Comments on: Logic 101: End of Term Exam -”Means and Ends”

By: vildechaye

vildechaye — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:36:41 +0000

RE: “if the source has no credibility whatsoever then of course the newspaper should not publish the story. It should of course be the journalist’s job to investigate the claim before publishing.”

So, Mullah, since the only “source” for this story are unsubstantiated claims and the journalist admits he didn’t investigate the claim before publishing, would you then say that the newspaper was wrong to publish the story and the reporter is an unprofessional hack for writing it without doing any research, especially given how particular accusation resonates among Jews for well-known and longstanding historical reasons?

By: vildechaye

vildechaye — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:26:54 +0000

RE: Well done to everyone for ignoring Judy’s comments here.

Actually it wasn’t hard. They were incomprehensible, interminable and boring.

By: SueR

SueR — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:36:31 +0000

I am well aware that cannabalism is a ritualistic activity in some parts of the world; however, the context that you mentioned it in, flippantly and in a discussion about morality, gave no clue to your serious anthropological interest.

By: Gordon Bennet

Gordon Bennet — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:19:26 +0000

Taking part, even a minor part, in this misdeed is thus uniquely unforgivable. The sufferings of Mr al Magrahi in his final months fail to elicit my compassion. He took himself outside humanity, thus outside humane emotions of compassion and forgiveness.

I find it extraordinary that anyone could disagree with this.

By: Gordon Bennet

Gordon Bennet — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 07:13:19 +0000

Interesting. Someone thinks that he or she is being soooo terribly witty by pretending to be me: that first post wasn’t mine (although I can sympathise with the sentiment).
Hilarious, Judy!

By: Anat

Anat — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:30:05 +0000

Mr Katil should have been drowned in a butt of Malmsey wine, or have you folks forgotten how to do that?

By: Josh Scholar

Josh Scholar — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:15:32 +0000

Well done to everyone for ignoring Judy’s comments here.

There’s a well known internet abbreviation, “tl;dr”, It stands for “Too long; didn’t read”

By: mullah

mullah — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 01:00:34 +0000

Vildechaye: I preferred it before he elaborated on “why” he said it and, of course, its relation to Israel blood-libel affair, which he, of course, believes requires further investigation.

No. I don’t know the ins-and-outs of the particular claims against Israeli soldiers but if the source has no credibility whatsoever then of course the newspaper should not publish the story. It should of course be the journalist’s job to investigate the claim before publishing.

I was responding to Sue’s accusation of racism: the idea that saying African and cooking pots is racist. Unfortunately cannibalism in some of the wars in Africa (particularly in Congo) cannot be so easily dismissed as racist blood libel even though the publishing of such stories may inflame the sensibilities of some.

S O Muffin talked about stirring things up, so I added the word “pot”. It was in bad taste, I agree, so I apologise.

By: Gene

Gene — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:04:02 +0000

Well done to everyone for ignoring Judy’s comments here.

By: Hazel

Hazel — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:04:27 +0000

And now it seems vastly unlikely that al-Megrahi is terminally ill. (see articles in the Times and Telegraph). I knew it all along – I am a hardened cynic. And we cannot bring 270 murdered people back to life even if he were to die in jail. So the whole thing is to do with oil and gas. And don’t we really need those, there’s no getting away from that? Or do you want China to get all African natural resources?

Really liked the article, very satirical.