...Question...Who Doesn't Deserve the Following Rights?

rst0wxyz wrote:
Surprisingly, under Saddam, Iraqis enjoyed one right that neither the
citizens of America or Britain have.
They could own a fully automatic rifle - one per family - for self defense.
The US found out all about this when we invaded the place, and found it
crawling with full-auto AK-47s.


They could have used them on Saddam Hussein, but they didn't. They
used them on us!!!!


Because they were too afraid to use them on Saddam... what if they _missed_?
He might lock them away in Abu Ghraib prison without a trial... strip
them naked and treat them like animals... attach wires to them and
threaten to electrocute them
....wait a second...why _did_ they dare shoot at us?
Oh, that's right - he used to do stuff like that to people who were
caught chewing gum during government meetings.
For attempted assassination, he would no doubt become even more sadistic
in his punishments.
There's a rumor that he once chained someone to a chair and made him
watch 'The Lawrence Welk Show" for 72 hours straight.
The _same episode_ even.
Over and over, till he went mad.
At least that's what the Israelis claim, and if they don't know about
fiendish German torture tactics, nobody does.
There are still Holocaust survivors who go into traumatic shock at the
sounds of polka music and champagne corks popping, feeling that they
are drowning in a sea of smiling freshly-scrubbed Aryan faces while
soulless music is being sung.
The polka version of "Die Fahne hoch" is a truly terrifying thing to
hear, particularly when the whistles come into play...sounding like the
festive arrival of a squadron of Stuka dive-bombers. ;-)

Pat

Here's a question for you fine fellows:

Why the hell is any of this in sci.space.history?

On Jul 15, 4:24*am, Damien Valentine wrote:
Here's a question for you fine fellows:

Why the hell is any of this in sci.space.history?

I believe it refers to the space between the ears of anyone who thinks
China is either a free country or a true friend to the west, that Iraq
is a democracy and won't turn back into a terrorist dictatorship when
the US leaves, etc etc...
So...how about that Moon landing? Liftoff was 39 years ago tomorrow...

We interrupt this post to bring you a breaking news story ...



*** MIGRANT WORKERS RIOT AT COMMIECHINK POLICE STATION! ***

Around the World

Tuesday, July 15, 2008; A14

CHINA



HUNDREDS OF MIGRANT WORKERS attacked a police station in eastern China
after one was allegedly beaten while trying to get a residence permit,
highlighting enduring tensions between temporary workers and
authorities.

The three days of unrest in coastal Zhejiang province began Thursday
when a crowd gathered in front of the Kanmen town police station to
protest the treatment of the beaten worker, with some demonstrators
throwing rocks at officers, the official New China News Agency said
Monday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...071402621.html