Deep Freud Moors wrote in message news:...
> On 13 Nov 2003 02:23:04 -0800, bjorne@ida.his.se (Bjorn Olsson) wrote:
>
> >Deep Freud Moors wrote in message news:...
> >> On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 21:23:30 GMT, mnc@admin.u.nu (Miguel Cruz) wrote:
> >>
> >> >Dave Smith wrote:
> >> >> That may be true, but I was responding to the suggestion that there was
> >> >> absolutely no risk to travel in Egypt. Personally, I would not consider
> >> >> travelling anywhere in the middle east until those people grow up and
> >> >> learn to get along.
> >> >
> >> >It's your choice, of course, but you're missing out. My recollections of
> >> >many trips to the middle east are of overwhelming hospitality, fascinating
> >> >cities, wonderful food, mesmerizing exoticism, great bargains, and a
> >> >liberating perception of absolute personal safety (due to the total lack of
> >> >crime) unlike what you can feel in the "west" except maybe in small-town New
> >> >Zealand.
> >>
> >> You mean crime and terrorism are not the norm in the middle east? That
> >> box in the corner of my loungeroom has been misleading me...
> >
> >Of course it has. That box tells you whenever a bomb goes off
> >anywhere, but it never tells you that a bomb has not gone off
> >somewhere. Don't you think that is biased reporting?
>
> The Jessica Lynch story could have been filmed in a studio. The
> coverage was superb! Never mind the facts when you can make a heroine
> out of an incompetent, unfortunate teenager.
>
> But hey, if you can't trust the media, who can you trust?
Why would you want to trust anyone?
Bjorn |