In New War on Terrorism, Words Are Weapons, Too (Defending bill maher)

NY TIMES ^ | 9-29-01 | by celestine Bohlen

[getoffmylawn]

Great comments, however, I don't believe your objectivity is going to very well received on this site.

[nanomid]

You certainly win the award for saying the most words and yet saying nothing. ...that you understood.

I am not a professor, because I really don't care enough to teach rocks. You get it, or you don't.
I believe many will, and it is to those I speak.

Cream floats, Rocks sink, Everything else is Communism.

[gargoyle]

...Long time back, before Mahr moved to the alph channel, he was focused and direct with debate. What do you expect from mainstream telly, competing with springer, rosie, court, the banality and mediocraty that these hypocrites dish out all day, every day? Peurile bullshit, that's all!

...Let him speak, let me choose not to listen.

[constitutiongirl]

Norn, our ex-President is a big fan of the FALN. He even went so far as to pardon them in order to help his wife get the Puerto Rican vote in New York.

[syriacus]

Maher now implies that suicide is an "act of bravery," even though such action is forbidden by Judeo-Christian teachings.

What about the ramifications of such an idea as Maher's?

By implying that people who commit suicide are brave, Maher might have 'justified' suicide in the minds of some people who are considering ending their own lives.
People who are interested in committing suicide can now think of themselves as "brave" (and, since they won't be killing thousands of other people at the same time, they can even think they are 'kinder' than the terrorists.)

The "all-powerful" Maher has spoken. It's braver to kill oneself than to kill others in defense of your countrymen..

[syriacus]

Let him speak, let me choose not to listen.

Let's also hope suicidally inclined folks didn't listen to his words, which implied suicide is a brave act.

[maxwell]

Linguists shminguists. What a bunch of overblown eggheads. Call the terrorists whatever you like, Ms. Sontag, hell, run out and set up a fan club. But when you start dissing the military-- what makes it even possible for your sorry a$$ to crank out all this dreck freely and unmolested-- you're just trash.

[maxwell]

LMAO!!! Get on top...

But seriously, are you implying that there is no absolute truth? Or is that merely a projection of my inner conflict and bullsh!t like that? Heisenberg's uncertainty principle tells us that we can only observe quantities to a certain degree of accuracy; as long as I specify the error or degree of uncertainty on a measurement, it's still meaningful data. It's still true. We entrust our lives to engineers' standard deviation calculations every day.

Not trying to imply that one can carry over the scientific method into the human psyche... Or that one should try. The way I decided to interpret your "gibberish" is, you're right on; liberals have always been much further ahead than we in the realm of psychological manipulation via communication... 'Bout time we turned the tables.

[gargoyle]

...Let's also hope folks that want to kill someone, practice on themselves first, in private...

[syriacus]

Let's also hope folks that want to kill someone, practice on themselves first, in private...

Or get the kind of help they need, if they have warped thinking or emotions.

[mountaineer]

from MSNBC:
Staffers at “Politically Incorrect” have been updating their resumes, says an insider. “I’m betting this show won’t be on the air much longer,” says the source. “Too many advertisers are pulling out. It hardly seems fair that a guy’s career can be derailed by one comment.” The show’s host, Bill Maher, has been in hot water since saying that the suicidal terrorists are braver than some in the U.S. military....
link.
Wow, someone hand me a Kleenex.

[subterfuge]

Regarding reply # 33...wow are you smart! Thanks for chiming in. You are incredibly intelligent and have proved it. How did you get so smart?

[subterfuge]

Hey MENSA called and they want their Thesarus back. Man you are so smart, I can't get over it. A couple more posts and we the dull may know what you are talking about. Come on you can do it.

[dhuffman@awod.com]

Proud member since September 12th, 2001