AZ Congresswoman...12 others, shot

craigm26 said:
Maybe Palin should've apologized for the crosshair map in her speech instead of trying to invoke popular imagery/language in "blood libel". She is not an elected official... Why give her 15 minutes??
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I don't know. Since she's not an elected official I don't know why anyone cares what she says. :dunno:

I don't understand why people think the terms crosshairs and target have to mean actually shooting someone. If that's true, there's one store chain that's gonna be in a heapa trouble.

Btw it's great to see the true victim of the shooting being able to recover from being shot through the brain.
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Absolutely! :)
 
Reba said:
Since this topic has been brought up, here's another viewpoint, by Rabbi Boteach:


Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: Sarah Palin Is Right About 'Blood Libel' - WSJ.com
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That doesn't mean much at all, for every article you find written by someone jewish that says that Palin was right, there is an article written by someone else jewish that says it was wrong and finds it offensive.

How about we all be happy about the fact that the congress woman lived and hopefully she is still in tact cognitively.
 
ember said:
That doesn't mean much at all, for every article you find written by someone jewish that says that Palin was right, there is an article written by someone else jewish that says it was wrong and finds it offensive.
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In that case, it means as much as the ones posted who say it was wrong.

Nothing wrong with giving both sides, is there?

How about we all be happy about the fact that the congress woman lived and hopefully she is still in tact cognitively.
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Yes, I'm very happy for her progress, and I pray that she will continue to heal with no bad lasting effects.

I look forward to the joyful reunion she will have with her colleagues in Congress. That will certainly be a tear-jerker to watch. :)
 
Reba: In that case, it means as much as the ones posted who say it was wrong.

Nothing wrong with giving both sides, is there?


agreed!!!
 
Banjo said:
What brought you to ask me such a question? The article was purely political. It has nothing to do with liking a person.
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He was the author of the "crap."

People don't usually refer to the writings of people they respect or like as "crap."
 
Reba said:
He was the author of the "crap."

People don't usually refer to the writings of people they respect or like as "crap."
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Obama's financial bailout plan, in my opinion, is a piece of crap.

But Obama is trying his best as a president of USA, this I commend him for that.
 
Reba said:
He was the author of the "crap."

People don't usually refer to the writings of people they respect or like as "crap."
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I just think the content of his article is crap, I don't hate the fella who wrote it.
 
Banjo said:
I just think the content of his article is crap, I don't hate the fella who wrote it.
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Oh, my, I didn't say that you hated him! I didn't mean to give that impression. I'm sorry. :Oops:
 
Banjo said:
I just think the content of his article is crap, I don't hate the fella who wrote it.
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I don't know anything about this rabbi. My take on what he said is that he sounded like a person very knowledgeable about what he was talking about and doesn't seem to have an ulterior motive. Can you point out to me the "crap" he is spewing?
 
Tousi said:
I don't know anything about this rabbi. My take on what he said is that he sounded like a person very knowledgeable about what he was talking about and doesn't seem to have an ulterior motive. Can you point out to me the "crap" he is spewing?
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Despite the strong association of the term with collective Jewish guilt and concomitant slaughter, Sarah Palin has every right to use it. The expression may be used whenever an amorphous mass is collectively accused of being murderers or accessories to murder.
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Just because it may fit the definition doesn't mean one should use it.
 
Pretty soon we will be allowed to call some lady murderer "Fucking cunt!" and I have every right to use it, am I right? No? It doesn't matter how STRONG that sounds, it is all the same, negativity.
 
Meh I just think it's calculated approach that Palin made ("team Palin 2012") when delivering the speech. I'm not quite sure if she made the "blood libel" connection herself and some of it is contradiction to what she has done in the past. It doesn't mean she is wrong but I question the motive to actually do a video an make the reference itself. To some people, and myself this is a signal to a run to 2012. Why didn't she apologize for the "crosshairs map". Because she has a greater incentive to not talk about that. WSJ is a big paper and they probably care a smidge if using "blood libel" is right (can't republish that map now can we?)
 
craigm26 said:
Why didn't she apologize for the "crosshairs map". Because she has a greater incentive to not talk about that.
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I saw that too as well. Didn't they take it down following the massacre?
 
craigm26 said:
Meh I just think it's calculated approach that Palin made ("team Palin 2012") when delivering the speech. I'm not quite sure if she made the "blood libel" connection herself and some of it is contradiction to what she has done in the past. It doesn't mean she is wrong but I question the motive to actually do a video an make the reference itself. To some people, and myself this is a signal to a run to 2012. Why didn't she apologize for the "crosshairs map". Because she has a greater incentive to not talk about that. WSJ is a big paper and they probably care a smidge if using "blood libel" is right (can't republish that map now can we?)
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agreed
 
Steinhauer said:
media-guide-loughner.jpg
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Yep, a lone, mentally ill gunman suffering from delusions...but influenced by all of the above.
 
cdaigle430 said:
Hey, she didn't make it about herself, as soon as this happened people were pointing fingers at her. She is the victim and nothing more and she has the right to defend herself.

I think you need to keep your political comments to your own country and stay out of ours. Believe me Canada is far from perfect.
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Oh, puleeze! Victim???:laugh2: You are as delusional as the gunman was if you actually believe that.
 
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