Hi Fans,
Actually, I had to go to work, not "fleeing the scene", sorry to disappoint you, BVS (talk about condescending.. hahah, brother, you take the cake ).
Like the rest of you, I based my opinion on the video itself. It looks like a fake to me. I posted my opinion and explained why I thought it was fake. Others elsewhere back up this opinion, though no one here at Interference had yet, which I found odd. This video has been around for over a week and not one person here every questioned its validity.
The rest of the supposedly "rude and condescending" retorts were in response to similarly rude and consdescending counterpoints that were personally insulting and not relevant to the arguments I put forth (just look at the last three comments above)
U2 fans posting comments about how those soldiers "should be thrown off the cliff" based on a videoclip that looks fake prompted my original response. These other comments about my intelligence or politeness quotients are interesting only in so far as they maybe say something unkind about the people making these remarks, and are rather rude and condescending in themselves.
But, I expected to get flamed a bit by those who insist on believing that the video is legit. No surprise there. Free Your Mind is not for the overly sensitive, I've found. Interesting, though, that some have tried to switch the topic here to me personally instead of the accuracy of the videotape. Perhaps a populist move, but not a sensible debate tactic.
I hope I defended myself adequately. If not, please continue with your hostile comments, they're entertaining, if nothing else.