[commanderkai]

Thank you CBC, for destroying your links.

[fifeboy]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

now that we have electricity in our igloos.

When the hell did you guys get electricity? We have been waiting for ages. Oh wait, I bet you live in a Tory riding

[gonavy47]

Does Yemen have any tall buildings the Saudis can fly into? They are so good at it!

[BeaverFever]

BartSimpson BartSimpson:

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

Oh and FYI, your colour-coded terror alert system is still in effect, although a review panel created by Bush admin has leveled plenty of criticism about its effetiveness since and is reviewing the system yet again.

Well, you're right. Obama said he was getting rid of it and I guess I should know better than to believe him.

As to our media...are you paying attention? They are very reluctant to use Muslim names when speaking of people who get arrested for terror-related crimes. Whenever possible they use the person's name from before they became a Muslim, such as in the case of 'John Walker-Lindh' whose legal name is actually Sulayman al-Faris.

Myself, I find it ironically disrespectful of the media not to use someone's preferred name when speaking of them.

How about this latest army shooting? I didnt notice any hesitation. BTW, I dont think there was any effort hide the fact that the "American Taliban" was a muslim. In fact, his story, as reported by the media, is all about that. It appears that while he went by a muslim name while in Afghanistan, his legal name in the US is still John Walker-Lindh. He appears to be using Hamza Walker Lindh now though for some reason, but its not clear whether thats a legal name change or not.

[commanderkai]

BeaverFever BeaverFever:

How about this latest army shooting? I didnt notice any hesitation. BTW, I dont think there was any effort hide the fact that the "American Taliban" was a muslim.

They used that name because he was born with that name. There was no "Western" or "Christian" counterpart they could of used.