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2005-10-18 Home Front: Culture Wars

Steyn: Sometimes it is worth going to war

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Posted by tipper 2005-10-18 00:26|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Whew! Takes on the UNICEF Smurf movie and concludes with -

Sometimes war is worth it. And, if you don't think so, look at the opening scenes of that Unicef video - Smurfs singing, dancing, gambolling merrily - and try to imagine living in a Smurf enclave in a province that wants to introduce Sharia.

Posted by Bobby 2005-10-18 08:15|| 2005-10-18 08:15|| Front Page Top

#2 Aside from the unsubtle slam on the US (who else has an air force at war?) there is also the interesting fact that by making the bad guys invisible, there was no need to get into their ethnicity or religion.

Posted by AlanC">AlanC 2005-10-18 08:32|| 2005-10-18 08:32|| Front Page Top

#3 I wouldn't want Baby Smurf to grow up in Saddam's Iraq. I don't mean just because we'd be the beleaguered minority of Smurfistan, to be gassed and shovelled into mass graves.

I know it sounds heartless, but in the case of Smurfs would that be such a bad thing?

Posted by Secret Master 2005-10-18 15:07|| 2005-10-18 15:07|| Front Page Top

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