Comments on: Did Glenn Beck Incite This Syrian

By: Blake

Blake — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:33:09 +0000

Personal responsibility is always the largest factor involved.
In WWII, the biggest excuse was, I was only following orders. So concentration camps sprung up, within sight (and smell) of German, Polish, and Czech villages. Millions of people died, and when all was said and done, many of the townspeople were like Sgt. Schultz on Hogan’s Heroes- they claimed to see or know nothing. Even many guards claimed to not have been there, but after looking at all the records,( because Germans ARE meticulous), people were placed there, and had to be punished, because they bore personal responsibility for their actions.
Their inaction was an action of its own, so yes, Adam, Personal Responsibility is ALWAYS the largest factor.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:13:35 +0000

You don’t have to tell me–I could see from the first video that Luttrell showed restraint. I don’t think soldiers are nothing but trained killers.

By: Blake

Blake — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:30:00 +0000

Also, just to clarify things in this discussion, let me speak about what in Texas is called “The Castle Doctrine”- this is where Texas lawmakers have strengthened the law whereby a person may defend their home and property with deadly force if necessary.
This would mean that Mr. Luttrell could have legally shot these scumbags, and walked away free. It would have been labeled a justified shooting, because it was his dog.
Personally, having had this same scenario happen to me ten years ago, I can feel empathy for this man. Perhaps a dog is just a dog to you, but with others, it is truly a member of the family. A dog is a pack animal- that is, it needs others around it to help define its place in the world, and it looks to its owner as the lead, or Alpha animal, and properly assimilated, it will give its life for the pack. To be the Alpha animal, is pretty heady responsibility for an owner. I imagine Mr. Luttrell felt that he could have/ would have/ should have been able to do more to protect a loved one, and under the Castle Doctrine he could have. The fact that he did not speaks volumes to his self control, and gives the lie to people who say that soldiers are nothing but trained killers- soldiers are at least taught the full horror of killing someone, therefore it is they who are most reluctant to use deadly force, and for that alone, he should be commended, not condemned.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:45:34 +0000

I didn’t try to minimize the dog-it practically broke my heart myself seeing pictures of that sweet looking little puppy. I watched another show of Beck last night and they brought up a good point and that is it takes a special kind of sicko to just kill an innocent animal for shits and giggles and practically every serial killer has started out that way. And I am glad Texas has statutes in place that make that a felony.

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:06:24 +0000

I feel sorry for you Adam. To have such a lack of empathy for this dog shows that you are a faux vegan- you might not eat meat, but you have no feelings for the animal. I have re- habbed wild animals for years, and I have come to admire the intelligence of these animals even as I have begun to doubt the intelligence of supposedly human creatures. As I said in a previous post, in Texas, where this happened, you have the right (and some would say the duty) to shoot someone who harms your property, and Mr. Luttrell’s dog would fit the bill.
As for the quote marks you put around the word murder, regarding the dog, what would you call it? Just good fun?

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:56:12 +0000

For someone who apparently doesn’t like Glenn Beck you seem to watch a lot of his shows. I watch Beck also- not consistently, but enough to know that at least some of what he is saying rings true.
Government IS getting bigger, and that is never a good thing- Thomas Jefferson said, ” Government works best when it works least.” The role of the Federal government has grown ever since Lincoln, and it NEVER gets smaller. For that reason alone we should be extremely hesitant to give the government any more power. In America, we have always celebrated the entrepreneurship of individuals, and now, we seem to want to punish this same quality that has made America great for the last 200 years.
People often forget that Bill Gates was a small businessman once- but under Obama’s rules, he would now be extremely limited in his company’s growth.
So, the question becomes, is Glenn Beck fear- mongering? I don’t believe so, but then, I have studied History, and while these types of things have been tried before, and we have come back from these failed social experiments before, Beck makes some valid points, all while entertaining some, and appalling others.
Because in the end, he is an entertainer, a pundit, a provocateur of thought. You do not agree, but he got you to watch, didn’t he?
You CANNOT legislate fairness. John F. Kennedy once said, ” If you expect life to be fair, you are operating under false assumptions.”

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:29:23 +0000

Obama’s statements ARE designed to play on people’s fears- if you listen, he says that this time inour history is the worst, we will take a long time to recover,etc.- all of which may be technically true, but as the Prsident, he is supposed to be a cheerleader of sorts.
In the worst recession in modern times, in Carter’s term, Ronald Reagan was saying, as he was campaigning, that it was “Morning in America”, and our best times were ahead of us. Obama reminds us that our best times were long ago, and we will have to get used to new limitations.
America doesn’t like limitations, we like to aim high, and Barry wants us to aim low.
Puncturing the dream that Americans want to believe in, that is, that someone can go as far as their ambition and ability can take them, is not being a cheerleader, but one hell of a downer.
Yes, he plays on people’s fears, and with falsehoods also, that’s doubly deceitful.

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:05:55 +0000

To both Adam and Victoria- You both minimize the dog, but sometimes a good dog is worth ANY amount of morons. We, as a nation, have coddled our children to the point where we excuse the inexcusable when it comes to our children. News flash- your children are only adored by you- the rest of us may have a divergent opinion. When children reach the age of nine or so, they know the difference between right and wrong. The problem is that a “timeout” teaches nothing, and sooner or later, some of them choose to do actions that are wrong, because they have little to fear from a timeout.
It would do everybody some good to know that there might be adverse punishments that can kill them- if the knowledge doesn’t deter them, the punishment will surely deter them from reoffending, and, as Martha Stewart might say, “That’s a good thing.”

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:54:22 +0000

Here is a vereran who has fought for his country, and as someone who has had his dog shot by morons also,I have to say that Mr. Luttrell kept himself composed very well- I might have lost it and shot these losers myself, and in Texas, we have the right to do so. Personally, this would be a good thing. Not everybody keeps the right to live, in my opinion- they commit actions that abrogate their right to live. The dog did nothing wrong, these bottom feeders did. I thought Mr. Luttrell showed remarkable restraint.

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:44:14 +0000

Well, you have your opinion, but I believe that O’bama and his posse are trying to do everything BUTA solve the financial crisis- as long as they have everybody freaked out, they feel that they can cram this socialist crap down everybody’s throat. You can shout fire if there is a fire- Beck may wear his emotions on his sleeve, but is that wrong?
Is love for your country and respect for the heros that have come before us a bad thing? To hear O’bama tell it, yes.
The man is wrong, wrong, wrong.