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2004-04-09 Britain

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Posted by Paul Moloney 2004-04-09 1:14:23 AM|| || Front Page|| [11124 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 *points to Israel vs. Palestine*

They tried. Look what that came to.

Posted by Edward Yee 2004-04-09 1:19:08 AM|| [http://edwardyee.fanworks.net] 2004-04-09 1:19:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 OMFG. Did you hear that? That was the sound of my brain exploding. Quick, everybody go read DenBeste on diplomacy and negotiation and then come back and slap Ms. Mowlam upside the head. Gah.

Posted by Seafarious 2004-04-09 1:24:08 AM|| 2004-04-09 1:24:08 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Peace in our time. Any takers?

Posted by Rafael 2004-04-09 1:28:35 AM|| 2004-04-09 1:28:35 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 Ms. Mowlan may feel free to negotiate the cut of her burkha with bin Laden. Al Qaeda has yet to put on the table a single issue that can be negotiated.

Complete abolition of women's rights? Ummm ... no.

All women wearing the burkha and hahib? Ummm ... no.

All men wearing beards and praying five times daily? ... no.

All alcohol prohibited? ... Rhully big no.

Apostasy punishable by death? ... no.

Mandatory schooling using the Qu'ran? ... no.

Due process substituted with religious councils? ... no.

Sorry, Osama old pal, not a single thing there to negotiate. Feel free to yak it up with Ms. Mowlan, but all I've got for you is a bullet.

Posted by Zenster 2004-04-09 1:55:38 AM|| 2004-04-09 1:55:38 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 "I'm Osama bin Laden and I want to negotiate."

Posted by True German Ally 2004-04-09 6:45:41 AM|| 2004-04-09 6:45:41 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Makes me ashamed of my McManus heritage.

Posted by Raptor 2004-04-09 8:27:13 AM|| 2004-04-09 8:27:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 don't feel bad Raptor, she was the Former Northern Ireland secretary after all.

Posted by Jarhead 2004-04-09 8:31:42 AM|| 2004-04-09 8:31:42 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 I think it's a great idea. Bring him to the table and we'll ..um...talk!

Posted by B 2004-04-09 8:35:56 AM|| 2004-04-09 8:35:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 "Say hello to my leetle friend!"

Posted by Dar 2004-04-09 9:33:31 AM|| 2004-04-09 9:33:31 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 ...asked if she could imagine "al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden arriving at the negotiating table". She replied: "You have to do that. If you do not you condemn large parts of the world to war forever. Some people couldnât conceive of Gerry Adams or Martin McGuinness getting to the table but they did."

You have to do that. So where does Mumblin' Mo suggest we draw the line at people we have to negotiate with? Anyone who harbours a grudge, however irrational? Or do we only have to negotiate with violent people? How violent? Has it ever occurred to her that the reasoning that how violent someone is determines to how much we have to negotiate with them might perhaps encourage ever more violence, and actively discourage those with grievances from protesting peacefully? This isn't exactly sophisticated consideration cause-and-effect reasoning...

Can you imagine how Mo's sort of approach would work in a classroom?

Posted by Bulldog 2004-04-09 9:59:49 AM|| 2004-04-09 9:59:49 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 maybe him just wanting an easter basket with chocolit fill eggs.

Posted by muck4doo 2004-04-09 10:08:27 AM|| [http://www.peta2.com/tc/easter.asp] 2004-04-09 10:08:27 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 By her logic, we should have allowed the Grand Masters of the KKK to visit with the President and legitimately discuss the benefits of lynchings and cross burnings. Stupid.

Posted by B 2004-04-09 10:14:58 AM|| 2004-04-09 10:14:58 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 oh my god! this is worse than talking with a fascist who is the rightful leader of a country...(maybe germany comes to mind). when will the west learn - these terrorists are dogs - they will never be satisfied!

Posted by Dan 2004-04-09 10:51:56 AM|| 2004-04-09 10:51:56 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 Ah, but they left out the best part of the interview:
Ms Mowlam said she was ready to criticise the Government she once served in her new one-woman show, particularly about its policy on Iraq and the Middle East.

She's pimping her new show, bet it'll be a laugh riot.

She also confirmed on the programme that she has completely recovered from a brain tumour. She stepped down as an MP in 2001.

Better get a second opinion on that tumour, Mo.

Posted by Steve 2004-04-09 11:12:00 AM|| 2004-04-09 11:12:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 Sure, an' it takes an Irishman to say somethin' that stupid.

Posted by mojo 2004-04-09 11:13:15 AM|| 2004-04-09 11:13:15 AM|| Front Page Top

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