Posted by caraher on September 9, 2007, at 1:11:47
In reply to Re: Bin Laden speaks some truth..... » Meri-Tuuli, posted by seldomseen on September 8, 2007, at 21:32:00
> when I want a lecture on morality, democracy etc... osama bin laden would be the LAST person on the PLANET that I would listen to.
This reaction is exactly why the conspiracy theorists I alluded to worried about. Place an argument in the mouth of bin Laden and many will view it as discredited for that reason alone, without engaging the ideas directly.
If bin Laden says 2+2=4, I'm not going to change my beliefs. If he says Reagan was a great president, that won't sway me either.
I think Meri-Tuuli's original post title was intended to underscore what an unlikely source for the view expressed bin Laden is. He's obviously no friend of democratic forms of government, but that in now way invalidates, by itself, observations regarding hypocrisies and failures of various governments. This will inevitably be fodder for the ridiculous claims of unscrupulous pundits that some politicians are in league with Al Qaeda.
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