Wednesday, July 07, 2004
Clinton vs Bush
I find vast amusement in the obloquy heaped upon Bill Clinton for his sexual shenanigans, especially compared to the veneration in which Dubya is held for “liberating” Iraq by raining death and destruction on its people.
Of course war has always been a respectable pastime in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic culture, particularly if one does it in the name of God — who, as we know, fulminates long and loud against all that yucky below-the-belt stuff.
Of course war has always been a respectable pastime in Christian, Jewish, and Islamic culture, particularly if one does it in the name of God — who, as we know, fulminates long and loud against all that yucky below-the-belt stuff.
Monday, July 05, 2004
Giving in to Terrorists
After the US 'victory' in Iraq 'foreign terrorists' began capturing nationals from countries involved in the 'reconstruction' and executing them. The three 'leading lights' of the Coalition of the Killing... er, Shilling... er, Willing fell over themselves in showing how macho they were in refusing to 'give in to terrorists'
I find the idea that “real governments don’t give in to terrorist bullies” frankly appalling. I am sickened by the self-righteousness of Anglo-Celts in a reasonably wealthy country pontificating on the morally “correct” course of action — and even more so by the racism implicit in “THEY don’t think or feel about human life as we do!”
I’d like to throw out a challenge to all those armchair moralists out there — when the first Australian is captured and beheaded, I want [Prime Minister] Howard, [Opposition Leader]Latham and every one of your holier-than-thou callers to go around to the victim’s house and explain to his/her spouse and children that “Daddy/Mummy will not be coming home … his/her head is in someone’s Esky in Arabia, but you shouldn’t be sad — Daddy/Mummy died a hero in fighting the ‘War On Terror.’ Oh, and by the way, we will provide for your future out of the public purse (or our own)!”
And if the victim happens to be one of their own relatives, I won’t tolerate any “wimpish” blubbering a la Bob Hawke [former Australian PM who cried over the 1989 massacre of students in Beijing's Tienanmen Square]— after all, that’s how THEY (the bad guys doing the beheading) behave. We Anglo-Celts are all meant to be lean-n-mean, macho ‘n’ tough so the most that I will accept is a “manly” sniff, a wiped eye and a sadly wry smile of wistfulness.
Of course, “WE” are never bullies, or terrorists, but that’s another story…
I find the idea that “real governments don’t give in to terrorist bullies” frankly appalling. I am sickened by the self-righteousness of Anglo-Celts in a reasonably wealthy country pontificating on the morally “correct” course of action — and even more so by the racism implicit in “THEY don’t think or feel about human life as we do!”
I’d like to throw out a challenge to all those armchair moralists out there — when the first Australian is captured and beheaded, I want [Prime Minister] Howard, [Opposition Leader]Latham and every one of your holier-than-thou callers to go around to the victim’s house and explain to his/her spouse and children that “Daddy/Mummy will not be coming home … his/her head is in someone’s Esky in Arabia, but you shouldn’t be sad — Daddy/Mummy died a hero in fighting the ‘War On Terror.’ Oh, and by the way, we will provide for your future out of the public purse (or our own)!”
And if the victim happens to be one of their own relatives, I won’t tolerate any “wimpish” blubbering a la Bob Hawke [former Australian PM who cried over the 1989 massacre of students in Beijing's Tienanmen Square]— after all, that’s how THEY (the bad guys doing the beheading) behave. We Anglo-Celts are all meant to be lean-n-mean, macho ‘n’ tough so the most that I will accept is a “manly” sniff, a wiped eye and a sadly wry smile of wistfulness.
Of course, “WE” are never bullies, or terrorists, but that’s another story…
