Comments on The Burd Report: A Guest Post - one from Dan

Anonymous aka wounded soldier boy declared, &qu...

2010-07-26T08:57:24.122-04:00
Anonymous aka wounded soldier boy declared, "I have no problem introducing myself the next time I see you in the back corner of the coffee shop."

Name: Wally Keeler
Rank: Gunner, 33rd medium artillary
Number: C817268

International law asserts that that is all any combatant must provide to the enemy.

I provide that information because I am a free man fully enjoying my rights in a free country, whereas, the very brave Anonymous, aka Wounded Soldier Boy, is too afraid to provide the same in a free forum. Anonymous hides their identity as surely as the women of the Taliban hide theirs behind a burqa.

You know, it's been a long long time. I never ...

2010-07-25T23:11:38.637-04:00
You know, it's been a long long time. I never thought I'd hear this again -let alone imagine it to be relevent. But listen closely to the name of the first country Donovan mentions. I suppose it's taken me 40-years to catch up and understand, maybe, what he was saying. Certainly, back then, I never thought we were the bad guys. I do now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohXsdbF-7jc&feature=related

"...what other so-called religion can you ...

2010-07-25T19:20:45.801-04:00
"...what other so-called religion can you name that offers monatary rewards for killing bad writers like Salman Rushdie? ...why was it that when
the fatwa against Rushdie was announced, 50-million Muslims worldwide didn't
tear up their memberships and make their displeasure known? Why?

Hey soldier boy, where were you when the threat of Islam first raised its head? In 1989 I was here..

"Why is it I find Little Mosque On The Prairie to be about as funny as a kick in the nuts and about as entertaining as a root canal? Am I alone in my opinion that Little Mosque is (a) a waste of my tax dollars and (b) a
government sponsored attempt to make me think kindly of Muslims and unkindly of stupid red-neck prairie folk?"

'Let's face it, man is an unnatural animal.' -- Irving Layton, The Whole Bloody Bird, 1969.

"I got a million more question. I have the answers too. It's sad that people like yourself don't want to hear them or, apparently, even think about those answers."

'Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them they are free' -- Irving Layton.

Anonymous asserts, "Islam is not a disease...

2010-07-25T18:27:59.242-04:00
Anonymous asserts, "Islam is not a disease, it's a religion infected with a disease"

It is not a religion. It is an ideology that behaves in the same manner as a contagion, a disease.

.it's a religion infected with a disease,wh...

2010-07-25T17:40:33.614-04:00
.it's a religion infected with a disease,which is ignorance, racism, and intolerance amongst certain leaders . (Muslim versions of Mr. Keeler

A spurious slander that speaks for the author of the slander. It is an example of Anonymous' arguments of substance.

The reason we are in Afghanistan is to cut the head off "the beast",

In the wake of 911, when the mission was announced to enter Afghanistan, I easily raised my hand to vote affirmative. For the reasons you assert.

However...

nine years later, the disease has spread. All that blood and broken bodies for NOTHING. The head remains. The head prevails. What the fuck did you do over there? Did you kill anyone of
substance?

every time we have to tighten security because of them we loose more personal freedoms. We send the Military there because that is where they are, and it is better to fight a war in their back yard before we have to fight it in ours.

The principle is fine, but I (& other freedom lovers) are fighting in our own yards. So what happened to the military project that was charged with fighting it THERE to prevent it having to be fought HERE?

.my fight was a government sanctioned action.

So was the Holocaust. So was Babi Yar, So was many more well-known instances of govt sanctioned action. You were an agent of state (whereas I was a free agent) and you did what you were commanded to do - your job.

You traveled to another country on your "own dime" to break their
laws.

Yes I did. I broke the anti-freedom laws of communist totalitarian states that did not comply with the Helsinki Accords that those very countries had solemnly signed. I was a subversive.

Why is it so exceedingly dangerous to exercise my right to free speech when I actually fought for it?

Are you suggesting that you have more of a right to free speech because you were a paid state employee tasked with implementing the orders of the state?
What danger? Do you have a fatwa against you? I certainly pose no threat to you. Are you implying that every individual reading your words above, should curtsy to you for you doing your government job?, that every person who
never put on a uniform has less right than you to pontificate on issues of freedom?

"what are the membership rules, I wonder?&...

2010-07-25T16:40:03.668-04:00
"what are the membership rules, I wonder?"

The Shahada: There is no deity but God, and Muhammad is the Messenger of God

"I am not a Muslim, but I know a number of...

2010-07-25T16:15:03.806-04:00
"I am not a Muslim, but I know a number of people who are members of the Islamic faith."

I’m atheist and I ‘know a number of people’ brought up within the Islamic faith, and some are friends.

I am well-acquainted with Tarek Fatah as he is of me. He is the founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress.

I am a long time friend and colleague of Mojgan Navidi. You might appreciate her writing, especially, Illegal Colours of an Illegal Generation.”

One of my public poetry performances, was The Wal-Martyr. Two (one gay) Muslim men volunteered body-guard service at my first performance.

I admire Ayaan Hirsi Ali, for her courage and immense intelligence. I met her once, in Toronto. She was promoting her book, Infidel. I also admire Taslima Nasrin and Wafa Sultan.

I prefer to be informed about the pernicious ideology of Islam from its most intelligent dissidents, especially women dissidents. During the Cold War, I did not seek knowledge about communism from the politburo, but from its dissidents: Andrei Sakharov, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, &c. Likewise, I do not obtain information from imams and their ilk.

Those women dissidents are no more a hate-monger than I am. Reconsider your scurrilous slander that I am a hate-monger.

Islam is an ideology, not a people. Islam is a disease of the mind. Like other diseases, (tuberculosis, cancer, &c.) it’s not cured by killing the carrier of the disease. I don’t hate the patient, I hate the disease. The world recently has known other epidemic diseases of the mind; national socialism (nazi) and communism (bolshevism) come to mind.

The super hero of Islam is Mohammad, (pbuh) just as Jesus Christ is the super star of Christianity. Schools in the West provide courses in comparative religions. It should be easily acceptable in a free society to research for comparative prophets; eg. Jesus with Mohammad (pbuh).

Jesus had an anger management issue when he did his famous art performance piece, The Cleansing of the Temple, wherein he fashioned a cord to use as a whip and chased the money changers out of the synagogue, overturned some tables, and justified this by shouting, “Do not make My Father's house a house of merchandise!”

By comparison, Mohammad (pbuh) was a cruel and brutal man, who spread his megalomaniacal ideology at the point of a sword. His personal relationship with women was disgusting. After one battle wherein the husband was killed, Big Mo took the wife (she was booty) and made her His wife that very evening and then he fucked her. That’s what he did. He enjoyed fucking her several more times, because she became part of his Flock of Fuck, which included his favourite, Aisha, who stayed with him right to the end.

Aisha was 6 years old when she was betrothed to him. Being a respectful tyrant, Big Mo waited until she was 9 years old before consummating the marriage. Big Mo was 54 years old. Aisha was a certified authentic virgin. Big Mo had a wonderful time enjoying this sweet young girl. No wonder she became the ‘favourite’ of all his wives.

Once was an issue of adultery concerning Aisha that was so serious that it required Allah’s (a.k.a. GOD!) direct attention. This resulted in the stipulation of four witnesses being required to prove rape. Praise Allah.

Mohammad (pbuh) is a sick role model.

while mr keeler demands arguments with substance, ...

2010-07-25T12:37:39.245-04:00
while mr keeler demands arguments with substance, he doesn't specify what kind of substance, and since he usually offers one particular substance almost exclusively, there's not much left for anyone else to use.

"who are members of the Islamic faith" -...

2010-07-25T12:29:24.885-04:00
"who are members of the Islamic faith" - "members" as opposed to adherents or subscribers? didn't know one could join Islamic faith as one could join a club, what are the membership rules, I wonder?

My apologies. I meant to direct that last post to ...

2010-07-25T12:04:34.841-04:00
My apologies. I meant to direct that last post to Confused Lady.

Anyway, what other so-called religion can you name that offers monatary rewards for killing bad writers like Salman Rushdie? I can't think of any.

And why was it that when the fatwa against Rushdie was announced, 50-million Muslims worldwide didn't tear up their memberships and make their displeasure known? Why?

Why is it I can name a hundred Jewish stand up comics but not a single Muslim one? This depite the Holocaust.

Why is it that in Canada we now have before the courts a number of Muslim men charged with the murder of their wives or daughters (including the Kingston canal case) -but not a single son? Are the men more virtuous than the women?

Why is it I find Little Mosque On The Prairie to be about as funny as a kick in the nuts and about as entertaining as a root canal? Am I alone in my opinion that Little Mosque is (a) a waste of my tax dollars and (b) a government sponsored attempt to make me think kindly of Muslims and unkindly of stupid red-neck prairie folk?

I got a million more question. I have the answers too. It's sad that people like yourself don't want to hear them -or, apparently, even think about those answers.

Last November at Writers&Friends in Port Hope,...

2010-07-25T11:44:42.732-04:00
Last November at Writers&Friends in Port Hope, senior Globe editor Sandra Martin spoke at length about how women are treated in male-dominated theocracies such as Afghanistan, Pakistan and all the other 'stans'. Despite her pleas for modernization and forward thinking and lifting the darkness through education and tolerance and a whole lot of other spongy fluff, Ms. Martin could not bring herself in any part of her passionate overature (to a mostly leftish crowd of which I am one) to say the word 'Islam'.

She danced around that word as if to say it might somehow, someway, however gently and unintended, insult someone. And God knows we wouldn't want that, now would we?

It was not until a naive and unworldly woman in the front row rose to ask a question that 'Islam' was framed as the underlying causal belief system that allows men in male dominated theocracies to get away with the fun of stoning or the joy of whipping or the thrill of murdering Dutch film makers in the street.

Wally has every right to speak the unspeakable. It isn't Wally that represents a religion with an awful lot to answer for -it's the religion itself.

Wally guilty of hate speech? Sorry anon, I don't buy that for a second. All Wally is doing is looking at Islam the way Sandra Martin and a whole lot of Muslims ought to look at Islam -as more of a method of supressing half it's adherents into silence than an open, loving and inclusive religion.

Next time you see news footage from the inside of a mosque or one of those wild dervish funerals of some Imam or other tell me how many women you see in the photographs? Than ask yourself whether or not you'd care to sign up to join that club.

Islam is not a disease, it's a religion infect...

2010-07-25T10:06:20.815-04:00
Islam is not a disease, it's a religion infected with a disease,which is ignorance, racism, and intolerance amongst certain leaders who unfortunately have a large influence on it's members. (Muslim versions of Mr. Keeler only with actual influence and power) These are the planners of 9/11. The reason we are in Afghanistan is to cut the head off "the beast", every time we have to tighten security because of them we loose more personal freedoms. We send the Military there because that is where they are, and it is better to fight a war in their back yard before we have to fight it in ours.

Mr. Keeler talks about assumptions I make, what about his that I was paid by the Canadian "State" to be in Afghanistan. There are forty other nations in the coalition perhaps one of them paid me. Regardless my fight was a government sanctioned action. You traveled to another country on your "own dime" to break their laws. Why is it so exceedingly dangerous to exercise my right to free speech when I actually fought for it? perhaps Al-Keeler will have me silenced for it.

Ben, I was shocked and disappointed to see that w...

2010-07-25T09:39:57.448-04:00
Ben,

I was shocked and disappointed to see that while you have a disclaimer stating that moderation has been enabled, you allowed Wally to post a message of hate. There is a fine line between freedom of speech and hate mongering.

"A group of Saudi Muslims, infected with a disease called Islam. . ."

I am not a Muslim, but I know a number of people who are members of the Islamic faith. I would not presume to know what Wally's religious background is (if any, which is his choice), but why would you allow him, or anyone, to post messages like this? There is enough bigotry, hate, and discrimination out there, why add to it?

I am sure, if published, Wally will think of some vicious criticism to throw at me. I'm not interested in a pissing contest.

Rick Hillier, who got out when the getting was goo...

2010-07-24T13:13:48.553-04:00
Rick Hillier, who got out when the getting was good, said at a Red Shirt Rally at City Hall in Toronto that part of the reason Canadian troops were in Afghanistan was to make sure Afghan women could wear high heels without being punished.

Before that though, it was about finding Osama bin-Laden. Then it was about Taliban strongholds. Then -something to do with sending little Afghan gils to school, something we've not done such a good job at with our own native population.

Then The Highway of Heroes came along by way of a 62,000 signature on-line petition signed by, among others, all four Marx Brothers, George W. Bush and Lassie. The very, very fine print at the bottom of the petition said it was started by millnet.ca -or, if you like, the military itself.

Meantime, nobody questions why you need an autopsy after you've been blown to pieces by a roadside bomb. If the purpose of an autopsy is to determine the cause of death, well, seems to me we've got a pretty good handle on that about 2-seconds after the blast. So, with almost no due respect I say the whole Highway of Heroes thing is a pathetic sham, a sham almost as transparent as the shit-eating grin on Peter McKay's face everytime he spontaeneously orgasms next to a C-140.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a whole lot of scoundrels, I'm afraid. T'was ever thus....

Port Hope's prolific Baron of Bland, Roy Cowan...

2010-07-24T09:53:08.322-04:00
Port Hope's prolific Baron of Bland, Roy Cowan wrote, "lost both his legs in Afghanistan. I was amazed at his courage, his determination to carry on with a meaningful life, and his conviction that he was was trying to do something to help the Afghan people.

That is a terrible job injury. I hope The State is providing the best recuperative care.

Cowan crowed that he was "amazed" that this wounded vet "was trying to do something" but all too often, no one seems to be able to say just what that something is. Amazing? No wonder Roy Cowan has the "mixed feelings" of a milqtoast.

That wounded veteran is not what victory looks like. That wounded veteran is what looks like a failed mission without focus. That is not amazing; it's pathetic.

In the very beginning NATO/UN soldiers went into Afghanistan to defeat the forces that had attacked the Free West so spectacularly. That is why I originally supported the mission.

Nine years later, the mission is littered with too many dead and broken bodies, and the bad forces have yet to be defeated. That is MISSION FAILURE.

"First the Taliban did not Attack the Worl...

2010-07-24T04:18:08.098-04:00
"First the Taliban did not Attack the World Trade Center, Al Qaeda did. The Taliban however did harbor them, and is allied in their beliefs. That is why we are there."

OK, that is "why we are there". I agree with that assertion. Now for the really tough question: We are there TO DO WHAT? What is the mission? It certainly isn't victory.

"Now Mr. Keeler I am glad you served in the peace time forces and how fitting it was with the "Queens of the battle field".

Your condescension and arrogance fails to outstrip mine. My time in the armed forces confers nothing on me that any other Canadian doesn't have.

"I am a combat wounded veteran of more recent conflicts, who served a heck of a lot further forward.

Is this brought up to lend weight to ... what? It confers nothing to you, that is not conferred to any other Canadian. You did the job you were paid for, just like any other state employee. I presume you did a good job, but then again, you did get wounded, which may lead to questions of professional competency, that you may have ducked when you should have jumped, that sort of thing. It gets pretty hairy to party out there.

"I do not add my name at the request of others who might draw fire from my comments and will continue to respect their wishes but I have no problem
introducing myself the next time I see you in the back corner of the coffee shop."

Exactly where was it on your person that you were wounded? It may have affected your cognitive abilities. I have no contract of confidentiality with you that would prevent me from blabbing your name on this blog moments after having met you at the back corner. Do you have a problem now?

"As for your criminal activities in the 80's I dont see what they have to do with this topic."

I did not violate the criminal code of Canada, nor the criminal codes of any Western democratic nation. How unfortunate for you to make such a slander as "criminal activities." It is an exceedingly dangerous presumption for you to have made. (Did you get wounded from a similar slip-up in the field, thereby endangering our compatriots?) No wonder you remain anonymous. C'mon, walk up to me and tell me your name, show me your papers. My number was C817268, Gunner.

My 'smuggling' was not criminal, but political. It was in violation of the laws promulgated by a totalitarian state. That you regard the smuggling of dissident literature/art/music out of totalitarian regimes is reprehensible. I brought it up to counter your arrogance. I took my freedom seriously enough to put my personal freedom on the line. I was operating alone, whereas you were a member of a gang (NATO) on the front line. I was a independent (free) subversive, not on the front line, but inside the beast. I'm sure you can appreciate that.

Here is a story, Samizdat Storage in Budapest, that might enlighten you about a few things, especially that I owe you any gratitude for doing the job Canadians paid you to do. You were/are a state employee. By contrast, I organized my activities in support of freedom on my own dime, armed only with my wits.

I have no more interest in participating in a piss parade with you. Your mug's game ends, unless you want to make some cogent arguments supporting the presence of Canadians in a highly lethal environment, ie, Afghanistan. Gimme something better than the sentimental posturing of flogging your combat wounds to win a cheap political point. Give us some arguments with substance.

First the Taliban did not Attack the World Trade C...

2010-07-23T16:02:01.507-04:00
First the Taliban did not Attack the World Trade Center, Al Qaeda did.
The Taliban however did harbor them, and is allied in their beliefs. That
is why we are there.

Now Mr. Keeler I am glad you served in the peace time forces and how fitting
it was with the "Queens of the battle field". I am a combat wounded veteran
of more recent conflicts, who served a heck of a lot further forward. I do not
add my name at the request of others who might draw fire from my comments
and will continue to respect their wishes but I have no problem introducing
myself the next time I see you in the back corner of the coffee shop.

As for your criminal activities in the 80's I dont see what they have to do with
this topic.

151 murder victims and counting. Interestingly, n...

2010-07-23T15:54:49.782-04:00
151 murder victims and counting.

Interestingly, no one who wants our compatriots home ALIVE has the spine to go to the bridge with me and protest. I've asked several who claim to not want our children there, but when I ask if they will stand on the bridge with Sighway of Sorrows placards, or BRING THEM BACK ALIVE NOW!

Methinks I will begin doing this myself alone and take all the flack on myself. Those cowards hiding behind their Anonymouse pseudonyms can continue guzzling. Not even greennecks come out.

Greennecks (those frauds claiming to be environmentally sensitive and drive motor vehicles)

The Taliban did not attack the World Trade Centre....

2010-07-23T11:48:46.442-04:00
The Taliban did not attack the World Trade Centre. A group of Saudi Muslims, infected with a disease called Islam, attacked the towers. Osama's Al Qaeda took credit. The Taliban hosted them on Afghan turf.

Wally: You're being baited by another two-pack...

2010-07-22T21:12:34.682-04:00
Wally: You're being baited by another two-pack-a-day redneck dolt, someone who stands on bridges waving a Made-In-Taiwan Canadian flag everytime another young sucker comes home in a box,

Don't bite, Wally. DON'T BITE!

It was not Taliban that attacked the 2 Towers; it ...

2010-07-22T19:01:41.751-04:00
It was not Taliban that attacked the 2 Towers; it was Al Qeada. Taliban hosted them on Afghan turf.

I'm having trouble remembering after 8 years o...

2010-07-22T18:20:56.267-04:00
I'm having trouble remembering after 8 years of futile warfare. Could Anonymous please remind us why the Taliban attacked the World Trade Center?

I did service in the 60s with the Cdn Armed Forces...

2010-07-22T18:11:13.575-04:00
I did service in the 60s with the Cdn Armed Forces (33rd Medium Artillery), but in the 80s I spent considerable time smuggling a wide variety of materiels in and out and inbetween the Warsaw Pact countries.

I went abroad and put my freedom on the line, AND I respect free speech so much that I am neither ashamed nor afraid to attach my name to my words.

Then there are cowards like you, Anonymous. Unlike real soldiers, you haven't the courage stand by your words.

What Unit were you with Mr. Keeler when you were i...

2010-07-22T15:58:07.385-04:00
What Unit were you with Mr. Keeler when you were in Afghanistan? There is a radical group of people with global influence who resent our freedoms and our way of life, and if you are not 100 percent on their bandwagon you are not worthy of living. Maybe we shouldn't have fought in WWI & WWII either. We have to stand for something or we have nothing, not even the freedom to voice our opinions. Those of us who wear, have worn, or will wear the uniform do so knowing fully the cost we may have to pay to give you the freedom you so enjoy!

Once upon a time, some folks involved themselves i...

2010-07-21T22:11:01.312-04:00
Once upon a time, some folks involved themselves in redskin sightings. Nowadays it seems to be redneck sightings.

Comments on The Burd Report: A Guest Post - one from Dan

Anonymous aka wounded soldier boy declared, &qu...

You know, it's been a long long time. I never ...

"...what other so-called religion can you ...

Anonymous asserts, "Islam is not a disease...

.it's a religion infected with a disease,wh...

"what are the membership rules, I wonder?&...

"I am not a Muslim, but I know a number of...

while mr keeler demands arguments with substance, ...

"who are members of the Islamic faith" -...

My apologies. I meant to direct that last post to ...

Last November at Writers&Friends in Port Hope,...

Islam is not a disease, it's a religion infect...

Ben, I was shocked and disappointed to see that w...

Rick Hillier, who got out when the getting was goo...

Port Hope's prolific Baron of Bland, Roy Cowan...

"First the Taliban did not Attack the Worl...

First the Taliban did not Attack the World Trade C...

151 murder victims and counting. Interestingly, n...

The Taliban did not attack the World Trade Centre....

Wally: You're being baited by another two-pack...

It was not Taliban that attacked the 2 Towers; it ...

I'm having trouble remembering after 8 years o...

I did service in the 60s with the Cdn Armed Forces...

What Unit were you with Mr. Keeler when you were i...

Once upon a time, some folks involved themselves i...