Things that irritate me about reading twitter and watching CNN
Tom Send a noteboard - 22/08/2011 04:13:58 AM
1. CNN continues to refer to pro-Gaddafi fighters as "government forces" when in fact it is clear that there is only one government left in Libya, and that is the NTC out of Benghazi. What they call "the government" is really nothing more than the Gaddafi spokesman's rantings, backed by a few thugs who haven't been killed or captured.
2. People are stupid. Dozens of people on twitter think that there was no Libyan uprising, that the whole thing was staged or sponsored by NATO as part of some evil scheme to "get Libya's oil", when in fact the uprising was inconvenient, as the West had just spent a lot of time and money to make peace with Gaddafi and had some sweet oil deals without needing to bomb. Also, some people seem to actually believe idiots like Hugo Chavez who have been saying that NATO "flattened" Tripoli and killed thousands of people.
3. The West should really take a more interventionist line with respect to protecting civilian populations against brutal crackdowns. I don't know how or under what exact criteria, but we should just ignore the UN and do it.
2. People are stupid. Dozens of people on twitter think that there was no Libyan uprising, that the whole thing was staged or sponsored by NATO as part of some evil scheme to "get Libya's oil", when in fact the uprising was inconvenient, as the West had just spent a lot of time and money to make peace with Gaddafi and had some sweet oil deals without needing to bomb. Also, some people seem to actually believe idiots like Hugo Chavez who have been saying that NATO "flattened" Tripoli and killed thousands of people.
3. The West should really take a more interventionist line with respect to protecting civilian populations against brutal crackdowns. I don't know how or under what exact criteria, but we should just ignore the UN and do it.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
This message last edited by Tom on 22/08/2011 at 04:20:50 AM
Libyan rebels are now in Tripoli.
- 21/08/2011 10:06:43 PM
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I guess now is when we find out how much he was bluffing...
- 21/08/2011 10:09:01 PM
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Indeed. I'm rather nervous about it.
- 21/08/2011 10:10:00 PM
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Yeah, even if he goes quietly, things might still turn ugly between the rebel factions...
- 21/08/2011 10:20:53 PM
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Oh please, let's stay in the realm of reality, not Gaddafi propaganda.
- 21/08/2011 11:35:27 PM
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I've followed it on twitter despite my hatred of the service generally.
- 21/08/2011 11:37:32 PM
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Re: I've followed it on twitter despite my hatred of the service generally.
- 22/08/2011 12:20:09 AM
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Even if there aren't any planes, South Africa supported Gaddafi as of this morning.
- 22/08/2011 01:16:36 AM
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Will NATO now do the same for Syrians? Or is that "different"? *NM*
- 21/08/2011 11:47:27 PM
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NATO won't take military action against Syria without the support of the full UN Security Council
- 22/08/2011 12:24:09 AM
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What LTT said, plus I don't think we have a clear enough idea of just who all of the...
- 23/08/2011 05:37:31 AM
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Things that irritate me about reading twitter and watching CNN
- 22/08/2011 04:13:58 AM
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