Holy John
Acrobat
Hello,
I saw something on television that was originally aired by CNN. Its tapes from Al-Quaeda, showing them testing some bacteriological or chemichal stuff on dogs, and also showing Bin Laden visiting his troops, military demonstrations, etc, etc...
There is a pretty big media halo around this, surely propelled by the US Government administration who wants to constantly keep people's minds focused on "Good vs Evil".
What would you expected from Al-Quaeda ?
My question goes : Is it worth showing these tapes on a television that, even though its based in the US with a US point of view is boradcasted all over the world ? I mean, I've got some points I'd like to say, and I have to say I'm not defending Al-Quaeda at all :
- Military demonstration and Bin Laden on tape : no problem with that, we saw this and its, anyways, clear that Al-Quaeda had those (and maybe still have) training camps. I mean, any organized guerilla or movement of that kind does have bases. No big deal.
- Chemical and bacteriological stuff : Maybe that was worth of showing it, but it was evident anyways that a movement as well organized as Al-Quaeda had those and could make some. I mean, if you can get guns in the US easily, in other countries you can get nuclear almost on the corner of the street (its a metaform, but still...)
- Showing dogs ? This was deliberate to touch people's heart. I mean, medicine and drugs are tested on animals and it arrives to the same situation. Militaries from around the world uses chemical and bacteriological weapons, even the US does. They surely tested it on someone. Same thing goes for nuclear weapons (the US bombed civilians with it). Was it accurate showing dogs getting killed by Al-Quaeda ? It is barbarian, but "civilisation" (as Bush likes to call it) don't have clean hands too.
I saw something on television that was originally aired by CNN. Its tapes from Al-Quaeda, showing them testing some bacteriological or chemichal stuff on dogs, and also showing Bin Laden visiting his troops, military demonstrations, etc, etc...
There is a pretty big media halo around this, surely propelled by the US Government administration who wants to constantly keep people's minds focused on "Good vs Evil".
What would you expected from Al-Quaeda ?
My question goes : Is it worth showing these tapes on a television that, even though its based in the US with a US point of view is boradcasted all over the world ? I mean, I've got some points I'd like to say, and I have to say I'm not defending Al-Quaeda at all :
- Military demonstration and Bin Laden on tape : no problem with that, we saw this and its, anyways, clear that Al-Quaeda had those (and maybe still have) training camps. I mean, any organized guerilla or movement of that kind does have bases. No big deal.
- Chemical and bacteriological stuff : Maybe that was worth of showing it, but it was evident anyways that a movement as well organized as Al-Quaeda had those and could make some. I mean, if you can get guns in the US easily, in other countries you can get nuclear almost on the corner of the street (its a metaform, but still...)
- Showing dogs ? This was deliberate to touch people's heart. I mean, medicine and drugs are tested on animals and it arrives to the same situation. Militaries from around the world uses chemical and bacteriological weapons, even the US does. They surely tested it on someone. Same thing goes for nuclear weapons (the US bombed civilians with it). Was it accurate showing dogs getting killed by Al-Quaeda ? It is barbarian, but "civilisation" (as Bush likes to call it) don't have clean hands too.