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bobbycarolina75 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Tom Friedman is only out for himself. I can't believe people pay consideration to what this idiot says. He's a con man, plain and simple.
greeniem (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
justice is delicious!
littlegreymen (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Infantile. Do you really think you're advancing any line of debate? If you're so right why not challenge people instead of attacking them with confectionary goods? How exactly were Friedman's ideas or positions refuted by having a cream pie thrown in his face?
Childish stunts like this do enormous damage to the public image and therefore the message of the green movement.
I don't know how old you kids are but you'll look back at this and cringe with embarassment.
Disgraceful.
Teratornis (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I still want to know if the pie-throwers drive cars. If they do, then they are hypocrites. Automobiles epitomize the destruction not only of the environment, but also of cultures around the world that have been devastated by the petroleum extraction industry. For example, Iraq.
Teratornis (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Pie throwing is an attempt to use physical force to humiliate and demean someone in public. Therefore it is violence in the same sense that rape is violence. The rapist uses his penis as a weapon to degrade and humiliate his victim; the pie-thrower uses his pie.
The victim does not know the nature of the assault in advance. He doesn't know if the attacker is coming at him with a pie, a knife, a gun, etc. The attacker sends the message "I could have hurt you."
vivalajazz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I don't think pie throwing really qualifies as 'violence', it's more of an embarrassment thing.
Not that I agree with the pie throwers.
thegmansays (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I am as disgusted as anyone about the Iraq War, but, on balance, I respect and like Friedman and I don't think he deserved this.
Judith Miller and Bill Kristol, for sure -- but not Friedman.
bkishar (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
While I don't usually approve of tactics like this, I couldn't help but feel overwhelming joy at this. For years Friedman was a mouthpiece for the NeoCons and consistently advocated their destructive policies on Iraq and energy and economics. Now that he realized the whole NeoCon project is out of fashion he's presenting himself as the new Green Prophet to secure public appearances and book sales for the next phase. He must be exposed for what he is and not be allowed to steal others' hard work.
andystokie (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
SUCK ON THAT Friedman : )
Teratornis (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
So I wonder, these kids who pied Thomas Friedman, do any of them drive cars? |
