Posted by Morphia [65.101.206.132 - host-65-101-206-132.cust.qwest.net] on 25 May 2004 at 09.25.57 ZuluTime:

In Reply to: Better than Cats.... posted by Gremlin on 12 May 2004 at 03.19.45 ZuluTime:

Yeah,
     I saw it. I wasn't particularly impressed. Blame it on desensitization due to the violent trends in mass media, the fact I actually enjoyed ManHunt, or possibly just good old fashioned inate lack of sympthathy twoards mankind as a whole, but this is one of those things that only barely registers on the "give-a-shit-o-meter". I was prediciting shit like 9/11 long before it happened, was blamed personally by the school board for Columbine, and I don't see this as anything more than run of the mill terrorism. Brando tried it with a horse, the Iraqis (sp?) did it with an American.

Which, I suppose is the big issue, isn't it. If they had cut off the head of one of their own, we would probably be sitting around talking about what new spark of wit(lessness) Junior can spout off. But no. It was "one of ours".

I don't know about you, but he wasn't one of mine. There are currently only three people active in the military whom I would even accept as being "one of ours". But hey, since we're done taping American flags to our cars in rememberance of three foreigners and their bad aviation skills, which have slowly but surely replaced the tri-coloured ribbons (we AREN'T all Columbine, people...), which have replaced (or at least been added to) the vagina-fish and crucifixes, might I suggest another tasteless and stupid thing to hang from rearview mirror's?

Anti-anti-american hacksaws.