Comments on: Mind-blowing idiocy

By: john b

john b — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 17:58:00 +0000

Eric: Officials initially claimed there were nine or 10 Arabs among the hostage-takers – possibly in an attempt to back up their allegation of al-Qaeda involvement – but some surviving hostages have said they saw no Arabs in the school. (from the BBC). I think my ‘we don’t know much yet’ is probably the most accurate, if not precise, observation we can so far make.

By: matt

matt — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 19:16:00 +0000

"You absolute fuckheads."

That's a succinct and elegant formulation and I wish more politicians felt comfortable using it. That's not sarcasm by the way.

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 15:02:00 +0000

10 Arabs.

By: Ista

Ista — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 09:57:00 +0000

‘Conquer these folks’. Nice.

It’s the typical knee-jerk reaction to these kinds of atrocities. It’s hard to use head over heart in the face of such a massive disregard for the value of human life (and yes the children make it worse) so it’s understandable to a certain extent – but not when you start committing your own little ‘outrages’ in response. Brutality breeds brutality but, judging by Putin’s comments today, I don’t think he’s planning on keeping that particular thought in mind.