RE: [ba-unrev-talk] TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED
Graham. (01)
I referred to the Sports Illustrated article because it happened to be
readily available on the Internet. My original source, written by a
serious journalist and which provides details about four sons of
dictators, is Canada's National Post of Saturday, March 15. Look for it
in the Review section. (02)
Henry (03)
On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 20:15, Graham Stalker-Wilde wrote:
> ah, sports illustrated, my favourite news source.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ba-unrev-talk@bootstrap.org
> > [mailto:owner-ba-unrev-talk@bootstrap.org]On Behalf Of Henry K van Eyken
> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:28 PM
> > To: ba-unrev-talk@bootstrap.org
> > Subject: Re: [ba-unrev-talk] TELL THEM THEY ARE BEING ATTACKED
> >
> >
> > I ought to bring up another aspect of such dictatorships as exist in
> > Iraq, North Korea, and Libya - that sons of tyrants are raised to be
> > sadists.
> >
> > Here a report on Uday Hussain:
> >
> > http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2003/03/24/son_of_saddam/
> >
> > With Saddam left in place, expect worse yet to come. The present ruler
> > of North Korea, son of the previous dictator threatens his neighbors and
> > the U.S. with nuclear weapons, doing so without regard for North Korean
> > citizens. These are the kinds of situations that help tip the balance
> > for me w.r.t. being pro or anti the current action in Iraq.
> >
> > A note of significance on the side. A news item last night informed us
> > that most Jordanians (many of them Palestinians, actually) admire Saddam
> > Hussain, atrocities notwithstanding. He gives the region a sense of
> > pride, according to the journalist reporting. As I well know, so did
> > Hitler. And I have been given to understand there are many still in
> > Russians who revere Stalin. We human beings exhibit some strange
> > behaviors. Somehow this phenomenon ought to factor in when it comes to
> > augmenting individual and collective intellect.
> >
> > Henry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > (04)