Re: oops: Operation code names causes backlash.
Johne Cook <[email protected]>
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You're right. They should have gone with something less provocative. "Mrs. Beasely is EKIA." Johne Cook | http://raygunrevival.com | http://authorculture.blogspot.com |* * On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Lance McLain <lance-X3DuywwxauBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote: > Right, and should the gov't imply (intentionally or not) that Geronimo was > a similar terrorist? > > And I'm not taking a side here, I'm just pointing out that the offense > taken might not be as ridiculous as assumed. > > Regards, > -Lance > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 5, 2011, at 2:44 PM, Johne Cook <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ...which just begs the usual aphorism here, one man's terrorist is > another > > man's freedom fighter. In this case, this bloke killed thousands of our > > people and eventually paid for it with his life, and his name means 'man > > with large hole in his head.' > > > > Johne Cook > > | http://raygunrevival.com | http://authorculture.blogspot.com |* > > * > > > > > > On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 1:35 PM, Lance McLain <lance-X3DuywwxauBWk0Htik3J/[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> No, it depends on how the gov't intended it to mean. Geronimo was > stalked > >> and hunted down while he hid in the mountains of Arizona and Mexico. If > >> they were drawing a parallel between the Geronimo and bin Laden then I > think > >> they may have an understandable reason to be offended. Native Americans > >> were often considered the terrorists of their day. > >> > >> Regards, > >> -Lance > >> > >> > >>> In other words, maybe it's just a meme, and always has been. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> dadl-ot mailing list > >>> http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us > >>> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot > >> > >> -- > >> dadl-ot mailing list > >> http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us > >> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot > >> > > -- > > dadl-ot mailing list > > http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us > > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot > > -- > dadl-ot mailing list > http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot > -- dadl-ot mailing list http://mail.thehood.us/mailman/listinfo/dadl-ot_thehood.us http://news.gmane.org/gmane.music.dadl.ot