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To: LibertarianInExile
There is a world of difference between the self-inflicted wounds of smokers and some jerks flying jets into your workplace. While the former might deter some smokers, the full impact of the latter only descends on those who have the will to think "My God!! Those are people jumping off of there!" or "I just saw a lot of people die in that fireball."

The rest will process the pyrotechnics with the same (or more) aplomb as the creature in 'Alien', not focusing on reality at all.

Without slapping America in the face with the harshness of the incident, Americans will do as they are, forget that there are people who doubtlessly would be here inflicting other injury on our public had we not taken the battle to them. If our troops were not providing targets for every terrorist in the Middle East, and dealing with them, then civillians would be dealing with them here. We forget this at our peril.

44 posted on 06/26/2004 8:19:28 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (Would you mind waiting until after I light this to start hacking and coughing?)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Hey, don't think I don't see there's a difference between them AT ALL. There is certainly argument to be made there.

But there should be no distinction in what is publicly permissible and the perception difference of one being improper for TV and the other being a-OK is purely politically driven. The left would show a schoolbus full of bloody dead babies in prime time if it hurt Bush, and the PC police would shoot smokers if they could, but both ally to complain bitterly anytime it's shown on TV that there are people in the world who will hurt Americans if given a chance, and what the result will be.


67 posted on 06/30/2004 6:09:53 PM PDT by LibertarianInExile (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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