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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Ann Coulter :: Townhall.com Columnist
Are videotaped beheading covered by Geneva?
by Ann Coulter
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It was this idea (Be nice!) that fueled liberals' rage at Reagan when he vanquished the Soviet Union with his macho "cowboy diplomacy" that was going to get us all blown up. As the Times editorial page hysterically described Reagan's first year in office: "Mr. Reagan looked at the world through gun sights." Yes, he did! And now the Evil Empire is no more.

It was this idiotic idea of being nice to predators that drove liberal crime policies in the '60s and '70s -- leading like night into day to unprecedented crime rates. Now these same liberal ninnies want to extend their tender mercies not just to rapists and murderers, but to Islamic terrorists.

Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Ronald Reagan and Winston Churchill had a different idea: Instead of rewarding bad behavior, punish bad behavior. How many times does punishment have to work and coddling have to fail before we never have to hear again that if we treat terrorists well, the terrorists will treat our prisoners well?

Fortunately, history always begins this morning for liberals, so they can keep flogging the same idiotic idea that has never, ever worked: Be nice to our enemies and they will reward us with good behavior.

Never mind trusting liberals with national security. Never mind trusting them with raising kids. These people shouldn't even be allowed to own pets.

If the Democrats and the four pathetic Republicans angling to be called "mavericks" by The New York Times really believe we need to treat captured terrorists nicely in order to ensure that the next American they capture will be well-treated, then why stop at 600-thread-count sheets for the Guantanamo detainees? We must adopt Sharia law.

As McCain might put it, I hold no brief for al-Qaida, but what would better protect Americans they take prisoner than if America went whole hog and became an Islamic republic? On the plus side, we can finally put Rosie O'Donnell in a burka.

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Reply # 1
Date: Oct 1, 2006 - 8:03 PM EST
movwater -- typicallyt fails
Once again, a very lengthy posting by movwater -- which fails to prove his point.
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BS Detector writes: Thursday, September, 21, 2006 8:29 PM


Okay movwater:
"Hmmm! The CBO, eh! Aren't they the folks that did an analysis during the Reagan Years that found the if Income Taxes were 100%, the Federal Tax Revenue would increase in the 2nd and out years? Apparently on the theory that people would just as hard the government as they do for themselves."

BS Detector
I'd love to see this study. However, I'll bet it doesn't exist. Prove me wrong - cite it.

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Now the response:

"I'd love to see this study. However, I'll bet it doesn't exist. Prove mewrong - cite it."

Okay:

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Despite the "OK", movwater fails to cite the study. Instead he provides two lengthy quotes that MENTION the study -- each stating it was done in different years (1986 and 1988).

Duh.

If I can quote an article that MENTIONS a study proving movwater is insane -- that is OBVIOUSLY not the same as CITING the study itself.

Movwater: here's yer sign.

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Reply # 2
Date: Oct 1, 2006 - 4:39 AM EST
Jaksavin

Jaksavin writes: Wednesday, September, 27, 2006 10:20 AM

>>>>"You state a number of times that you are smart, others are dumb.

Show me where I said that, chump.

>>>>"However, you expose yourself by making a number of errors other than those of factual natures.

Lack of evidence?

>>>>>>"When you write "NOBODY SUPPORTS US NOWHERE" unless you are quoting (without attribution), as if to poke fun at the educationally-deficient you are citing a double-negative, hence undermining your case."

Yes, thought it was obvious that I was poking fun at the thinking-deficient. Or having fun with the language??

>>>>>"In conclusion, most would find it refreshing if you, like most liberals, ...

You betray your ignorance -- when you assume anyone who disagrees with you must be a liberal.

I am literally stunned at how many people here do that. It's a logocal fallacy called (in the vernacular) "poisoning the well".

>>>>>"... might offer a scintilla of advice on how to right the wrongs that you perceive in contradistinction to simply railing against that which you find anathema or citing reference works out of context.

First, explain your shallow allegation that I have cited ANYTHING out of context -- lest you be considered just another of the attackers around here.

Second, you may have missed my advice on how to correct ... anything. If you could be more specific -- including your vague innuendo regardibg context -- I would be happy to oblige.

Unlike yourself, I actually enjoy specificity.

But first, I'm again saying you lied about me claiming to be smart. Show us where, sport.

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