Shoes thrown at Bush on Iraq trip, page 9

reply to post by mikesingh

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Oh cut the politically correct garbage.

The journalist is uncivilized? When did standing at a podium mocking the deaths of half a million innocent civilians with lies become civilized?

You want to talk outrageous? Outrageous is how people insist that others speak of and treat the President as if he is someone who should be respected simply because of his job title.

Respect is earned. This President and this administration have earned no such thing.

What happened to everyone is created equal? Had W thrown his shoe at the journalist, I highly doubt you would be saying:

Whatever one may say of this journalist's opinions and writing skills, throwing a shoe at a member of the press and that too a member of the press of a country who has suffered over half a million innocent deaths in front of the whole world....

IS OUTRAGEOUS. Period! This needs to be strongly condemned. Should we condone such uncivilized behavior? The President, who likely has at least basic education to be one, needs to be taught some etiquette too.

Although the part "the president, who likely has at least basic education to be one" would be funny considering who we're talking about, the hypocrisy and double standard is even more amusing.

[edit on 12/15/08 by NovusOrdoMundi]

reply to post by prevenge

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ATS has completely been sapped of any logical analytical essence.
it's all oooh what happen on news oooh ooh monkeymonkey oooh
freaking - you "woke up" then you "stayed up too late".

Amazing observation.

Originally posted by mikesingh

Originally posted by bodrul
reply to post by MischeviousElf

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that man should be given a medal
if only one hit him on the face

Whatever one may say of Bush and his policies, throwing a shoe at a dignitary and that too the president of a country in front of the whole world....

IS OUTRAGEOUS. Period! This needs to be strongly condemned. Should we condone such uncivilized behavior? This journalist, who likely has at least basic education to be one, needs to be taught some etiquette too.

We really have no idea what this journalist has seen. Perhaps he has seen some infants, victims to white phosphorus, an illegal chemical warfare weapon used by the US army. It basically burns your skin without flames, turns you into a shrinkwrapped human barbeque, by all accounts an extremely painful way to die. Or maybe he's seen the amputees. Or some of the overloaded understaffed and under funded hospitals which were chock full of bleeding dying people during the Yee-Haw bombing raids of the city.

We really have no idea, but I can imagine anyone who has witnessed only a fraction of the reality of what's gone on in Iraq could care less about etiquette for Bush.

[edit on 15-12-2008 by Lazyninja]

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