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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 08:37 AM
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"what's the big deal?" asks a c-span caller
the hypnotized are truly frightening. another goddamned torture apologist. there are a lot of them up in here too. people who seem to be finding a reason to say that it's acceptable, cause we're at war.

what the fuck
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ugarte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 08:41 AM
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1. It goes beyond "We're at war" for these people
It's literally, "America does God's will. Therefore any means justify the ends."

Truly scary.
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HawkerHurricane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 08:53 AM
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2. If I may correct/modify your phrase...
"America does God's will. Therefore anything America does is the right thing to do. Any who say otherwise are against God."
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ugarte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 09:06 AM
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4. Exactly right
Americans are the chosen people.
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laura888 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 08:57 AM
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3. Callers are only repeating what they're hearing in the media
And if its on TV/Radio, it must be right, right?

Here's a May 4 quote from Limbaugh:

<snip>

"LIMBAUGH: Exactly. Exactly my point! This is no different than what happens at the Skull and Bones initiation and we're going to ruin people's lives over it and we're going to hamper our military effort, and then we are going to really hammer them because they had a good time. You know, these people are being fired at every day. I'm talking about people having a good time, these people, you ever heard of emotional release? You of heard of need to blow some steam off?"

</snip>

Limbaugh plays on the Armed Services Network - which is sometimes the only English-speaking media available to servicemen.

I urge you to contact your senators and representatives to complain about this. These guys have blood on their hands.

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Wilber_Stool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-07-04 09:13 AM
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5. A guy called in,
said he spent 12 years in American prisons and they treated him like that every day. No shit.
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