Up until very recently, I could honestly say I’ve had a fair degree of sympathy with Al-Qaeda (Oh come on, they have had rather a bad press!). Throughout History, whether British, French, Spanish, Italian, Germanic, American, whoever, whatever, society has evolved with the use of force, sometimes
terrifying in the pursuit of its cause. (The Phrase, ‘One Man Terrorist is another Mans Freedom Fighter’, the use of Nuclear weapons on Hiroshima and Nagasaki could also of been described as '
Terrifying' for their inhabitants, etc.etc.).
I could kind of understand the motivation behind their bombings, suicide attacks and flying the odd aeroplane into buildings. The actions are designed to make a statement against the West’s fiscally greedy orientated societies, to ‘Terrify’ us, and a very compelling argument could easily be formulated in the defence of their actions. The US and British support of Israel over the past 50 years that has directly resulted in the death and persecutions of hundreds of thousands of palistiniens would seem a good starting point for just a little dissatisfaction with Western Foreign Policy.
But any sympathy I might of had with their cause has now been lost… I am now officially pissed off with Osama and his Gang, Period… B’stards!
Why…?
Well, the first reason is they stole my new
Zippo! OK, so they didn’t actually steal it, the grumpy gestapo at Gatwick Airport security took it from me when I attempted to check in last week for my flight to Spain. But never the less, it was only twenty-four hours old, and taken from me,
apparently, as directed by the increased security measures at all UK airports because of the perceived risk from terrorists.
Though, strangely, as I am sure
Richard Reid could confirm, normal Gas filled cigarette lighters are allowed to be taken on aeroplanes! And even stranger still is that in none of Gatwick Airports Security
Propaganda does it mention their total discrimination against Zippo lighters. Is Osama winning his anti-American capitalist fight? It appears so, as rival European/Chinese manufacturers, 'Dunhill' for example, with their gas filled lighters appear to be coincidental winners in 'The War On Terror'!
Well, that’s reason number one for my anger, the confiscation of my new Zippo. OK, so it might seem a little weak, and agreed not really a very convincing argument to base ones hatred upon, but there is another reason, a bigger one.
The true reason I’m now completely livid, the reason January 2008 is now going to be completely crap for me is because of recent linked Al-Qaeda terrorist attacks in Africa, the ASO have cancelled this years Dakar Rally! Detail
here… WTF!!! Tossers!!!! Not a happy bunny here I can tell you... This is what I'm missing...!
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Fletch said...
