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Tchocky

07-04-07 10:24 PM

Not this Celtic land!

The Avon Lady

07-04-07 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

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Originally Posted by The Avon Lady

The following are useful phrases to know when
travelling in the mideast:

You mean occupying the mideast.

No. Captured and freed lands, done in a defensive war whose aim was to annihilate Israel.

Though they were in fact previously occupied by Egyptians, Jordanians, Turks, Crusaders, Muslims and Romans.

Lord_Kitchener

07-05-07 03:52 PM

Avon Lady...I think it's pretty much useless..the world has flipped upside down...nowadays Good is Evil, and Evil is Good:down:

07-05-07 05:48 PM

Listen, the man put himself in harms way. Good for him that he was released, but, he knew the risk going in. I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for the press.

The man made his choice.

Letum

07-05-07 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

Listen, the man put himself in harms way. Good for him that he was released, but, he knew the risk going in. I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for the press.

The man made his choice.

:doh:

1) He isn't "the press". "The press" is a vastly broad and varied group of reporters, investigators, recherchers, presenters etc. ad infinum. Not to have sympathy for any individual human because they are in the press is a crazy stance to take!

2) It is because he put him self in harms way, despite knowing the risk, that we should have sympathy for him. He did not need to go to a conflict zone to earn a living and we must be thankful that people like him have the steel to report in places like this or we would be much less informed about these areas.

07-05-07 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Letum

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Originally Posted by waste gate

Listen, the man put himself in harms way. Good for him that he was released, but, he knew the risk going in. I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for the press.

The man made his choice.

My understanding is that he will not return to the region. Perhaps he didn't think it out before he went there to begin with. Not all humans are bright.

Letum

07-05-07 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

My understanding is that he will not return to the region. Perhaps he didn't think it out before he went there to begin with.

He said he would not return "in the near future".
I really don't think you can study the area and report on it for so long, including reporting on the kidnapping of other journalists, with out knowing the risk to your self! :doh:
I think anyone would want a less stressful occupation for a few years after a kidnapp.

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Originally Posted by waste gate

Not all humans are bright.

I am so very tempted to put that in my sig. ;)

robbo180265

07-05-07 06:37 PM

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Originally Posted by waste gate

Listen, the man put himself in harms way. Good for him that he was released, but, he knew the risk going in. I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for the press.

The man made his choice.

Do you use the same philosophy when talking about soldiers killed in Iraq WG?

07-05-07 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by robbo180265

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Originally Posted by waste gate

Listen, the man put himself in harms way. Good for him that he was released, but, he knew the risk going in. I don't have a whole lot of sympathy for the press.

The man made his choice.

Do you use the same philosophy when talking about soldiers killed in Iraq WG?

Yes. The US has a voluntary military. No one is conscripted.

The Avon Lady

07-06-07 04:16 AM

Ransom paid?