NP Re: A conspiracy theory made to order

jbor jbor at bigpond.com
Sat Jun 22 22:10:31 CDT 2002


Er, sorry Doug. You seem to have taken personal offence at something I wrote
in response to Michael's post, and are lashing out wildly at me in
retaliation. Out of "profound respect ... yada yada" I wasn't actually
referring to anyone who posts to this list, of course. But I see that the
characterisation has hit a raw nerve with you. I wonder why that is, mm?

best


on 23/6/02 12:10 PM, Doug Millison at millison at online-journalist.com wrote:

> jbor:
>> More than anything it's that which I find repulsive, the way that the
>> terrible deaths of thousands and thousands of people in both the attacks and
>> the subsequent campaign against the terrorist groups who launched the
>> attacks were just so much fodder for this sort of petty domestic political
>> pamphleteering.
> 
> You don't seem to mind using those same deaths to buttress your own
> consistent support of Bush and the rest of the political agenda you've put
> forth in this discussion since September 11.   The word you've used to
> characterize this tactic, "repulsive", is a good choice.




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