Again a Western country bends over

[Skybird]

Disgusting. Even more digusting that doing so is probably celebrated by some politicians as diplomatic "reasonability".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8558764.stm

Holy cow, they really mean that serious. I know it is just another one in a long row of examples of slimey submission of cowardly, spineless weaklings begging to get slapped, kicked, spit and nailed, but every once in a while it still makes my overpressure valves opening up, since I need to take note of such acts of fawining subservience by European and American officials almost every day when skimming the headlines.

Nauseating. It reminds me of wives getting beaten up by their husbands and nevertheless insisting that it is their own fault and the man being a good guy in principle who doesn't mean it, and courts ruling the victim of rape is guilty because it "provoked" the attackers, so the victim must be additionally punished. Both is pathologic, both is expression of fear and weakness, and a seriously distorted understanding of "justice".

It's already hard to bear for a man of honour if he needs to live in times when evil is ruling.

But it is even worse to bear if he needs to live in times where the difference between evil and good is no longer wanted to be known.

[Schroeder]

Or in short: Business as usual.

So the problem here is that someone took a bit of nonsense and reacted to it as though it was important.

Since the last topic started with "is anyone supposed to take this seriously?" and the only possible answer was no(unless you wanted to rant about global muslim conspiracies) then this topic is just the result of a silly politician taking nonsense to heart and having to apologise for over reacting to the rantings of a lunatic.

It reminds me of wives getting beaten up by their husbands and nevertheless insisting that it is their own fault

It reminds me of someone getting really upset about someone who was claiming they often beat their wife then finding that the person never had a wife in the first place and couldn't manage to beat an egg even with assistance.

it still makes my overpressure valves opening up, since I need to take note of such acts of fawining subservience by European and American officials almost every day when skimming the headlines.

There is a very simple cure for that affliction Skybird suffers from.

[Cohaagen]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

There is a very simple cure for that affliction Skybird suffers from.

Yes, he should throw a brick through a kebab shop window, then sit cross-legged and wait for the Bundies to haul him off and put him away with all the other self-pitiers. I don't get it - served a bad donner? Sister went out with a Turk?

Jeeesus, from his posts you'd think that it was impossible to conduct conversation in Europe above the muezzins giving the prayer call through loudspeakers. Only other hypothesis is that it's a pre-emptive tactic to detract attention from all the misplaced anti-American rhetoric he posts.

Jeeesus, from his posts you'd think that it was impossible to conduct conversation in Europe above the muezzins giving the prayer call through loudspeakers

No really its true, there is a secret EU law that says you cannot have a conversation above prayer calls.

[Freiwillige]

I agree with Skybird on this one. I mean its Khadafi who is a nut. Would Reagan have apologized?

Should the U.S. have made the statement? No

But having done so apologizing just seems like groveling.

I think we should bomb them just cause America woke up in a bad mood today.

One thing is fact. Its proven that, that is the only thing Libya respects.

I think we should bomb them just cause America woke up in a bad mood today.
One thing is fact. Its proven that, that is the only thing Libya respects.

Thats strange, I could have sworn that the bombing of Libya just led to more terrorism and more complicated efforts at diplomacy
The fact is the only thing Libya respects is business deals.

[krashkart]

Originally Posted by Freiwillige

I agree with Skybird on this one. I mean its Khadafi who is a nut. Would Reagan have apologized?

Should the U.S. have made the statement? No

But having done so apologizing just seems like groveling.

I think we should bomb them just cause America woke up in a bad mood today.

One thing is fact. Its proven that, that is the only thing Libya respects.

Hear hear! Why should any country bend over and kiss the arses of those psychos? I don't mean to come off as anti-Islam or what have you by saying this, but people in those countries were dancing and cheering in the streets after the Towers fell! How should I feel about that as an American? How should I feel about irrational bomb-rigged extremists seeking to slaughter every Westerner that crosses them? Joyful? Apologetic? Hell No.

A line was drawn and it is being held in Iraq and Afghanistan, and I think every one of those extremist dogs should be hunted down and bombed out of existence. We can deal with the diplomatic mop up after our victory party.

I feel pretty strongly about that. Back to lurking.