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The Rev Martin Luther King is rightly considered a great man these days - but it was not universally so. Indeed, as this article from Loonwatch.com points out, he was considered a Communist by the right-wingers of the time - and would be reviled by this generation's right-wing nutters. But the messa...

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As pointed out in global surveys, some people do justify the killing of civilians. In the recent assassinations of Iranian scientists, the USA and most other countries have come out strongly against these criminal acts. The US administration clearly and strongly denounced the bomb attack. It is inde...

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Sorry, is that a 'no I won't tackle the deliberate mistranslations and misleading quotes you have highlighted in the posts above'? Excuses, excuses. :roll: Why should not what applies to news agencies apply whenever you post a Memri special??: Responsible news organisations can't rely on anything it...

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Paddy Ashdown gives his view of the Global Shifts of power - some very interesting insights and views about the shifts, and indeed the nature of power. Full transcript also included - to read at leisure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuAj2F54bdo There's a poem written by a very famous English poet ...

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I think we are all very familiar with your obsession with diagnosing everyone else FD - no need to apologise. :D I wonder what psychologists will make of your ever inventive ways of not answering questions related to your posts. Hmm.... Your thread, your allegations but when investigated we find mor...

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What we have seen from you after the facts showing the baseless allegations in the OP has been evasion and weak attempts at being funny. ;) But I do like your diagnoses - it indicates to me that you've got no answers to the questions about your misrepresentations. The irony is that you're now sooo p...

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I thought you might - and no, apart from the unanswered questions you're avoiding, I have nothing further add on this topic.

Cheers,

Shafique

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eh - this thread is not about whether you disagree with rudeboy over the killing of Osama bin Laden, but rather about the killing of scientists. Do you side with the US administration that this is wrong, or do you side with those who think killing Iranian scientists is a good thing? If the latter, t...

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Please show Memri misleads quotes anymore than any of the liberal rags you call mainstream media today. Wow, what a 'whataboutery' argument. Major fail there eh. You imagine that 'liberal rags' are as guilty of misleading quotes as the Memri examples above. Is THAT your only defence? Innuendo? Chee...

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Memri misleads as per the real examples given. Now if you want to show that other 'liberal rags' are as bad as Memri - then please start a new thread and show real examples. And your logic contains a major flaw too. Unless you believe the stories in 'liberal rags' which are as bad as Memri, you are ...

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I thought Cohen's points were quite clear: If there are assassinations on one side, it must be assumed that there will be assassination attempts on the other side too. If Iranian scientists are not immune, then neither are scientists from the countries suspected of carrying out the assassinations. W...

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Perhaps the third time you'll read and understand what Cohen wrote:

within hours of the attack this time, the government in Tehran and the Iranian media named Israel and the United States as the responsible parties, and promised revenge.

Cheers,

Shafique

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Did you make that up, or did you get that from one of eh's favourite Islamophobic blog sites? But I completely agree with you - vampires and the reality that Memri portrays are exactly the same. Both works of fiction. I know it is futile to point out that you asked for specific examples of mistransl...

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I'm with Cohen and with the US administration - and as I stated before many times - I'm against any act of killing of civilians, and in this case I agree that the consequences may be worse than any perceived benefit (so it may work out counterproductive). Whilst the US has denied and denounced the a...

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Well, looking at the first half of the article, the bit not quoted - I have to say that Bruce Hood makes good points. He does point out that the Captain will be vilified - just like FD does in his opening lines - 'coward no doubt' etc. He says that self-preservation is an instinct. It seems Captain ...

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Thanks for your opinion about Loonwatch. I'm not surprised that you wish to imagine Loonwatch deliberately deceives like Memri does. It doesn't. Whilst loonwatch gives full references and links to the articles, the same can't be said for Memri. Prove me wrong and post the complete transcripts from t...

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Another epic failure eh. Do you really think people will believe your spin and not go and check out the actual poll results (after all, unlike Memri and your blog cuts and pastes, the full references have been given). The main poll asks Americans the same question. Your fellow American Christians ar...

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The fact you haven't addressed the real examples of mistranslations and misrepresentations is what is most interesting.

Why is that?

Very weak defence of Memri, very weak.

Cheers,
Shafique

shafique

Rudeboy - that there are double standards is pretty clear to everyone in the world, even if the facts on how great the double standards are not widely known. The USA, for example, is guilty of harbouring known terrorists. As posted elsewhere, we have an example of the terrorists who blew up a Cuban ...

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If you got a nutter who is making evil plans of mass destruction, then obviously that's debatable. Are you referring to a specific 'mad scientist' or the Iranian father and who is also a teacher etc that was assassinated in Iran? However the question posed by the Israeli newspaper was whether this ...

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I agree with FD and BM - the guy was indeed a coward. The article doesn't dispute this fact - it is just stating that acting 'cowardly' is natural when faced with life endagering situations. What I find interesting is that the 'captain going down with the ship' seems to be a recent invention and lar...

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Well, whether FD read the article and intentionally spun it, or didn't read the article and copied the criticism from a pro-Israeli website that uses the term 'Al Guardian' is really only a question that FD can answer. For my part, I thanked him for posting two interesting articles from this quality...

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BM - who are you betting with? ;) I'm going by what is reported in newspapers and reputable news sources such as the one in the OP. There's also a little thing called logic and common sense. But hey, 10/10 for imagination - perhaps the Iranians are trying out a new assassination tactic. If so, then ...

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You'll have to ask the Iranians for their reasoning - as the article stated, they immediately blamed the US and Israel, but since then only the US has denied involvement.

Cheers,

Shafique

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BM - Why would the fact your daughter has a son be considered an insult? :roll: Fail is on you. ;) FD - what is the 'woolen socks brigade', and has that something to do with 'Al Guardian' name calling? But hey, kudos to the Guardian - they published an article which you have now read and felt strong...

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The Haaretz article was not offering or asking for proof that it was the US or Israel, rather on the logic/sense of targetting scientists. My view is that this is simply terrorism. If the consequences of the assassination is that Iran makes good on its threat to exact revenge over who it says are be...

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Where's your proof that the author of the article wears goat woolen socks? ;) I think you'll find that the consensus amongst adults is that stating that someone who has posted they have a daughter who has a child is a 'grandmother' is not an insult. But should you have proof otherwise, let's see it....

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I've provided a complete list of the key ideologies of Nazis and asked which of them are 'left wing' (well, to be precise I asked which weren't right wing) and have also asked which of the supposed 'left wing' policies of Nazis appear on the list of key ideologies. But I think we have an answer to F...

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But which of your supposed 'left wing' policies are listed in the 'Key Ideologies' of the Nazis as listed by Nazism.net? If none of your supposed left-wing policies are on the list - isn't that a clue as to why only a few right-wing people believe that the Nazis weren't right wing? Perhaps people cl...

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eh is well aware of the blogger version of Islam I'm referring to - indeed, it is the one where the misconception that 'Muslims hate Jews' as qutoed in the article is believed. You see, there's a difference between real life and what eh believes to be true! ;) But glad you agree, FD, this is indeed ...

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