BUZZ ON BC - Iranian Nukes
Published June 16, 2004
To a Blogcritic, the art of debate is essentially a matter of bait.
If the headline is a nightcrawler and the subhead's a lure, the punchline is a bucket of fish guts.
Now catch the frenzy nightly at Blogcritics.org, in the comment section of whatever post has the tastiest guts.
It is here that the BC's, drained from a long day of blogging, collapse in a puddle in front of the computer to relax with a few good reads and a little complimentary banter — until somebody says something stupid, and somebody else forgets about what she said she wouldn't do regarding that third drink, and all over the world you can hear the chairs push back. In 20 time zones some three dozen Blogcritics (out of more than 400) loosely divide themselves into ideological corners. The Reds on one side, The Blues on the other.
And then, in a stunning illustration of what a room full of typing monkeys could produce if only they were human, a virtual magazine appears in real time, generally well written and edited, representing opinions in every shade of purple. Some are lol, some are just laughable, but all of it is inflammatory to somebody. (Or should that be: flammatory?)
FRENZY OF THE WEEK: It's Time For A Preemptive Strike Against Iran, by RJ Elliott. Advocating that the U.S. "drop Daisy Cutters on everything in that shithole of a country that appears to be in any way involved with (Iran's) nuclear program," Elliott warns that unless preemptive action is taken, we'll "wake up one morning to hear that Israel has ceased to exist, thanks to an Iranian surprise nuclear attack."
Within three posts RJ is accused of getting the same thrill from "unlimited global war" as he does from "kiddie porn," that his posts are reminiscent of apartment buildings where "junkies... shit and piss in the stairwell... because they figure if they are miserable, everybody else should be too." Someone else suggested he needed a date with, "as (it) increasingly seems more applicable, (a) gay" man as a means of "sublimation (of his) fantasies of murdering thousands." Some wiseguy says let's bomb Pakistan and India, another adds China, Egypt, France, Germany and Scotland (on account of kilts).Elliott returns shaking his head: "I'm called a queer, a warmonger, a junkie, and a pedophile," but (I'm) "happy to be judged by my enemies: An anti-American communist Canuck, and an angry, anti-White black nationalist with delusions of grandeur" — and the fight is on.
Of course, very little of it has to do with Iran or policy — but that's what makes BC BC.
- BUZZ ON BC - Iranian Nukes
- Published: June 16, 2004
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- Writer: CW Fisher
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Mother Theresa was a man.
I don't know what to tell you, boomcrash. America is pre-war Germany right now. People are scared and thinking poorly.
What happens on BC is a microcosm of world at large. People are quick to throw names, the lingual equivalent of rocks, and the same for the government, only they use bullets.
Aggression makes us feel better, like we're doing something, which we are: pissing everybody off.
I think most Americans want to believe we're secure again, but I bet that deep down, most of us know just how fucking simple it is to pull off an act of terrorism, here or anywhere else. We're not safe and we can't be made to be safe. At least not be the means we currently employ.
Things are messed up alright.
Back in the 60's, people took acid to make the world wierd. Now the world is wierd and people take Prozac to make it normal.
What to do? What to do?
America's always been scared. In the 50's there were bomb shelters in the back yards and nuclear attack drills in the classroom. By helping to end the cold war, Reagan saved us from commies and their big bombs. Now it's Bush, in a not-near-as-effective way, trying to save us from Islam and their big bombs.
Here we go round the mulberry bush.
hilarity and not a bad characterization, a pretty good ad for Blogcritics, by the way
"...In the 60's, people took acid to make the world wierd. Now the world is wierd and people take Prozac to make it normal." --boomcrashbaby
CW, you already have
Is "wierd" an alternate spelling of "wired" or "weird"?
it's 'weird' with not enough coffee yet.
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Dating a gay guy will cure someone of the fantasies of murdering thousands? Um, okay. I must be misreading. With as many dates as I've had, I've saved more lives than Mother Theresa.
Of course, very little of it has to do with Iran or policy -- but that's what makes BC BC.
Very little of the Iraq war has to do with Osama or Al Queda*, but that's what makes America America.
(The reasoning being that Saddam is funding terrorists? Osama is a multimillionaire and has multimillionaire connections everywhere from Saudi Arabia to European nations as well as the whole Phillipine area. Thinking taking down Saddam would solve that is like taking down the Piggly Wiggly because Wal Mart is hurting your business.)
You try to reason with people, CW. You show them facts, history, statistics, whatever, and they still don't see. So you get to a point where you just take the conversation elsewhere, I guess?