[Mb-civic] I do not think Americans care about the killing of Iraqi civilians.

[richard haase]

I care too Harold and there must be approx 80 - 100 million out of the 290
million who care; but there are 200 million who dont give a ________________
most regretably
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From: "Cheeseburger" <maxfury at granderiver.net>
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Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 1:46 PM
Subject: [Mb-civic] I do not think Americans care about the killing of Iraqi
civilians.


> Re:  I do not think Americans care about the killing of Iraqi civilians.
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> I really do not think the American people care about the deaths of the
> Iraqi civilians.
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>
> I care, Harold.  Little that does.  However, you must remember, not mildly
> reminisce about, but truly remember, that "The American People" for the
> most part neither see Iraqis being killed on their television sets, read
> about them being killed in their newspapers, or get the news of Iraqi
> civilians being slaughtered from any other source, other than *maybe* some
> simple numbers indicating a certain amount.
>
> If it wasn't for me being on this list and you (among others) putting up
> that article, and similar news stories, I wouldn't have a clue either.
The
> closest "large newspaper" near me is in San Antonio, a city of about 1.4
> million people, it's called The Express News.  Someone came in and bought
> it, and then bought the only competing newspaper The San Antonio Light and
> shut down The San Antonio Light, long ago.  Since then San Antonio, a
giant
> military town, and surrounding areas, like mine, receive little if any
Real
> News about Iraq other than "We are winning the war on Terrorism..!!", and
> I've never seen anything other than just a number indicating "Iraqi
> Deaths", and usually not even a number.
>
> Multiply this situation of a virtual News Blackout by several million
> people around the USA, and you have your answer.  Americans can't really
> care about what they never hear about.  And so they don't.
>
> At least with Viet Nam we got to see little naked girls with their clothes
> burned off covered in Napalm walking down the street crying in hysterics,
> which made A Big Difference.
>
> With this war, the test one for all The New Improved Clean Wars to come,
as
> you apparently already know, the masters of misinformation,
disinformation,
> and no information at all, are doing a bang up job to keep The American
> Public as far in the dark about actual Real Happenings as possible.
>
> Especially dead people.  Keep those dead people off our TV sets, we're
> trying to watch Janet Jackson's tit during the football game.
>
> Besides, hey, fuck those Hajis, they're just like the gooks were except
> their eyes are different.  Did you bring any beer..?  We're running low on
> beer and half time is almost over.
>
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> The atrocities the American soldiers are doing/committing every day in
Iraq
> are pretty much ignored.
>
> http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=586045
>
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> It's easy to ignore something you never see nor hear about.  Again, only
> about 15 percent of ALL the people who use The Internet in America (I
think
> that's something like 15 percent of 80? million people) use it for News
> Retrieval.  Ok, let's all do the math together.  That means HOW? many
> Americans don't have access to things like news.indepentent.co.uk,
> TruthOut, AlterNet, NYTimes, WashPost (as if that makes much of a
> difference), etc, and instead only have access to things like The Express
> News which instead of reporting on Iraq prints neat things on how to baste
> your turkey....?
>
> A Majority of Americans.
>
> Try to remember that.   It's important.
>
>
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> The line "it was a mistake you will be compensated" is so pathetic,
shallow
> and weak!!
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>
> It's been a tried and trued American Military-Government statement for as
> long as I can remember.
>
> Don't worry, though, some day there will be giant casinos in Iraq and
> everyone will be happy, except those stuck by the side of the road selling
> jewelry and baskets they have woven.
>
>
>
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> The American snipers killing women and children really sickens me !!
>
> Later H
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>
>
> Wow, now you know how The Palestinians have felt about The Israelis for
the
> past Half Century.
>
> Being sickened is nice, and even though you are in A Minority who even
> realize what's going on in Iraq, Action is required.
>
> We would all march on NYC or somewhere against it, but as History has
> proven, maintaining a healthy grass turf on a lawn is much more important
> than addressing paltry matters such as civilian deaths, injustice,
> inequality, or the fall of Democracy, besides our boss won't let us off of
> work today and we have to keep working to keep paying taxes so they can
buy
> more bullets or the Government will come and take our homes away from us.
>
> Be all that you can be.
>
> It's not just a job anymore.  It's a career.
>
>
>
> Cheeseburger
>
> - Step right up, we got some really nice fresh Iraqi baby heads today,
> cooked to a fine sheen in barbecue style, and the eyeballs are fresh and
> juicy as the day they were born, only 2 shekels, free American flag with
> each purchase.
>
>
> .
>
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