Mark Steyn: 'Events' Don't Just Happen

The Jerusalem Post ^ | January 6, 2004 | Mark Steyn

[altura]

I am in awe of how Steyn is able to put out so many columns and all high quality.

Hope he doesn't burn out.

[mylife]

Do you think we can have a "Mark Steyn" forum

I love the idea!!

[solitas]

Some young Saudi girls were trying to flee a blazing school, but they were prevented from doing so by the mutaween — the religious police — who beat them with sticks and drove them back inside the building to perish in the flames. ...[b]ecause the girls, in their haste to escape the inferno, had neglected to put on their head scarves. Fifteen of them died.

mutaween = filthy animals

[quidnunc]

You're blathering.

[GeronL]

How about a Totally Unused and Unnecessary Ping List?The TUUPL? we'll never pingya!

[sarasmom]

psst...
You mean there are other venues available, aside from this one?
LOL!

[AmishDude]

1. He posts an awful lot here. I mean, who has the time?
2. Seriously, what could possibly beat FR?

[Roscoe Karns]

Thanks

[AmishDude]

What was the point of that link?

[quidnunc]

seamole wrote: You're flamebaiting me, calling the moderators, and timing their response. Well, I won't call you anything rude, except maybe "lawyer".

What in the world are you taslking about?

The only time I ever hit the abuse button is to get the moderator's attention to ask him to correct some typo in the headlines of my threads that slip past me when I do my usual wretched jot of typing.

I'm perfectly capable of fighting my own battles when it's inportant enough to do so — which this little shivaree isn't.

[quidnunc]

AmishDude wrote: What was the point of that link?

I'm a retired cop.

[ConservativeConvert]

It's just too unbelievable that Steyn can be so consistently scathing, cutting right to the bone in the most satirically entertaining way almost DAILY.

[GeronL]

You've been on it for the past three years

LOL... I'm honored. really.

[Tunehead54]

I hate excerpting! Having said that I must say that there should be a comprehensive list on the "posting" page to tell you whose sites/rags we cannot post full articles from. Just remember - never end a sentence with a preposition and don't post entire articles from the LAT, WP, NBC, MSNBC and who knows how many newspapers owned by these "free speech" enthusiast commie rags ... :-(

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SM: Please keep me on the list - Thanks!

[upchuck]

Stop unnecessary excerpting ping list.

Hey, I'm with you on this. Damned unnecessary excerpting drives me crazy. If you want to post the article then POST the article. Don't be lazy and do a half-assed job. Do it right or don't do it at all.

I rant about this because I'm stuck with a 56K dialup connection. No DSL or cable modem available where I live. So one of the things I like most about FR is the relative lack of graphics. When a FReeper unnecessarily excerpts an article I have to go to the source to read it. And the source is usually loaded down with graphics that take forever to load, pop-up ads, etc. So I endure it all the while cussing under my breath 'cause some lazy FReeper couldn't take the time to post the entire article.

Oh and while I'm ranting... those of you w/ DSL and/or cable, please have pity on us poor 56K dialup guyz. If you do have to excerpt, please link to the "printer friendly" version of the article. This version doesn't have near the graphics as the web version. Thanks!!

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