tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post3807937660642531793..comments2023-12-31T13:47:05.758+00:00Comments on Fat Man on a Keyboard: Hypocritically misleadingThe Plumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-7772388906281538382012-12-22T02:39:22.337+00:002012-12-22T02:39:22.337+00:00I should have thought that the violent death of an...I should have thought that the violent death of any child is as tragic as the violent death of any other child regardless of the motive of the killers. In fact even when children are killed in pure accidents, like in cars or on the roads, it is as tragic as a child killed by either the deliberateness of the Taliban or as "collateral damage" by the Americans.<br /><br />Of course, the different motives are worth noting but do we really know the Americans' motives? Have they always had the noble motives assumed in this post? Were they as noble in Iraq as they now are in Pakistan? Were they as noble in Vietnam and the twenty or so other countries invaded or bombed by the US since the end of WWII? What actually is their motive? Sometimes they say they are helping Pakistan, other times they say they are securing themselves. Neither claim seems to stand up to scrutiny.<br /><br />There is something else to consider about Obama's differential approach to the killing of children of different nationalities and in different parts of the world. Obama appeared to wipe away tears over the killing of American children. But "predator drones" was the punchline of one his jokes in a speech. Surely you can admit that the latter was both inappropriate and inconsistent with the former.<br /><br />The fact is that as telegenic as Obama is, he can be remarkably, offensively, gauche on the back foot. Remember when he described his bowling abilities as worthy of the paralympics?<br /><br />The man is a berk and I'm not sure you've correctly assessed his motive for killing lots of innocent people. Even if you're right though, he might shed some tears for all children violently killed rather than just "his own".levi9909https://www.blogger.com/profile/10553481056544494411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-36355381075734844542012-12-21T12:08:14.128+00:002012-12-21T12:08:14.128+00:00Sadly I have no control over the characters to be ...Sadly I have no control over the characters to be entered, Blogger sets them. As spammers get more adept so the security words have to become ever more difficult to read. There will come a point when they will be illegible to humans and only the robots will be able to decipher them. At this point we will be doomed.The Plumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244528534476387323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-22163297708824325602012-12-20T21:27:59.028+00:002012-12-20T21:27:59.028+00:00I am tempted to say that Monbiot is a flusted bush...I am tempted to say that Monbiot is a flusted bush, but it is too near Christmas for that. <br /><br />And by the way, Peter, your characters to-be-identified to show I am not a robot are so blurry and messy this is my fifth attempt at reading.George Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08889600788146987089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36841665.post-33028665522796817732012-12-19T18:39:55.171+00:002012-12-19T18:39:55.171+00:00I am weary of the Guardian. I believe there was a ...I am weary of the Guardian. I believe there was a series of spoof publications entitled "Not etc." and read that an attempt to a do a "Not the Daily Star" failed miserably to match the original. I think now I am seeing this with the Guardian. It is not as if this is part of normal journalism where any publication will, from time to time, venture obtuse or even objectionale arguments the more in order to contrast the usual reign of good sense. This example of causitry from the Guardian is now it seems the staple fare.<br /><br />Thanks for 2012 Peter and have a good rest.Anton Dequehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07076828639042541217noreply@blogger.com