Which one scares you more?

Found this on someone’s mail signature :

“…justice is a duty towards those whom you love and those whom you do
not. And people’s rights will not be harmed if the opponent speaks out
about them.”

– Osama Bin Laden

“There aught to be limits to freedom!”
– George Bush

Which one scares you more?

27 Comments

  1. manubhardwaj · August 18, 2004 Reply

    There aught to be nuthing scarier than George Dubya Bush! It looks like you’ve quoted him out of context, though.

  2. josephgrossberg · August 18, 2004 Reply

    The former

    I find it much more disconcerting that a psychopath can rationalize killing 3000 civilians as consistent with “justice” and the claim that “people’s rights will not be harmed”.

    And the Bush quote (it’s “ought” incidentally) is taken totally out of context (like Gore’s alleged claim that he created the internet). It was said in 1999 in reference to libel (which is a valid restriction on free speech in the US and UK).

    Man, what a troll.

  3. louiswu · August 18, 2004 Reply

    All of the above. And the rest too.

  4. rohandsa · August 18, 2004 Reply

    George Bush scarier. Hands down.

  5. fox2mike · August 18, 2004 Reply

    Dubya.

    & then Osama

  6. ravi · August 18, 2004 Reply

    Re: The former

    (it’s “ought” incidentally)

    You must be new to 's LJ.

  7. josephgrossberg · August 18, 2004 Reply

    Re: The former

    Yeah, but if it’s a quote, I assume he cited it from somewhere.

    The exclamation point is another oddity.

  8. kingsly · August 18, 2004 Reply

    And in other news….

    All casualities in the ~3 year long war against terror have been terrorists… not a single ciivilian has been touched/scratched/wounded/killed.

  9. kalyanv · August 18, 2004 Reply

    The latter one

    George W. sucks

  10. teemus · August 18, 2004 Reply

    Depends on the situation.

  11. josephgrossberg · August 18, 2004 Reply

    Re: And in other news….

    But that’s not the quote, is it?

  12. nithya · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Both suck in their own ways….

  13. nithya · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: And in other news….

    There were so many people who were shot dead in front of the entire population because they were opponents and they spoke out..
    whats the point in making that statement..

  14. rythm · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Agreed. And they r not the last of their kind in this world.

  15. noelladsa · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: The former

    aught is acceptable as well.

  16. jace · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: And in other news….

    Does a quote speak louder than an action?

  17. kingsly · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: And in other news….

    There is nothing “surprising” about a psychopath killing people!

    But how do you explain someone “civilized” killing thousands of people in the name of liberty and freedom and claiming that the killing of innocent people half way across the globe has somehow improved “homeland security”.

    IAC the US lost the war on terror the day they started telling americans how scared they should be…

    “The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.” — Henry Kissinger

  18. irq2 · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: The former

    Heh.

  19. admin · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: The former

    My entire post was a cut-copy-paste from the original email 😉

  20. kingsly · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: The former

    As a replacement for “ought” anyplace other than on a scrabble board ?

    Dictionary.com seems to differ!

  21. noelladsa · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: The former

    oh yes I see it has a different meaning altogether aught that is.

  22. josephgrossberg · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: And in other news….

    And, once again, that’s off-topic.

    I was talking about the quotes themselves.

    You don’t like Bush? That’s nice.

  23. josephgrossberg · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: And in other news….

    No, but the quote is what’s on-topic.

    Hey! Let’s talk about how I had Afghan food for lunch yesterday … since bin Laden is (was?) in Afghanistan.

  24. josephgrossberg · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: The former

    You’re right.

  25. admin · August 19, 2004 Reply

    Re: And in other news….

    You don’t like Bush? That’s nice.

    Not many people like bush you know 🙂

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