A True Human Shield
Dean
If this doesn't make your heart leap into your throat I don't know what will.
That's my new desktop picture.
Defending the liberal tradition in history, science, and philosophy.
If this doesn't make your heart leap into your throat I don't know what will.
That's my new desktop picture.
So son't make too much of this. It's nothing more than an arab cultural trait.
And these same kids, when they grow up, turn into the kind of folks who become suicide bombers.
So my heart is not going to jump out of my chest at the thought of them dying before they're old enough to destroy someone else's life.
If we help stabilize Iraq, it's not them that I have much interest in.
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
Reminds me of what Wodehouse's character, Uncle Fred, told a couple of villians about the US Marines: 'Do you know what US Marines are known for? They arrive.' as he gestured at the PC heading across the lawn towards them.
Despite the rhetoric, our reputation precedes us. Must be what so many hate about us.
Of course we all lose our tempers now and then. Dean freely admits to being imperfect in this regard, which is why regulars to this establishment will generally be cut more slack than people who we don't know very well.
Still: behave like an adult, or go find somewhere else to play. Thanks.