In a message dated 2/18/03 9:21:03 PM Pacific Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > Subj: Re: mag raine's report from the bay area > Date: 2/18/03 9:21:03 PM Pacific Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> > Reply-to: <A HREF="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > In a message dated 2/18/2003 8:58:09 PM Central Standard Time, > [log in to unmask] writes: > > > >Bush call the "enemy" pygmies, and thugs...... It just doesn't seem the > >smart thing to do. That's why I don't think Bush has a very full > >understanding of what his own name calling might provoke. > > > > > > Mag, > > Everything ANY president says is calculated. Whenever Bush I > pronounced Saddam, he pronounced the arabic equivalent for shoe shin boy. > US > presidents don't speak off the cuff. So "Pygmies, Thugs..evildoers, > whatever", has a calculated impact. This is diplomacy in the 21st Century. > You take nothing at first hand because there is always a hidden and a very > calculated agenda. > > Bobby > Yes, I suppose so, Bobby. It's a bad example though, for the children. I think it is sort of dis-greaceful;.in the fullest meaning of that word. mag ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am available to do writing, editing, reporting, designing jobs, including business cards, etc. I am also a disability rights activist. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~