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Thread #87918 Message #1646101
Posted By: Little Hawk
11-Jan-06 - 01:12 AM
Thread Name: BS: scott ritter speaks
Subject: RE: BS: scott ritter speaks
If CNN or Fox are sometimes capable of speaking a truth, I'm sure Al-Jazeera is capable of it too...
A scoundrel is always happy to quote a truth IF it causes discomfort to his opponent, who may also be a scoundrel. Even Hitler told the truth whenever the truth was of momentary assistance to his cause...he lied when it wasn't. (and he mostly did lie...or misrepresent or dramatize way out of context)
What I'm saying is: you cannot automatically discredit a statement just because it emanates from someone you usually disagree with. That's a mistake people are constantly making on this forum and elsewhere. They grow to hate the messenger too much to give even a moment's honest thought to the message. They are incapable of even-handedness. That's just lazy thinking, if you could call it thinking at all. It's a knee-jerk response.