Does anyone think it's wierd that, although there are a lot of really serious things that really *affect* people going on- like the Omagh massacre last week- we still get *hours* of news time for stuff like that whole monica lewinsky "scandal"??? Does it really *matter* whether one man had an affair, no matter who he is? and (even worse), are people really *interested* in the 'real' stuff anymore? I dunno, but it just makes me feel sick that people seem to care no more for stuff that matters.
About the monica lewinsky thing I personally couldn't care less who he did what with. But the whole thing that got me was that he might have tried to get her to change her testimony. Oh well just my little opinion
Why doesn't Clinton just RESIGN? Nobody wants some criminal leading us into the new millenium.
I don't think Clinton should resign. I don't think he's a criminal. I think he's a horn-dog who should have been more careful. The people I sympathise with are his wife and daughter. Nobody seems to care about their feelings.
no one gives one s**t if the president did anything w/ monica L. i think this is BULL!! NO ONE CARES!!!!!! i think they should just drop this. this shoulden't be public this should be between bill,hilliary and monica!!!
RE: the Clinton thing
Catz15: I don't understand... is it the fact that he had sexual intercourse you consider a crime, or the fact that he didn't brag about it like some teenage boy to the grand jury?
Hey does anyone here think there's anything to the conspiracy theory about the whole monica lewinsky thing just being a cover up for the whole iraq thing? I dunno really, i'm not american.
Sorry, that post was a post I'd originally posted to a CNN bulletin board, where someone else had said Catholics were "the only true Irish." The person was on the CNN board, not here, and I was responding to him/her. I did mention I'd posted it to a CNN board, but I should have made that clearer. It's pretty disheartening to read the CNN board as a lot of people are arguing back & forth over who killed more people rather than condemning all the killing altogether.
luv,
yfa
By Anonymous on Tuesday, August 18, 1998 - 03:02 pm:
By Catz15 on Tuesday, August 18, 1998 - 08:03 pm:
By Pooky on Wednesday, August 19, 1998 - 01:38 pm:
By KIM1015 on Wednesday, August 19, 1998 - 08:10 pm:
KIM
By Endora on Wednesday, August 19, 1998 - 11:01 pm:
I think it's weird everyone's so obssessed over the Monica Lewinsky thing, yet ignores the Jones/Willey thing. The latter two charged sexual harassment & the Jones suit is why the Lewinsky thing came up in the first place. Not that it's the same thing, but it's almost like bringing up consensual sex in a rape case. Consensual is one thing, coercion is completely different. It's proverbial apples & oranges.
It's not like Moncica Lewinsky didn't know he was married. If I were married to him, I'd kick his sorry a** out of the White House, but it doesn't affect how I view him as a President. If the Jones/Willey allegations are true, I'd be much more concerned.
Re: Omagh, here's a post I sent to the CNN Bulletin Board:
As Martin Luther King put it in the title of one of his books, "Where Do We Go From Here, Chaos or Community?" I'm not saying it's easy or quick, but
people have to try to live together. By their voting for the peace referendum, the people of N. Ireland & the Republic seem to be giving their best efforts, only to be thwarted by blood thirsty cowards on both sides.
Look at the victims in the most recent attacks on both sides, the Quinn brothers & a bunch of back to school shoppers. This is slaughter of innocents & can't be excused by any history, etc. Doesn't matter how one chooses to worship God, do you think any deity would look favorably upon what is happening?
If you want to protest injustice, there are other means, including the McBride principles (similiar to the Sullivan principles in S. Africa during the 80s).
Financial and economic sanctions can be quite effective & don't involve the sacrifice of kids who are too young to even know why they're being killed.
For any US people who need a parallel of why this bombing was wrong, think of it this way. A group which has been oppressed by US government policies decides to make its point w/terrorism. Your spouse is taking the kids to the mall for back to school shopping. The group blows up the mall, maiming or killing your loved ones. Is terrorism still a means or legitimate protest to you?
Also, to the person who said the Catholics are the only "true Irish", consider this--before there was Catholicism or Protestantism, there was paganism. So, if you're going to follow that argument, maybe the pagans are the only true Irish! All things considered, maybe paganism was the way to go. Maybe monotheism just leads to trouble!! Look at N. Ireland & the Mideast.
By Anonymous on Tuesday, August 25, 1998 - 01:38 pm:
By Yfa on Wednesday, August 26, 1998 - 04:49 pm:
Also, i'm irish (republic), and i have 2 things to say-
firstly- the violence in ireland these days is carried out by splinter groups of the earlier terrorists groups, who are no longer being repressed. There is no longer any real reason for what they are doing.
secondly- As far as i know, there are either none, or very few, people here who consider catholics to be the only 'real' irish. In fact, quite a lot of us aren't..
By Endora on Wednesday, August 26, 1998 - 10:42 pm:
Hmm, Monica being a cover for the military actions, that's an interesting take, as most people have been theorizing the other way around. Anything's possible I guess.