Speakers included the mother of a soldier from Tamworth who was killed in Iraq.
Speakers included the mother of a soldier from Tamworth who was killed in Iraq.
A second soldier from the 7th Armoured Brigade has been killed in Iraq.
This is the 100th British soldier to die in Iraq. Military families have
asked that the British people mark this day with protests and vigils.
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must have taken a long time
02.02.2006 11:32
if only the brit deaths why is indy carrying this post?
people join the army and know they might have to kill people so why is anyone remembering those scum?
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a con that requires maximum publicity
02.02.2006 13:19
Psychology... such an interesting concept. Every conman uses psychology, some instinctively, but the smarter ones through at least some active study.
What is a conman? Someone who, for a limited time at least, persuades you to WILLINGLY act against your own interests. But what on Earth would make a person do that?
There is a more important observation, however, and one that is KEY to the CON. Ordinary Humans tend to be ARROGANT and STUPID at the same time. What do I mean? Well, it is the very belief a person has in his/her self that they CANNOT be fooled that allows them to be fooled.
You see, there is that which is true, and that which you THINK is true, and the difference between the two is exactly what the conman exploits.
Of course, things are greatly complicated when the conman has the opportunity to impose FALSE TRUTHS in the first place, so that these can be taken advantage of later.
- A DEAD BRITISH SOLDIER IS TO BLAIR'S DISADVANTAGE. Sorry, where exactly did THIS garbage come from? You have the whole of Human history to use as proof of this idiotic theory, so kindly show me where this conclusion is justified.
- A HUNDRED DEAD IS A MAGIC FIGURE THAT HELPS STOP A WAR. Sorry, again who came up with this crap?
- HONOURING DEAD 'WARRIORS' MAKES WAR LESS LIKELY. Now someone really is out of their mind here. This really is a case of arguing that 'black is white'.
Now I can show a thousand times over from the history of our planet how each of the above active aid Blair, and promote his path to war with Iran. Sadly, I have known people successfully conned, even after I have explained beforehand the exact nature of the con, and they have agreed that they understand it. Flatter a person, tell them what they want to hear, and bingo, their brain gives up all idea of logic, or application of previous knowledge, and the con once again successfully plays out.
Oh, and as an aside, you will find that one of the publically exposed torturers came from the Tamworth area. His photos of torture in Iraq were the reason that MI5 ran its phoney photo story so publically in The Mirror newspaper, in a text-book perfect example of the tactic known as 'POISONING THE WELL'.
twilight
Straw Man
02.02.2006 15:33
In the main article where does it mention:
A DEAD BRITISH SOLDIER IS TO BLAIR'S DISADVANTAGE.
A HUNDRED DEAD IS A MAGIC FIGURE THAT HELPS STOP A WAR.
HONOURING DEAD 'WARRIORS' MAKES WAR LESS LIKELY.
????
Nowhere but in your fevered brain. So take your medication and go for a nice lie-down in a darkened room for a while, eh?
The Unknown Worrier
Keep on protesting
04.02.2006 19:02
On the protest, there was a huge banner saying that 100,000 Iraqis had died, and the banners saying US/UK out of Iraq made it quite clear what side we were on.
This was demonstarting against the fact that 100 mainly working class UK troops had died in Blair's war. Some of them would no doubt have dome things that were repugnant, cos war and the military fucks up your head, but if we are going to build support from working class people then we need to have protests like the one on wednesday.
London March 18th - be there!
andy