Posted on 10/29/2004 6:28:28 AM PDT by georgerichard
This is not a vanity post, it is the plain truth. As 'flagthefly' I posted a link to a BBC article about an investigation by the most respected medical magazine in the world, which had some unpleasant things to say about the real number of dead in Iraq. My thread got pulled after 2 replies. This has changed my opinion on this site by 180 degrees for now. Why is it not possible to post a link to news about an independent scientific investigation? If this counts as 'freedom', then I'd like to be jailed forever, that would be a more viable option. I am afraid the values of this board are totalitarian, in the Orwellian sense. After this thread I will leave you anyway, and will not return. But by giving me reasoned rebuttals and replies, you could correct something after all. That is, if you want to and can. In the meantime, I would like to suggest a name change for this board to: 'Bananarepublic.com'. That would be more like the truth. (Mwahahahahahaha...cue hollow laughter). But I will encourage friends to get in here and have a rich, good belly-laugh about those cherished 'values' that you'd like to radiate...
This is not a vanity post, it is the plain truth. -- I guess because you say it is so, it must be so. You show up, and you change the definition of a vanity post.
As 'flagthefly' I posted a link to a BBC article about an investigation by the most respected medical magazine in the world, which had some unpleasant things to say about the real number of dead in Iraq. -- Do you want to know about the real number dead in Iraq? Approximately 1.3 million innocent human beings died because of Saddam Hussein. In the "Food for Oil" program, perhaps as many as 2 million children died because he took billions instead of giving food and medicine to the children.
If this counts as 'freedom', then I'd like to be jailed forever, that would be a more viable option. -- If you are asking to be jailed forever, that is fine with me. How does Guantanamo sound?
I am afraid the values of this board are totalitarian, in the Orwellian sense. -- This is a board owned by Jim Robinson. He may invite anyone into his living room he chooses. Unfortunately, from personal experience attending leftist demonstrations, I noticed that most of you smell real bad. We don't want you here in our livingroom.
After this thread I will leave you anyway, and will not return. -- Bye bye. Don't let the heavy FReeper door hit your *ss on the way out.
In the meantime, I would like to suggest a name change for this board to: 'Bananarepublic.com'. -- Again, you indulge in self-importance and far overestimate any possible value you have to society in general and this board in particular. It may be deflating, but we don't care what you think.
But I will encourage friends... -- People like you don't have friends. You have fair-weather political allies who will stab you in the back at the first opportunity. You and your group have no character. You have no spine. And, as I suggested earlier, you really do need to bathe and gargle before attending a demonstration.
NOTE: if I said anything personally offensive to you, take it personally. It was intended that way.
Oh, wait, that was just gas. Better now. 'Bye!
But what I want to know is: How many years has Gary Condit been married to THAT woman.
JellyBean! Would you like to be a Judge on America's Next Top Troll? We are trying to fill positions... ampu
Sounds like fun!! Sign me up!
No, no, no. It's BUSHRepublic.com!
How about this one: (_!_)
Great form. Thanks.
Zit-zot?
Because that name is owned by a clothing company, and thebananarepublican.com is owned by me.
Why do these pinhead ZOTS continue to think this is some government site?
IT'S PRIVATE and the OWNER can disallow anything he damn well pleases.
Now THAT is true freedom.
"See if you can guess what I am today...
>>SPLAT<<
... A Zot. Get it?"
Ha...I, Commander Chaos, laughs in your face...I have all the tin-foil and you have none...Ha.ha.
And I've got news for him. If "the most respected medical journal on the planet" means the Lancet, he is full of horse hockey. On THIS side of the Atlantic, the Lancet is not taken seriously. Try JAMA or the New England Journal of Medicine or Science. Jeesh, get a clue.
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