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Old 05-11-2004, 06:49 PM   #36 (permalink)
Macheath
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Originally posted by bigoldalphamale
sure you're right. a few naked iraqis and the liberal left and entire arab world demands apology...but cut off the head of an innocent civilian, and it barely makes a ripple. i am sure islam will be issuing an apology first thing in the morning *holding my breath*...and then the liberal left will apologize for thier conspiracy to unleash the prisoner abuse scandal as a means of disrupting Bush's reelection campaign but which instead has now given islam lisence to perform the acts seen on the full version of the nick berg execution video. which by the way, is available on the net. CNN and ABC may think they know best about what you should and should not be seeing, but there are still a few news sources who protect your right to decide whether or not you want to see for yourself the kind of horrilbe shit humanity is capable of. be warned, it is disturbing...i wasnt ready for it and i wish i hadnt viewed it. nonetheless, having viewed it, and having the seen the nature of our enemy without the assistance of the tinted glass the liberal media would have us view through, i am glad and proud to have President Bush doing his part to rid the world of these ruthless murdering bastards.

-i'm out
These two visceral images are icons; symbolic representations. They both elicit a strong reaction but on two very different levels. The beheading represents the irredeemable madness of fanatics. The leash represents a monumental failure of command and policy.

The idea underlying both is a failure to respect the rights of another human being. In one case, their very right to life, their right to be free from psychological abuse.

The leash image is certainly "not as bad" but it exists on the same continuum of man's inhumanity to man - that extends all the way from punching a guy for being a certain race or creed....to mass genocide.

The very existence of the United States is meant to refute this inhumanity. America is meant to be the world's (last?) best hope for the rights of man. This is the underlying ideology.

The beheading hardens my resolve against forgiving the inhumanity of the prison guards. It shows me how truly bad things CAN become in this world and how America shold resist all temptation to ever set off down the same dark path.
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