[CWOJackson]

For those who still think:

1) raimondo is intelligent

2) raimondo is conservative

[Lazamataz]

WILL SADDAM CUT A DEAL?

Here's the deal. We torture you, Saddam, and in return you don't die.

The ritual humiliation of the Iraqi dictator bodes ill for the peace of the region

Say, then: The ritual gassing of Kurds, the invasion of two neighbors with massive armies, and the development and deployment of binary chemical weapons DID enhance the peace of the region?

Raimondo is a buffoon.

[Petronski]

Justine's run out of Midol again.

[Gargantua]

For those who still think:

1) raimondo is intelligent

2) raimondo is conservative

3) raimondo is a queer

;-/

[HeadOn]

This is about like those stories years ago, when Asian shopkeepers, holding to their culture, would not look some radical black customers in the eye, and the radicals took it as an insult. So much so, that some shops were burned, or windows broken, or otherwise were vandalized. I think it was in New York.

Arabs demand we respect their culture, and then also demand that we change ours. The man shaved his OWN beard, daily, when he was supreme dictator, for Pete's sake. These guys are nuts.

[Jim Noble]

The Americans are showing their determination. Despite more than 400 dead, they are still there and they intend to act. That should worry Bashir Assad

And it certainly won't cost us 400 to say goodbye to Bashir...

[FFIGHTER]

Mindless dribble, totally irrelevant. dismissive at best. The left has a preoccupation with the rights and dignity of Saddam, and a lapse, or afterthought when regarding the hundreds of thousands of his victims. Typical yes, but still repulsive, even for Saddam's apologists,

[TonyInOhio]

[ohioman]

Raimondo is a consistent, anti-semitic and anti-American Traitor.

[thoughtomator]

Received from Justin Raimondo: Re: Re: From Justin Raimondo | 12/18/2003 8:53:38 AM PST new Free Republic does not have permission to reprint my articles, or any of my written works. This thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1042727/posts is a violation of my copyright. Please remove it.

LMAO guess he doesn't believe his work can stand the light of day either!

[Cvengr]

I'm a bit confused on several points regarding the article.

First, if an author seeks to publish an article in a large public publication, then why would that same person be offended if the public reads it without his knowledge?

If I see a copy of Pravda blowing in the street, pick up the litter, and read the article only to find it to be an extraordinary point of view, and then share that observation with friends or others whose viewpoints I respect,...what grounds would the author possibly conceive to contrive our reading of his article as being offensive to him personally?

Secondly, the article asserts unabashedly how the photos and tapes of Saddam Hussein, receiving a dental inspection and check for lice, after he was found confined in an underground hideaway without a very well kept appearance, and showing how he received a shave similar to his grooming standards before he went into the hole,...is now considered a barbaric breach upon his will, his humanity, upon all semblance of civility. My observation is that if this received behavior is so barbaric, then the author needs to go after every socialized medical program on the planet including the very concept of HMOs throughout the western world, because they are far more dehumanizing than what was shown on the TV.

Thirdly, I find it rather absurd for any person who claims they support free speech to become so indignant if the public actually reads and comments upon an article which was published in a public forum.

Fourthly, one must question the sincerity of the author when such a criticism is levied by him, because his criticism casts doubt on his credibility in sincerely seeking for his opinions to have any effect. Who else is he attempting to correct or alter than those who disagree with his perspective? If this audience is not included in his intended audience, then the author merely tips his hand that he is merely arrogantly boasting in the wind with no attempt to sincerely alter the beliefs of others. Rather, if that audience is excluded he is merely 'preaching to the choir' with only an intent to insure a conflict remains or is heightened in a contrived fashion.

Lastly, I didn't recognize the purported author had actually been verified as the poster on FR who claims he is so offended. From what I perceive, the poster 'justin raimondo' was a sarcastic euphanism for a Pravda writer's penname, intended to appear as though the author was 'Rainman' on steroids, emulating a Puerto Rican Rambo. I had always thought the penname on FR was a farce of absurd leftist propaganda. I'm still not so certain that this isn't the case.

Merry XMAS.

[dirtboy]

Well, if Justine doesn't want FR to quintiple his readership by having his intellectual flatulence posted here, I think we should return the favor by deep-sixing his login. No point having a rabid skunk around that bites the hand that feeds him table scraps.