Ffej
Boudin rouge
   
   
      
 
Since: 15.1.02
From: Flatwoods, KY
Since last post: 1805 days
Last activity: 114 days
| | | Y!: |  |
|
|  #1 Posted on 21.4.03 1125.48 | Because we were all breathless waiting for his thoughts about cluster bombs:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=529&e=3&cid=529&u=/ap/20030421/ap_en_mu/paul_mccartney
WIENER OF THE DAY! July 6, 2002!
Fear can sometimes be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're an astronaut on the moon and you fear that your partner has been turned into Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces, wham!, you just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say, "Think again, bat man."| Promote this thread! |           | Grimis
Scrapple
Since: 11.7.02
From: MD
Since last post: 751 days
Last activity: 548 days
| #2 Posted on 21.4.03 1147.48 | Instant Rating: 7.29 | Originally quoted by Paul McCartney
"It would be great to outlaw these cowardly weapons,"
I'm trying to figure out what's cowardly about trying to take steps to end hostilities as quickly as possible...
(edited by Grimis on 21.4.03 1248)
| Hairy Caray
Bauerwurst
Since: 28.10.02
From: Wrigley Field hot dog stand
Since last post: 3176 days
Last activity: 3173 days
| #3 Posted on 21.4.03 1219.03 | I've said it before and I'll say it again: Don't blame the celebrity for speaking his or her views (even when they're not logical), blame the morons who feel their every thought is newsworthy and publish them left and right.
And why exactly does my favorite Beatle worry about cluster bombs being dropped "after a war has ended"?
(edited by Hairy Caray on 21.4.03 1319)
 
Cubs win! Cubs win! Cubs win! | OlFuzzyBastard
Knackwurst
Since: 28.4.02
From: Pittsburgh, PA
Since last post: 51 days
Last activity: 3 days
| AIM: |  |
| | |
| #4 Posted on 21.4.03 1521.05 |
Originally posted by Hairy Caray
I've said it before and I'll say it again: Don't blame the celebrity for speaking his or her views (even when they're not logical), blame the morons who feel their every thought is newsworthy and publish them left and right.
And why exactly does my favorite Beatle worry about cluster bombs being dropped "after a war has ended"?
(edited by Hairy Caray on 21.4.03 1319)
It was eight short paragraphs - try actually reading them next time.
LONDON - Paul McCartney (news) is calling for a ban on cluster bombs because of the harm they cause to civilians.
"It would be great to outlaw these cowardly weapons," the former Beatle told British Broadcasting Corp. radio on Monday. "What happens after the war finishes is that it's the civilians — mainly women and children — who get blown up."
Cluster munitions dropped by U.S. and British aircraft in Iraq (news - web sites) contain hundreds of small "bomblets" which sometimes fail to explode until years later. Anti-landmine campaigners — including McCartney's wife, Heather Mills — say children are particularly at risk because they can mistake the bomblets for toys.
Great warrior? Wars not make one great. | Nate The Snake
Liverwurst
Since: 9.1.02
From: Wichita, Ks
Since last post: 3231 days
Last activity: 2700 days
| AIM: |  |
| | |
| #5 Posted on 21.4.03 1907.25 |
Originally posted by Grimis
Originally quoted by Paul McCartney
"It would be great to outlaw these cowardly weapons,"
I'm trying to figure out what's cowardly about trying to take steps to end hostilities as quickly as possible...
(edited by Grimis on 21.4.03 1248)
Mines and mine-like weapons are hardly efficient. To get any sort of effective use out of them, you have to saturate an area with them, and then you've got an entire area literally littered with explosives just waiting for some poor sap to find them the hard way because completely cleaning up an old minefield isn't cost-effective.
Kansas-born and deeply ashamed
The last living La Parka Marka
"They that can give up essential liberty to gain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin |
| | | | | |
