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   Message 39 of 611   
   Sigmund I. to Sigmund I.   
   Re: "Saddam We Love You!" - What Germans   
   08 Oct 03 00:05:10   
   
   XPost: alt.religion.islam, soc.culture.iraq, soc.culture.german   
   XPost: soc.culture.french   
   From: sigmund@nospam.net   
      
   Sigmund I. wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > Count 1 wrote:   
   > ....   
   >   
   >>   
   >> BTW - can you dismiss the article on its merits rather than attacking   
   >> 'none'? Is it reasonable to assume that Germans have a different view of   
   >> this conflict than Americans based largely on the rumblings of the German   
   >> media?  And has the German media been concerned with portraying a   
   >> balanced   
   >> view?   
   >>   
   >   
   > This is easily done. First and foremost, the article does cite the   
   > generic source, but does not provide links or titles or authors of the   
   > articles. Guess what, this would allow us to retrieve the articles they   
   > are talking about. They say that somewhere in the ftd there are certain   
   > assertions and translate them in a tone and manner that i have never   
   > seen in the ftd (of which i am regular reader). This leads me to the   
   > conclusion that they are citing out of context.   
      
   I apologize :-(  and take this back.   
      
   I completely missed paragraph 2 where the author does cite the "Agenda"   
   article from ftd. I must add that i do feel he is citing out of context   
   all the same, but i realize that my negotiating position is rather weak.   
   Now I have a sense of how bush is feeling about the wmd :-D   
      
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