Re: [OT] Question from the news

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Don Greenfield wrote:

> At 11:00 AM 3/27/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >This site keeps a running count of civilian deaths:
> > > >http://www.iraqbodycount.net/
> > > >Total numbers somewhere between 200 and 300 at the moment :-(
> >
> >Civilian deaths "from US action"?  I gather that the total "from
> >Saddam's action" would be higher--by several orders of magnitude.
> 
> It looks like we're about to teeter over into the political side of 
> discussion about the war.  Can we all take a minute to take a deep
breath?
> 
> Also, Brian, can you cut with the snide comments about "Shrub's War"? 
This 
> war is a hell of a lot more complex than some of the idiot anti-war
folks 
> want to admit; reducing it to this sort of bumper-sticker philosophy 
> doesn't help, particularly if it could be perceived as slipping in 
> editorial comments in otherwise on-topic posts.

Fair 'nuff; no more calling it "Shrub's Crusade" in my list posts... 
 
> PS It ought to be said that I'm not claiming that the entire anti-war 
> movement is composed of idiots, but it's undeniable that every
movement has 
> its lunatic and idiotic fringes.

Like the SanFran "vomit-in" folks last week? I know I've been posting
odd
links, but that's just excessively strange. (and gross...)

This one is funny, though, in light of the "is Saddam dead or alive"
debate:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,923848,00.html

Thought of the Day: If we can't tell whether Saddam is dead or alive,
does
that make him Schrodinger's Dictator?

News link worth following: links to news sites across the Muslim world -
get a different set of biases from the Western media's!
http://media.fares.net/

Have a good war,

Brian.