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July 16, 2006
Hacking and obscenities--please stop!
An exciting day at LoveUsHateUS.com, where we discuss what the world really thinks about America. Comments continue to come in, and we encourage you to share anecdotes and perspectives. But, please, no obscenities. If you check the recent entry from "King George" you will see that we had to delete some text and **** a number of words. This site is used by teachers and students trying to understand world opinion, and we do have to set some standards.
Some people think we're going too far by allowing rants, but, in our opinion, rants sometimes convey accurately how someone sees things. It may not be rational, but it's real. Wars aren't rational either. In my opinion, that is.
We won't edit your opinion, and we will publish all comments as long as they do not advocate violence. But we will put the brakes on obscenity. The odd thing about the comment by "King George" is that it was well-written, in complete and correct sentencing, correctly spelled. Come on, George, please raise your sights and give us something more we can publish.
Besides that, our forum has been hacked by, seemingly, a Turkish operation ("acp100 from ay yildiz tim"). This is a new one for us and we'll now have to figure out how to restore the system.
Posted by Karen Christensen at July 16, 2006 11:48 AM
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Hello LoveUsHateUs.com. Just a short apology to begin with, about my use of inappropriate language. Personally, I don't find swearing to be that offensive, certainly not as offensive as the U.S. government! But anyhow, I see that the war in Afghanistan has flared up again with our brave troops literally fighting for their lives. I remember an old Afghan saying my teacher told me a few years ago:"When God wishes to punish a nation, He makes them invade Afghanistan." How this rings true today makes me chuckle at the arrogance and audacity of U.S. foreign policies. I'm still angry that British troops are involved in this stupid, petty war of revenge. Because that is exactly what the U.S.A.'s foreign wars boil down to, revenge for September 11th. Oh, I'll grant there are other reasons as well (greed, stupidity, ignorance) but still, five years on, that one terrorist atrocity is being used as an excuse to maim, rape and slaughter any nation or civilisation that gets in the way or looks to be a problem. Iraq and Afghanistan are just the start, of this I am sure. At the risk of sounding like a paranoid conspiracy-theorist, I do genuinely believe the U.S. to be planning global domination. I hope the peoples of the TRUE free world i.e. not America, will see this sooner rather than later, before it is too late. Thank you for taking the time to read my rant, and fornicate America!
Posted by: King George at September 13, 2006 6:51 AM