Guest #1 March 24, 2003 Iraqis would rather flee Iraq than lose a soccer match. This could be sensationalized, but if even half of it is true, it serves to demonstrate once again that the cause is just. "De Oppresso Liber"."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BoobieCootie 0 #2 March 24, 2003 I'm sure Uday Hussein would break the world record in sprints. Let's see him outrun a missile Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 3 #3 March 24, 2003 QuoteThis could be sensationalized, but if even half of it is true . . . The same could be said about alien abductions. You probably should not assume that just because there is a large quantity of anecdotal evidence that a story is true. I'd like to see the hard evidence first.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #4 March 24, 2003 one story and another and yet another We don't have too much "hard evidence" because these guys aren't allowed to present it.But I for one strongly suspect that Uday Hussein might not be a very nice man. Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest #5 March 24, 2003 QuoteQuoteThis could be sensationalized, but if even half of it is true . . . The same could be said about alien abductions. You probably should not assume that just because there is a large quantity of anecdotal evidence that a story is true. I'd like to see the hard evidence first. Although we had our blinders on concerning the Nazi death machine during WWII (we simply did not want to believe what was going on), I agree somewhat. Folks over there (I'm generalizing here, not stereotyping) tend to be overly emotional and sensationalistic. Witness the Congressional testimony of Kuwaitis during PGWI. However, some of the atrocities the Kuwaitis cited were indeed perpetrated by the Iraqis during the occupation. Hussein's pigs are very good at covering their tracks. The Nazis were too, but their obsession with record-keeping was helpful in exposing the truth. The photographs of rooms packed to the ceiling with eyeglasses confiscated from those who went to the gas chambers weren't "alien abductions". Further, I don't think ridiculing these people is helpful, and I think it is bad form to compare their experience to "alien abductions", since it appears to be a form of dismissive ridicule."The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harryskydives 0 #6 March 24, 2003 I know what they went through," adds Haydar, who escaped from Iraq in 1998 and now lives in London. "I was tortured four times after matches. . says Haydar, the former soccer star. "I wish they would run their hands over our scars, see the pain in our eyes Then there would be no questions." see the torture chamber and the blood on the floor," Forrest says. "What will they say then?" _______________________________________________ Gee Paul just call the man a liar. Don't run out of altitude and experience at the same time... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VectorBoy 0 #7 March 27, 2003 I had an Alien abduction once. I'm pretty sure she wasn't in this country legaly and boy did she take me for a ride! Glen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrad 0 #8 March 27, 2003 Rumour has it that Uday recently took over as chairman of West Ham FC. When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
