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[kyburg]

LJ'ers are taking a roll call over at london_070705.

In case you hadn't heard, multiple blasts in London have killed over 45 people - so far.

Snark levels rising fast.

But here - I'll vent this little bit, thanks to Reuters: World Leaders Reactions. Note that everyone except that idiot Bush condemns the attacks in plain language. Bush? Call Homeland Security! SAVE MY ASS!!

Yeah. Hussein was the threat of the day. Suuuuure.

My sense of outrage is overshadowed by my absolute shame. This could have been stopped. I'm certain of it.

I'm sorry.

God, I hope you're all right.

Comments

[bigbigtruck.livejournal.com]

How is it not evil? o_o

[caitlin.livejournal.com]

GWB tends to drag out that word and use it to describe the actions of OTHERS... yet will not use it to describe what HE himself has done to Iraq. Or on Guantanamo...

Use a word often enough and it loses its impact and meaning, IMO.

Besides, GWB sounded like he was trying to rouse fervor again while Blair sounded calm and determined. It wasn't the words used, it was the manner in which they were used I objected to.

That's all.

C.

[digitaldraco.livejournal.com]

"...GWB sounded like he was trying to rouse fervor again while Blair sounded calm and determined.

Agreed. His grasp of the language may suck, but he does appear to know a chance to push the propaganda when it lands in his lap and stares him in the face.

[caitlin.livejournal.com]

In events like this, propaganda is not what needs to be pushed.

This is what I object to the most in his so-called statment.

C.

[digitaldraco.livejournal.com]

In no event is propaganda ever in need of pushing.

- Draco

[kyburg.livejournal.com]

*nods* I remember when he first started using language like that right after 9/11 - the boss' reaction to it was classic.

"Evil?! He's gonna go hunt down "Evil." Dumbass!"

And I piped up with - "He can start looking under 'coworker's' desk - he's got EVIL shoes on today!"

Boss laughed...and you could hear off in the distance - "....heeeeeeey!"