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2008-09-14 Iraq

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Posted by Steve White 2008-09-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 No matter what side the reporters were on, this is a blow to the democracy of Iraq. Free speech is a cornerstone to any democracy.

However, I think we can expect more of this. As we are seeing even here in our own country, the media is no longer about reporting but has become a weapon in political arsenals.

We've always been told that the pen is mightier than the sword. But I think that we have come to realize that is only true when the pen is protected by a mightier sword.

Posted by Betty Grating2215 2008-09-14 03:02|| 2008-09-14 03:02|| Front Page Top

#2 Hopefully, this TV station will file a whopping big lawsuit against the Saudi Arabian Mufti who authorized the killing of TV station employees a week ago. That would make a very interesting trial.

Especially if the families of these TV employees are Shiites, since the Mufti is Sunni. Blood feud time.

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-09-14 10:28|| 2008-09-14 10:28|| Front Page Top

#3 "We've always been told that the pen is mightier than the sword. But I think that we have come to realize that is only true when the pen is protected by a mightier sword."

Thus has it ever been, Betty.

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2008-09-14 10:51|| http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/]">[http://ariellestjohndesigns.com/] 2008-09-14 10:51|| Front Page Top

#4 The old comic "Odd Bodkins" had an interesting take on the pen and the sword.

One character proclaimed that his pen was mightier than the sword, so the other asked him to set it down, and then chopped it with his sword.

He chopped it in half, but one half of the pen flew up and hit him in the eye, painfully.

Thus the moral: "The sword is mightier than the pen. But the pen is mighty sneaky."

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-09-14 12:50|| 2008-09-14 12:50|| Front Page Top

#5 Just remember the words of Joseph Pulitzer:

"Our nation and its press will rise or fall together." Without an INDEPENDENT press, things go downhill rather fast. We see that in our own nation. The majority of the Mainlysleaze Media is killing itself, while the Internet news arena is booming. I don't know what these three journalists were doing, but it must have been something good for the terrorists to kill them.

Posted by Old Patriot">Old Patriot 2008-09-14 14:31|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/]">[http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/] 2008-09-14 14:31|| Front Page Top

#6 Wasn't it just the other day the Saudi Grand Poobah said it was kosher (yeah, I know... but I don't know arabic for kosher) to kill evil TV journalists. Apparentlty he has a direct line to the baddies.

Posted by Hupineck Henbane2395 2008-09-14 20:18|| 2008-09-14 20:18|| Front Page Top

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