You'd get an argument from these folks.
Posted on 09/06/2006 2:33:33 PM PDT by Dundee
Need an antidote to the civil liberties crowd? Go to the movies to see United 93, says foreign editor Greg Sheridan
...There is much to reflect on in this film. For a start, ask yourself this: if al-Qa'ida came for you, would you rather be sitting next to a Melbourne civil liberties lawyer or a rugby player?...
...The artistic class has produced very little of worth out of the age of terror because it does not understand the terrorists or its own society. Five years into the war on terror, this simple film is the most powerful explanatory artefact I have seen. Its question is still an open one: can we defend ourselves, can we prevail? I would be more comfortable if more of us played rugby.
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A truly great article. Thanks for posting it, mate.
Wow. This got written in a paper? I dont think I ever see such strong words and sentiments outside the net.
If anyone on FR has not yet seen the movie, "United 93", they are missing one of the best of 2006. It is a wake up to 9/11 and our struggle.
I'd settle for sitting next to a rugby fan.
I don't plan to fly, but if I have to I will have a very heavy pocket book [all legal]. The spike heels are difinately out, they would do possibly as much harm to me as the terror freak. I wad of quarters makes a good brass kuckle I hear. I would go down fighting for sure .
I'd want to sit next to Chuck Liddell...
That is... if Jack Bauer was unavailable.
Better to die on our feet than live on our knees.
WOW! Excellent column.
You'd get an argument from these folks.
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