is somewhat lower than that normally experienced in POW > camps over the past 70 years. This is hardly a red flag, despite the > claims of wild-eyed fanatics thirsting most mightily to denigrate the > US effort in Iraq. > > Finally, pray, quit bringing up Rush Limbaugh in your responses to my > postings. I detest him as the compromiser which he has proven to be, > as is also the case with Hannaday and Michael Reagan. Now, Boortz is > a refreshing difference: I often don't agree with him but appreciate > the spirit in which he approaches a problem. And Ken Hamblin is also > worth the listening, and for the same reason -- I am philosophically > far closer to Hamblin than to Boortz. > > Marc > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information