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| Wednesday, March 02, 2005 |
Europe, Thy Name Is Cowardice
A few days ago Henry Broder wrote in Welt am Sonntag, "Europe — your family name is appeasement." It's a phrase you can't get out of your head because it's so terribly true.
Appeasement cost millions of Jews and non-Jews their lives as England and France, allies at the time, negotiated and hesitated too long before they noticed that Hitler had to be fought, not bound to toothless agreements.
Appeasement legitimized and stabilized Communism in the Soviet Union, then East Germany, then all the rest of Eastern Europe where for decades, inhuman, suppressive, murderous governments were glorified as the ideologically correct alternative to all other possibilities.
Appeasement crippled Europe when genocide ran rampant in Kosovo, and, even though we had absolute proof of ongoing mass-murder, we Europeans debated and debated and debated, and were still debating when finally the Americans had to come from halfway around the world, into Europe yet again, and do our work for us.
Rather than protecting democracy in the Middle East, European appeasement, camouflaged behind the fuzzy word "equidistance," now countenances suicide bombings in Israel by fundamentalist Palestinians.
To read the full article go to http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/dapfner.asp Its a damn good read if you ask me.
Game given pre-watershed ad ban
The game is set in the fictional city of San Andreas
Adverts for a violent computer game have been banned from being shown on television before the watershed in the wake of complaints from viewers.
The 18-rated game, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, has been criticised in the past for its violent content.
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) was asked to investigate after receiving eight complaints about two adverts featuring game extracts.
They were shown before 2100 GMT when children could have been watching.
We could understand the parents' concerns that it was inappropriate for young children to see this level of violence in advertising for a product which was only available to adults
ASA
One advert was described by the ASA as showing "general scenes of violence and the use of guns" while the other showed the spraying of graffiti and "use of guns in drive-by shootings".
Full Article here http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4310465.stm
Now why would I put to seemingly unrelated topics in one post that way ? Well they are related very closely let me explain. It seems to me that if the world is full of violence casued by Islamic fundamentalist its fine for a child to watch it on television or hear it on the radio with now cencoring by parents. Or if a parent decides to take them to a movie that might not be suitable for them that is their choice right? but heaven forbid should a video game show violence there is a fucking public out cry. What the hell is wrong with people? Are parents so fixated with one medium of entertainment more than others? Its would seem so. Parents have left the child raising duties to the damn Television and its counterpart the videogame. Now I let my kid watch cartoons there is nothing wrong with that I even let him watch certain programing that he might not fully understand ( American Chopper, Monster Garage, Monster House) but if a program is overly violent or uses far to many colorfull words such as the F Bomb all the time then I have the common sense not to let him watch that. If I am in my media room ( my fucking garage ok ) playing Vice City or San Andreas or The Punisher or any game that depicts violence gore or anything that is not for a 3 year old I pause the game and send him back inside the house. I know how to monitor what my child sees. But Here and around the world people would rather casue a stink becasuse their 8 year old saw a commercial for San Andreas trust me people your 8 year old probably knows every curse word in the book already and probably knows what a dirty Sanchez and the shocker are. Look them up if you don't know already damn. Its just crazy how people will jump on a bandwagon if they think it is moraly rightous. Yet we have people who send half their paychecks to a brainwashing preacher who lives 100 times better than most of the citizens he preaches to. Folks if your supposed to be spreading the word of the lord you can't do it driving a Mercedes Benz, your best bet would be a 1975 Gremlin. If you want to preach to the masses on how Jesus lived his life you can't do it while living in a 30 room mansion with every possible creature comfort you can think of. You can do it if you live in a 10X12 room in the back of the church you preach from. And don't force your opinions on the masses. Just because you think something is right take the time to research who you are trying to get the message passed on to. DO they share you beliefs? if not take a long walk off well you get the point. Quit blaming your shortcommings on the terrorist or your child failed 3 grade again for the 4th time on the music he listens to relize that the problem is you just as much as the child. You want to get rid of terrorisim? quit fucking funding them hows that for starters, then a massive clean and sweep. Its amazing how if we are attacked we are supposed to show restraint where was the restraint on Sept 11th? The world like to criticize far to much and do far to little yes you Europe untill something is done to them then they are screaming for American assistance go figure. Quit showing restraint with these people show them that we mean what we say. Our war with these people should have been over and done with months ago if they would have started dropping MOAB all over the place. Well thats enough for me today I am tired and used up my cut and paste plus to much of my own thoughts and typing thats alot for one so lazy as I.
Wired Wizard |
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