I’ve Never Metafilter I Didn’t Like….
I don't much link to MeFi threads these days - partly because I don't swing by there so much, but also because for a long time a depressingly gung-ho, jingoistic, "Let's make war on whoever the hell we like and let's start with Iraq" mentality seemed to have moved in and taken over. However, occasionally, a comment in a thread catches my eye and I find myself succumbing.
From yet another thread about the real motive behind a possible assault in Iraq:
"(Quote)IT IS NOT ABOUT OIL!
IT IS ABOUT ELIMINATING THREATS TO NATIONAL SECURITY
YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE THAT WANT TO KILL YOU & ME(Unquote)
No, it's not. It's about the oil.
There. I have presented just as much evidence to prove my point as you have presented to prove yours.
Shouting doesn't make it "more right," it just makes you look like a spoiled child who wants desperately to believe what his Uncle Dickie is telling him, meanwhile me and lots of the other children on the playground remain bound and determined to make up our own minds and not be dictated to by the likes of you. Given the backgrounds, interests and investment portfolios of Cheney, the Bushes and the men who put them where they are today, to think that it's about anything other than the oil is just ridiculous, and completely ignorant of how business and politics work in America."