The _only_ person on this list who came even _close_ to that argument is Chuck0 when he expressed enthusiasm for Ward Churchill's "Little Eichmanns" comment. And even Chuck0 doesn't think the bombers are the front line in the antiwar movement.
I can't even believe I'm reading this about Carl. IT's twisted, man, it's twisted.
kelley
At 01:07 AM 7/14/2005, James Heartfield wrote:
>Carl 'bomb on' Remick affects boredom to conceal his hatred of London's
>bomb victims:
>
>'<Yawn> Brits have merely taken the scenic route to the same destination
>-- reelecting a government that has waged illegal war.'
>
>The meaning is clear: the "Brits" (would he call the bombers "Pakis"?) are
>guilty of waging war against the Iraqis, they elected the government so
>they must "pay the price", i.e. their lives. Plainly all the caveats about
>'of course nobody supports terrorism' are just lip-service. Remick thinks
>that these people had it coming:
>
>Laura Webb, 28, a personal assistant; Gladys Wundowa, 51, a hospital
>cleaner; Jennifer Nicholson, 24, Benedetta Ciaccia, 30, an Italian
>business analyst; Miriam Hyman, 31; Jamie Gordon, 30; Ciaran Cassidy, 22;
>Rachelle Chung For Yuen, 27 ; Karolina Gluck, 29, an administrator; Susan
>Levy, 53; Ojara Ikeagwu, 55, a social worker with three children, Shahera
>Islam, a 20-year-old Muslim, bank worker Shyanuja Parathasangary, 30,
>Mihaela Otto, 46; Philip Russell, 28.
>
>Remick's glee at these deaths is just the rage of impotence. Unable to
>convince his compatriots in the US that they should oppose the occupation
>of Iraq, he hopes that bombings will do it for him, or failing that, that
>bombers will dissuade his country's allies.
>
>He wants to believe that the bombers are the armed wing of the anti-war
>movement. But the difference is that the anti-war movement was interested
>in persuading people, while the bombers had already written their fellow
>British citizens off as unworthy of persuasion, just as Remick has.
>
>
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