I do do so LOVE getting comments from my regular blog readers. Most of them are very nice and are very much appreciated.
Then, there are the ones who want to torture me...
I wrote a post earlier today about Congressman Peter King who thinks torture is dandy. It got this comment...
When exactly did Al-Qaeda sign the Geneva Convention? The bias that this site consistently has shown makes me sick. If I was in charge of these terrorists, waterboarding would be the least of their worries. And I'd like to waterboard every one of you who defend these murderers like they have constitutional rights. Congreesman King is correct, whose side are you on anyway?
Let me dissect this comment and answer the writer's points... such as they are.
1. When exactly did Al-Qaeda sign the Geneva Convention?
A. Never. Of course, we DID sign the Geneva Convention. See? WE said we wouldn't torture people. AQ is a band of savages with no regard for human life. We, on the other hands, are Americans. We've been taught since childhood that we hold ourselves to higher standards BECAUSE we are Americans.
2. The bias that this site consistently has shown makes me sick.
A. Well, I hope you have decent health insurance. 46 million Americans do not. But we're trying to fix that. And besides, "bias" is just another word for "opinion." If you are sickened by everyone who has a different opinion than you do, then I hope you have an emesis basin nearby at all times.
3. If I was in charge of these terrorists, waterboarding would be the least of their worries.
A. Why? Because you're a TOUGH GUY? Or would you make them listen to recordings of John Wayne reciting the Pledge of Allegiance or something? Or are you saying you would (gulp!) MURDER prisoners of War?
4. And I'd like to waterboard every one of you who defend these murderers like they have constitutional rights.
A. And there we have it. This clown wants to torture EVERYONE who thinks that torture is bad no matter WHO does it. I'm pretty sure "Chuckles" here would blow a mental gasket if he heard about someone torturing Americans. I can only guess he's not insightful enough to know that if WE do it, then our ENEMIES will feel justified in doing it to OUR guys... and the rest of the world will AGREE with them.
5. Congreesman (sp) King is correct, whose side are you on anyway?
A. Believe it nor not? YOUR side, dimwit. I'm on the side of a good and decent America where we don't lower ourselves to the level of our enemies, where we treat prisoners like human beings. If AQ ever captures YOU, then I'll be JUST as angry if they waterboard you as I am when we waterboard them. I promise.
You have the right to your opinion, sir. Or madam. Whatever you are. So do I.
See? WE call it DEMOCRACY. You cats TRIED to destroy it over the last eight years. But somehow, it survived.
Please feel free to write back any time. Assuming you're done being "sick", that is....
AND LOOK! MORE!!!
Someone who didn't feel comfortable leaving a name or e-mail address (He is simply known as "NAME") wrote...
I guess the fact that the CIA guys didn't actually injure the terrorists (or is that too much of a strong term for you?), and that the people they interrogated would gladly cut off the head of you, your wife, and your stepson after slaughtering your doggies in front of you doesn't matter for much.
That's why the left makes me laugh. All of you are about peace and love (except for Bush and Cheney and other Republicans), but you forget that you live in a real world where there are zealots out there who would love nothing more than to kill thousands of Americans in the cruelest way possible. Watch the Nick Berg video by chance?
OK, let's answer this dimwit as well.
1. I guess the fact that the CIA guys didn't actually injure the terrorists (or is that too much of a strong term for you?), and that the people they interrogated would gladly cut off the head of you, your wife, and your stepson after slaughtering your doggies in front of you doesn't matter for much.
A. Jesus, dude! Take a freekin' BREATH! I assume you're talking about the ones who were NOT killed -- some were after being abused, kicked, beaten, etc. Yes, they are terrorists... except for the ones who are not and were released and were sent back to their home countries after being tortured... but who cares about that, right? And because THEY are savages, WE should be savages... too? Is that the point you're making? And my doggies? Sweet God, "Name." Leave my doggies out of it.
2. That's why the left makes me laugh.
A. Glad to be of service. I think you could use a bit of humor in your life. And, perhaps, a laxative.
3. All of you are about peace and love (except for Bush and Cheney and other Republicans), but you forget that you live in a real world where there are zealots out there who would love nothing more than to kill thousands of Americans in the cruelest way possible.
A. You have a problem with "peace" and "love"? Why? The alternative is "war" and "hate." And they suck. That's the reason so many of us are angry with Bushco -- they took an American tragedy and used it to start a war that didn't do ANYONE any good, a war that was not needed, a war that made NO one safer, a war that LED to Nick Berg getting his head cut off. But again, you miss the point. TORTURE DOESN'T WORK! Expert after expert after expert says so! You can get BETTER information WITHOUT torture. But I don't really think it was ABOUT getting information as far as folks like you are concerned. You just like hurting the brown people with the funny names and the non-Christian god. Right. You can admit it to me. We're FRIENDS now!
4. Watch the Nick Berg video by chance?
A. I prefer not to watch death porn. If that's the sort of thing that turns YOU on, more power to you. But, because of folks like you, I fear in the next war we'll be seeing MORE videos like that... of captured young American men and women being tortured as the torturers say, "You have no room to be morally outraged, America! You did it to Muslims! Now WE do it to YOU!" And the REST of the civilized world will say, "They're right, you know."
Now... once again, "Name," you have a right to your opinion. You wanna sit there and hate people, that's your right to do so. But I'm every bit as American as you are. And I'm not afraid to use my actual name, "Name." The fact that you choose to hide yours tells me more than your foam-flecked hate comment could ever say.
'Nite! Don't forget to check under your bed for Libruhls and Terruhists!
Dimwit.