Christian Peacemaker found dead
Malkin posts without comment about the death of Tom Fox, a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams taken hostage last year.
It’s a good thing she didn’t comment, because CPT stand for everything she’s against. But the “best commenters on the internet” had some things to say. Not as vile as what they had to say about Rachel Corrie, but… (No links to LGF!)
Stupidity kills but I still feel pity.
This reminds me of the guy up in Alaska who thought the bears were his friends and he could reason with them. He got eaten. I feel very sorry for his family and pray for his misguided soul.
I rather doubt that any of this group were actual Christians*….they were in reality from an organization that is very very far left and anti American and anti Israel and much of their doctrine was and is very very hateful…
im sure these sand monkies are putting the final touches on the video before releasing it to al-jahshitta.
There is nothing Christian about these people. They are aligned with evil.
Just wondering if it is Christianity or BSD/LLL that motivates these people. We need to consider that OUR gene pool needs protecting.
If Tom Fox was indeed so passionate about his faith, I’m sure he wouldn’t want anyone to avenge his murder.**
CNN is running a pic of the deceased wearing a bedouin headdress. I think it sums it up perfectly.
‘Go native’ and go lifeless, kumbaya-koolaid drinkers.
And the tour de force:
I’ve met quakers, especially the Virginia/West Virginia kind, and can’t fucking stand these people. They get all the benefits of being hippie, socialist, anti-war space cadets while still being stuck-up, self-righteous pricks. They’re not Christians in any literal sense, but ecumenical asshats who accept every religion except traditional Christianity. The kind of people who are tolerant of everything except intolerance (i.e. having a conservative, adult view of the world).
Fuck you too, buddy.
And rest in peace, Mr. Fox.
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* This kind of statement should be some sort of Godwin’s law corollary. To call CPT “not actual Christians” is to display a complete ignorance of actual Christianity.
** This statement, while said sarcastically, is actually probably wholly accurate. I’ve met people like Tom Fox, and I guarantee he wouldn’t want anyone to “avenge his death.”
the last line of the Quaker post makes my head hurt.
Comment by beverins — March 11, 2006 @ 11:35 pm
Wow, beverins, you’re right. My eyes had started to glaze over by that point.
Is he just coming out and admitting that conservatism == bigotry?
More power to him, I guess.
Comment by Auguste — March 11, 2006 @ 11:37 pm
LONDON (AFP) - An elite British soldier has revealed that he quit the army after refusing to fight in
Iraq anymore on moral grounds because of the “illegal” tactics used by US troops on the ground.
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Ben Griffin, a member of the Special Air Service (SAS) described in an interview with The Sunday Telegraph the experiences that led him to end his impressive army career after just three months in Baghdad.
Griffin said he believed US soldiers had no respect for Iraqis, whom they regarded as “sub-human”.
“You could almost split the Americans into two groups: ones who were complete crusaders, intent on killing Iraqis, and the others who were in Iraq because the army was going to pay their college fees,” he said.
Comment by anonymous — March 12, 2006 @ 3:50 am
Yikes! I need to wipe the venom from my eyes! The author truly has no concept of what Christianity is.
I’m not surprised by Griffin’s comments about American soldiers. They’re a product of their environment. Like the British are any better, though….
Comment by thelma — March 13, 2006 @ 1:03 am
Worship my God the way I do, or I’ll kill ya!
Comment by freq flag — March 13, 2006 @ 3:36 am
Yuck.
Comment by LA — March 13, 2006 @ 1:30 pm
hey auguste, you might want to read this:
http://www.tinyrevolution.com/mt/archives/000832.html
Comment by almostinfamous — March 13, 2006 @ 2:27 pm
Tom Fox not only didn’t want his murder avenged, he didn’t even want people to put his captors in a bad light saying that what happens to him is a result of the occupation.
The kind of people who are tolerant of everything except intolerance
Wow, just fucking wow.
Comment by elemental — March 13, 2006 @ 7:32 pm
I wasn’t going to read anything Malkin-related on my Spring break, but got sucked in by a snow day. Oy. In this season of Lent, I can only pray that God opens the eyes of those who proclaim in his name but have no clue. For my atheist friends, I can just advocate understanding. It is hard, I know, but if you lack faith aren’t you even more compelled to believe that such idiocy will fail?
Well I’m getting nowhere with this, other than to say that it is not the religion that is the enemy, but the misapplication of it.
Comment by Skippy — March 13, 2006 @ 10:44 pm
Remember, though, as MM teaches us, the Right polices anyone on their “side” who uses unhinged rhetoric.
The obvious conclusion is that August just imagined reading these quotes.
Comment by Thers — March 14, 2006 @ 1:31 pm
I Can’t Fucking Stand Quakers
That damned Catholic Thers, clearly trying to garner a few last minute votes in a cynical attempt to beat me as Best Commenter, comments about an interesting post at Malkin(s)watch on the Little Green Snotball reaction to Christian Peacemaker Tom
Trackback by Dohiyi Mir — March 14, 2006 @ 3:52 pm
Score! I knew it was just a matter of time before NTodd weighed in.
Comment by teh l4m3 — March 14, 2006 @ 10:34 pm
Okay, so these quotes were buried inside of 290 comments on Little Green Footballs (where frankly it passes for normal). Why are lefty bloggers lifting it up? This is a waste of time. The commenter didn’t even think enough about his opinions to put it up on his own blog. Do we need to be distracting ourselves with this kind of stuff? Besides, any other Quakers here will know that are a few self-righteous hippie space cadets among our ranks (I’m not far myself!).
Martin Kelley aka the Quaker Ranter
Comment by Martin Kelley — March 15, 2006 @ 2:33 pm
Martin,
One of the leading right-wing bloggers thinks highly enough of LGF commenters to call them the best on the internet. That blogger happens to be the subject of this blog. Should I not mention that those commenters essentially called all Iraqis wild bears and/or sand monkies [sic], or that they lay claim to all of Christianity (not to mention condemning my - and your - particular denomination) for their racist, reactionary rhetoric? Should I pass up the chance to use well-crafted alliteration like that in the previous sentence?
I think not.
Comment by Auguste — March 15, 2006 @ 6:21 pm