Posted on 09/10/2005 4:45:48 PM PDT by Prime Choice
"Chris is young and naive. You can bet it will bother him after he serves in Iraq.and flies into Newark and spots a giant red crescent glaring up at him from the ground of his own country."
So you know better than he what he does or should think? Pretty impressive mental powers you've got there.
It's a bet. Chris is a great kid; Anyone can tell that. Wanna take me up on the bet?
Either it is... or it isn't.
If it is a crescent... then I think we should ask why it is not treated like the rebel flag...
If it isn't, then there should be no objections to rotating the entire memorial 90 degrees so it points the wrong way :)
Craig
Motive is irrelevant; Perception and consequences are what resonate through the court of public opinion. For example;
1) Bill Clinton's motive with Monica Lewinski was to "have a good time"; The public perception was that he had no self control. The consequence was that he single-handedly destroyed the credibility of the Democrat Party.
2) A judge erects the ten commandments in his court house. His motive is to remind criminals that they answer not just to him but to a higher being. The perception is that he is using his position to push his religion. The consequence is that the 10 commandments are being removed from historical displays throughout the country.
3) A child draws a picture of a happy afternoon when he and his brother played cops and robbers. His motive is to express a happy moment. The perception is that he is dangerous because he drew a gun in his picture. The consequence is that parents teach their children to never, ever draw pictures that have guns or knives in them, which in turn makes the child feel like the happy game of cops and robbers is a bad thing.
Liberals do the job of spitting on American memorials that terrorists are too dead to do.
He is clearly a left-winger and something of an activist, based on his writings.
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