freecounterpoint: it's the media's fault!

Thursday, October 26, 2006

it's the media's fault!

i am waiting for the comments to the effect that the whitewashing isn't the problem, it's the NYT.

12 comments:

Arelcao Akleos said...: The whitewashing isn't the problem, its the refusal to fight the war with enough force to defeat the enemy. A refusal ever encouraged by the NYT..
There, is that what you meant, Pepe?; 10/26/2006 9:41 AM
The Darkroom said...: the war is the wrong approach to defeating your enemy - there is no reason to encourage a senseless policy.
Again, the NYT isn't the pravda - its vocation isn't to "encourage" or bolster policy.; 10/26/2006 10:49 AM
Arelcao Akleos said...: Yes, the enemy will be defeated by not fighting a war. After all, Capitulation is Victory, and Dhimmi is Freedom.
As for the NYT, no, its vocation, empirically speaking, isn't to encourage or bolster US policy. After all, it is a mere accident of geography the NYT is not in London, or Khartoum, or Paris. It is, empirically speaking, its vocation to discourage and undermine US policy.
Hence your admiration for the rag.; 10/26/2006 12:01 PM
The Darkroom said...: the enemy will not be defeated by fostering a civil war in iraq, that's for sure.

it is fortunate that the NYT is somewhat successful at undermining an ineffectual, short-sighted policy that is proving unable to bring anything beyond loss of life and capital and encouraging terrorist vocations.; 10/26/2006 1:07 PM
Mr roT said...: I am not sure you're right, there, Pepe. "Fostering" (i.e. the fault lies with the US, not Syria and Iran) a civil war in Iraq might be a good way to split islam militant (as AA annoyingly calls them) in two.
If it provides a breeding ground for terrorism, maybe it could be cordonned off.
This is not the carrot-bright democratic future for Iraqis held out by Bush, but it might well be a dark-stick future held out by Islam the merciful, the benevolent.
Only time will tell. Like this guy says there's still a chance.
Pelosi isn't it, though.; 10/26/2006 1:48 PM
The Darkroom said...: jj - i am not disputing that it is encouraged by iran & syria but the us agresssion is giving the mullahs a perfect argument to foster radical vocations.; 10/26/2006 2:03 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...: ...the us agresssion is giving the mullahs a perfect argument to foster radical vocations.

You got any other line of argument? This drum is busted.; 10/26/2006 7:12 PM
Tecumseh said...: JJ: You don't seem to particularly like the "Islam militant" moniker that AA uses. OK, fair enough -- a chacun son gout, as they say.
Let me try an alternative, perhaps you'll like it better: "Islamic supremacists"?; 10/26/2006 7:53 PM
The Darkroom said...: You got any other line of argument? This drum is busted.
How's that ?; 10/26/2006 8:53 PM
Mr roT said...: The drum is busted because they don't need an "argument" in order 'foster radical vocations'.

Are you pulling our chain? This sounds like doublespeak right out of the DNC and so I can't tell if it is a joke or not.

Help.; 10/26/2006 10:29 PM
My Frontier Thesis said...: A drum tends to produce a similar sound (from a twang to a thump) even in regards to how tight or loose the actual head is. You tighten or loosen the head with the lug-nuts that snug the drum ring down over the actual drum head. See further instructions. The idea, however, is that the drum produces the same sound, perhaps in a different tempo. But you'll know if it's a piccalo or steel snare. Time and time again, it always sounds the same, only with slight variance in the tone. The piccalo tends to snap a bit more than the deeper shells. The wood frames are a bit warmer, but the point is they are easily distinguished. If you beat it until it breaks, like you did, you'll alienate rather than engage your crowd. Only others who beat it like you — and there are plenty others — will find your tone soothing.

JJ, go ahead with all the gendered/homo responses. I've pitched you about a dozen underhanders in this one. If you didn't make some type of retort, I'd be puzzled.; 10/27/2006 12:52 AM
Mr roT said...: Percussive retort.; 10/27/2006 5:30 AM