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Thoran · 03-19-2003, 10:40 AM

"Let the slaughter commence" isn't even a subtle attempt at sarcasm... and THAT is what got the trolling response. To bring up the likelyhood of casualties as a means to point out the horror of war is perfectly valid, but the use of sarcasm is IMO an inappropriate way to discuss such a serious subject. The question is valid and I responded to it as such above, the sarcasm is invalid and others responded to that as such also.

On-subject - I question the validity of debka.com, there's a lot of "top secret" stuff being disclosed on that page that NO other sources are even mentioning as a possiblity (Like that Turkey has already opened it's airspace to overflights), not to mention that they aren't listing sources for ANYTHING other than saying "our sources report that...".

[ 03-19-2003, 10:44 AM: Message edited by: Thoran ]

03-19-2003, 10:40 AM	#27
Thoran Galvatron Join Date: January 10, 2002 Location: Upstate NY Age: 57 Posts: 2,109	"Let the slaughter commence" isn't even a subtle attempt at sarcasm... and THAT is what got the trolling response. To bring up the likelyhood of casualties as a means to point out the horror of war is perfectly valid, but the use of sarcasm is IMO an inappropriate way to discuss such a serious subject. The question is valid and I responded to it as such above, the sarcasm is invalid and others responded to that as such also. On-subject - I question the validity of debka.com, there's a lot of "top secret" stuff being disclosed on that page that NO other sources are even mentioning as a possiblity (Like that Turkey has already opened it's airspace to overflights), not to mention that they aren't listing sources for ANYTHING other than saying "our sources report that...". [ 03-19-2003, 10:44 AM: Message edited by: Thoran ]