Comments on: Hands Off Jill Carroll http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2006/04/03/hands-off-jill-carroll/ Rory O'Connor's blog Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:14:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Ann http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2006/04/03/hands-off-jill-carroll/#comment-1833 Sun, 09 Apr 2006 15:36:05 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2006/04/03/hands-off-jill-carroll/#comment-1833 UNBELIEVABLE!!! I just can't believe that fellow "journalists" (puke) would fry one of their own like that. They probably would have done worse if they were in her shoes, like curl up in a fetal position and start talking baby talk which would have been an improvement to what they were saying on that show. God love and bless, dear Jill, who has gone through a horrific experience... one which hopefully we will never personally experience. HANG IN THERE, JILL! We don't know anything about what goes on in the country or that war... only what "they" want us to see. We can't judge. We certainly can't judge people who go there to try and help. I can't believe the television station has allowed that episode and don't make those monkeys apologize and suspend them without pay or something. Obviously we can't change people, however, should people who are so backward, ignorant, and so on be allowed to speak on air??? Really! So sad! (I tried to send a message to the Imus Show, but since I'm in Canada, it wouldn't allow me to choose appropriate address options.) UNBELIEVABLE!!! I just can’t believe that fellow “journalists” (puke) would fry one of their own like that. They probably would have done worse if they were in her shoes, like curl up in a fetal position and start talking baby talk which would have been an improvement to what they were saying on that show.

God love and bless, dear Jill, who has gone through a horrific experience… one which hopefully we will never personally experience. HANG IN THERE, JILL!

We don’t know anything about what goes on in the country or that war… only what “they” want us to see. We can’t judge. We certainly can’t judge people who go there to try and help.

I can’t believe the television station has allowed that episode and don’t make those monkeys apologize and suspend them without pay or something. Obviously we can’t change people, however, should people who are so backward, ignorant, and so on be allowed to speak on air??? Really!

So sad!

(I tried to send a message to the Imus Show, but since I’m in Canada, it wouldn’t allow me to choose appropriate address options.)

]]> by: Rich Hatchett http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2006/04/03/hands-off-jill-carroll/#comment-1815 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 10:47:26 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2006/04/03/hands-off-jill-carroll/#comment-1815 Laur, since you're too polite to take a cheap shot a Imus' name - allow me. Imus in the Morning? Yeah, I "mus" in the morning too, I just don't spread it all over the airwaves for three hours. Laur, since you’re too polite to take a cheap shot a Imus’ name - allow me. Imus in the Morning? Yeah, I “mus” in the morning too, I just don’t spread it all over the airwaves for three hours.

]]> by: Mark http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2006/04/03/hands-off-jill-carroll/#comment-1800 Wed, 05 Apr 2006 06:19:08 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2006/04/03/hands-off-jill-carroll/#comment-1800 First, I don't understand why the video of Jill Carroll that was taken by the kidnappers wasn't accompanied by a statement to that effect when it was shown on our media. Of course she would say whatever they wanted her to; they threatened to kill her. Who can blame her, or claim that they wouldn't say whatever they were told to? The video of the Imus show clearly shows that Bernard McGuirk is making reprehensible statements while Imus is attempting to shut him up. First, I don’t understand why the video of Jill Carroll that was taken by the kidnappers wasn’t accompanied by a statement to that effect when it was shown on our media. Of course she would say whatever they wanted her to; they threatened to kill her. Who can blame her, or claim that they wouldn’t say whatever they were told to?

The video of the Imus show clearly shows that Bernard McGuirk is making reprehensible statements while Imus is attempting to shut him up.

]]> by: Mary http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2006/04/03/hands-off-jill-carroll/#comment-1786 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 18:32:06 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2006/04/03/hands-off-jill-carroll/#comment-1786 It's simple - you have guns pointed at your head and you're being forced to say things against your will or they will kill you. Who wouldn't comply? You can take your words back, but you can't get your life back. I'm sure that in such circumstances, folks like spineless Imus would do the same thing. It’s simple - you have guns pointed at your head and you’re being forced to say things against your will or they will kill you. Who wouldn’t comply? You can take your words back, but you can’t get your life back. I’m sure that in such circumstances, folks like spineless Imus would do the same thing.

]]> by: Laur http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2006/04/03/hands-off-jill-carroll/#comment-1784 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:43:14 +0000 http://www.roryoconnor.org/blog/2006/04/03/hands-off-jill-carroll/#comment-1784 The fact that Jill Carroll's statements under duress conflicted with the right-wing narrative has really fed the rhetoric of these wingnuts. Of course, while they say that she's perhaps committed treason, I wonder what they make of the act of treason that took place without threat of execution by Al Queda (or whoever was responsible for Carroll's kidnapping): the disclosure, in Bob Novak's column, of the identity of Valerie Plame? Imus (too easy to take a cheap shot at the name), should take his head out of 'is arse & have a look around where the view is unobstructed and the air is, how shall we say, better. Since that doesn't seem to be about to happen any time soon, I hope that the audience in this nation doesn't do the 180 and join him and his ilk. Enough is more than enough. Carroll has made a more recent statement, in which she makes it clear that she considers the persons responsible for her kidnapping (and the murder of her companion) to be criminals, regardless of their motivation, who deserve to be punished by law. Of course, she was reasonably certain that she was safe from harm when she made that more recent statement, so it is possible that she was expressing her own views freely at that time. Doesn't sound like Stockholm Syndrome to me. Imus and his cohorts are a tremendous waste of money--or would be, if people boycotted the advertisers who sponsor his program and those of the other hate-freaks. The fact that Jill Carroll’s statements under duress conflicted with the right-wing narrative has really fed the rhetoric of these wingnuts. Of course, while they say that she’s perhaps committed treason, I wonder what they make of the act of treason that took place without threat of execution by Al Queda (or whoever was responsible for Carroll’s kidnapping): the disclosure, in Bob Novak’s column, of the identity of Valerie Plame?

Imus (too easy to take a cheap shot at the name), should take his head out of ‘is arse & have a look around where the view is unobstructed and the air is, how shall we say, better. Since that doesn’t seem to be about to happen any time soon, I hope that the audience in this nation doesn’t do the 180 and join him and his ilk.

Enough is more than enough.

Carroll has made a more recent statement, in which she makes it clear that she considers the persons responsible for her kidnapping (and the murder of her companion) to be criminals, regardless of their motivation, who deserve to be punished by law. Of course, she was reasonably certain that she was safe from harm when she made that more recent statement, so it is possible that she was expressing her own views freely at that time.

Doesn’t sound like Stockholm Syndrome to me.

Imus and his cohorts are a tremendous waste of money–or would be, if people boycotted the advertisers who sponsor his program and those of the other hate-freaks.

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