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Subject: Re: Go Brutus!!

Author: Ricardo Gibert

Date: 02:50:34 11/25/03

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On November 25, 2003 at 05:36:31, Amir Ban wrote:

>On November 25, 2003 at 01:36:54, Bruce Moreland wrote:
>
>>On November 24, 2003 at 16:28:31, Joachim Rang wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>>1. I just wish anyone else in the world would have made Brutus, besides Dr. D.
>>>>Chrilly is a horrible person, and it makes me a little more than reluctant to
>>>>purchase ANYTHING he puts out.
>>>
>>>really? I think Chrilly is a very kind person and has a great sense of humour.
>>>The one incident  with the emails with dead american soldiers may have disturbed
>>>some people, but hey that's one incident and actually not a clear stupid but a
>>>very debateable one.
>>>
>>>I know now it will go Off-Topic, but hay yoa started ;-)
>>>
>>>regards Joachim
>>
>>I have heard the "this is debatable" argument several times and I still don't
>>understand it.
>>
>>That I am an American doesn't make me an automatic valid target of anyone of
>>anyone who wants to send this kind of stuff via email.
>>
>>What Chrilly did was never acceptable and he has apologized for it.
>
>Did he apologize ? Was it told here ?

Does it matter? What he did says something about the nature of his character
that an apology cannot redeem IMO.

>
>Amir
>
>
>>
>>I have shown the emails I received to two other Americans, not coincidentally
>>both of whom have opposed the idea of the war from day one, and both were
>>outraged.
>>
>>If you cannot understand the kind of impact that this thing (photo of dead
>>American soldier with pants pulled down, captioned "good American", photo of
>>American POW along with some suggestion that he's on his way to becoming "good")
>>has on an American I can't hope to convince you to understand.
>>
>>And if you think that this is some sort of legitimate "anti-war" expression, I
>>can't hope to understand why.
>>
>>bruce



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