Re: ESR: Goodbye Fedora

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam sbcglobal net>]

On Wed, 2007-02-28 at 22:04 -0500, Ric Moore wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 23:15 -0500, Temlakos wrote:
> > Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2007-02-26 at 17:19 -0600, Mike McCarty wrote:
> > >   
> > >> jdow wrote:
> > >>     
> > >>> It's time to stop the political hate fest. But do watch this video first.
> > >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwAtNILh6uY&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eyoutube%2Ecom%2F 
> > >>>       
> > >> Requires FLASH, which I don't have (and don't want) installed.
> > >> So, sorry, I can't watch it.
> > >>
> > >> Mike
> > >>     
> > > I watched the video which was a propaganda piece which would make the
> > > Bush administration proud . I am not sure why one should watch it.
> > Well, /I/ recommend it, to anyone who forgets what a force for good 
> > America has been in this world.
> > 
> > I voted for both Presidents Bush, and I should very much like to vote 
> > for Newt Gingrich, if anyone can persuade him to stand for election as 
> > President of the United States.
> > 
> > Here is my challenge to you, Aaron: Can you refute that video? Can you 
> > deny that without America, any of the newscasts in that video would 
> > /not/ have come to pass?
> 
> 
> Australia would have picked up the slack. <g> Ric

Well here is the thing. I am a Jew. I ma proud of the high percentage of
Nobel Prize winners are Jews. But I would embarrassed and repelled by a
video that took the same attitude about Jews that the video took about
America. That is, thinks that would not have happened if the Jews did
not exist I mean. The video was arrogant and self-serving. And is
certainly OT for this list.
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