John Gibson's Moral Values
John Gibson
FOX News
Dear John:
In your July 22 column you said this about the shooting of Jean Charles de Menezes in a London subway.
“Not my style, but okay, fine — as long as they get the five in the noggin of the right bomber boy. They do that and I'm fine.”
Well they didn’t get the right guy. He is unconnected to the incident. Are you still fine with his death? You said that there will be hell to pay if they get the wrong guy. My questions is, should you as a commentator, have to pay for your praising and encouraging of this tactic that led to his death? Are you still in favor of subjecting people to lethal force if they run from the police?
Here’s the thing John, I find your gleeful enjoyment of this killing and your cute way of describing it as “five in the noggin” sickening.
Now I’d like to determine what your comments and behavior say about your moral values. I would like to know if your religion encourages this gleeful killing of innocents. Are you a Christian? Where do you attend church? Frankly I can’t imagine a Christian being so pro-death. This doesn’t sound like you are participating in the culture of life.
If you aren’t a Christian, then could you please tell me your religion and list some of your moral values, spiritual leaders and texts you read? From reading your columns so far it appears to me that your religion is pro-torture and pro “five in the noggin” of innocents. I’d like to know what religion you are so I can write your pastor and see if he approves of your comments. If you don’t have a religion I’d like you to state that as well. Are you an atheist? As I’m sure you know, this President is pushing very hard to put Christian values into the constitution. I’m sure your viewers would like to know what faith you are so they can either join it or, in my case, avoid it.
Next time you are so callow when talking about killing someone ask yourself, “Is life valued in my spiritual tradition? Am I being morally consistent in my views on life and killing?”
Sincerely,
A Concerned Reader
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4711021.stm
Shot man not connected to bombing
Jean Charles de Menezes (far right), pictured with friends
A man shot dead by police hunting the bombers behind Thursday's London attacks was a Brazilian electrician unconnected to the incidents.
6 Comments:
Whoever the real terrorists are, whatever their objectives, fools like Gibson play right into their hands.
I wish there was some way to make him realize that.
Isn't it interesting whenever there seems to be a black or white scenario, it all goes to shit? Bad guys = Osama = Saddam = Iraq = oops.
Foreign brown guy running = terrorist = suicide bomber = oops.
Poor guy was probably running from the plainclothes secret squad who were armed with guns, thinking they were the terrorists.
It's hard to claim the high ground when it's all been eroded away.
Hiya Spocko!
1.) John Gibson is a babbling moron who will never be able to see the inherent contradictions of his own position because his kind (yeah, I said "his kind", sue me) never, ever introspect. Then they don't have to own up to their contradictions, he can say "I didn't realize" because he didn't. There will be no censure, he was doing his job (stirring things up, getting people talking, making sure that the viewing public says the words "Fox News" several times at work tomorrow). He probably sleeps like a baby every night. Even willful ignorance is apparently bliss.
2.) Being brown is at least probable cause if not an outright crime in most of the English-speaking world.
3.) The Brits have always been quieter about their excesses than we, though our excesses are usually bigger. I think it's their propensity for understatement. Or maybe it's just that there are so many more of us that we're louder about it.
Death, Race, Thought had nothing to do with the comments, it’s all about selling time on the network: John Gibson, Immus in the Morning, Free Cell Phone, buy one you buy into it all.
Spocko? Where are you? Are you alright?
This better be one frekin' cool vacation. I'm really tired of looking at this bozo's ugly mug!
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