Posted by Bill Van Dyk on 12/23/88 11:28

See "History of Violence".

I'm sure both sides can find fault with it somewhere, but it satisfies
my craving for a balanced and honest look at 9/11, which I am quite sure
will be a shock to most people in the audience, since it appears to be
about a mob killing.

Subtle, nuanced, and intriguing, unlike most of our newspaper columnists.

Gary Eickmeier wrote:
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> Specs wrote:
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>> "Gary Eickmeier" <geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>> news:ZW90f.165225$p_1.141828@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
>>
>>>
>>> Specs wrote:
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>>>
>>>> The US system of hegemony and the false consciousness of its citizens
>>
>>
>> are
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>>>> _the_ threats to World peace in our time not the mythological Al Qaeda.
>>>
>>>
>>> Whew! That was a close one! I almost fell victim to the false reports of
>>> bombings around the world. Probably more U.S. propaganda to justify
>>> Bush's war. Imagine! Muslim extremists! What a silly notion!
>>>
>>> Gary Eickmeier
>>
>>
>>
>> I fully expected that sort of reply which just serves to show the
>> typical US
>> citizen only understands superficial arguments. The point regarding the
>> mythological Al Qaeda was indeed too subtle for you.
>>
>> You are obviously unaware that the Bush administration coined the term Al
>> Qaeda a long time before Osama Bin Laden ever did. OBL began using
>> the term
>> after he realised that was what the Bush administration was calling
>> him and
>> his CIA trained cadres. Any asian teen that's dissafected and is
>> motivated
>> by an extreme interpretation Islam to carry out an atrocity is suddenly
>> elevated to a member of Al Qaeda. All this mythologising is proof
>> positive
>> that one should be careful what one wishes for.
>>
>> Your minds belong to the state..
>
>
> So how does that change my reply? What is your answer? Is it the U.S. or
> the terrorists that are responsible for the "interruption" to world peace?
>
> Gary Eickmeier

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