Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!news-FFM2.ecrc.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Kevin Gowen Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Initial impressions from the Japanese premier of Fahrenheit 9/11 Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 20:22:05 -0400 Lines: 24 Message-ID: <2oflpdFabmtvU5@uni-berlin.de> References: <73fde4f0.0408160649.9fe8883@posting.google.com> <4121591A.70006@yahoo.com> <2od462F9dbbnU7@uni-berlin.de> <7qa3i0dt19sd37q01b78260eleavmdqbin@4ax.com> <41220FAC.A0F874B2@yahoo.com> <2oed4iF9p3diU6@uni-berlin.de> <2oeg1iF9p3diU7@uni-berlin.de> <73fde4f0.0408171042.6a954d69@posting.google.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 3Gqh9fwO9NigfO3ciOToGAqPl8Pbqp14FG3OeRpc1bXqo63Ruc User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (Windows/20040803) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en In-Reply-To: Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:16554 mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote: > John W. wrote: > > >>Since the original reference was to Clinton ("... after 8 years...") >>then 'academic' applies. And I figure anyone who at the very least has >>actually gone to war (regardless of how long and under what >>circumstances) stands much higher in my regard than a man whose >>morality and patriotism guided him to party and pick up chicks under >>the guise of being a military pilot. > > > And it's not like his family background is bereft of good examples in > that regard. > > Of course, Mr Gowen seems to dismiss patriotic duty as something done by > "liberals"... Whose and what patriotic duty have I dismissed? > Mike - Kevin