Comments on: Austria Responds to Arnold’s Smear

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:52:18 +0000

Your English is fine, it’s your facts and logic that are off. Having lived in both countries myself, I can assure you that there’s more overall freedom here, particularly on the issues Arnold was talking about. Without exception, you were wrong about each of the freedoms you assumed Americans don’t have, including Texans. And if you think you can safely travel to hotspots like Iraq, you’re in for a rude awakening. Even the French aren’t safe in Iraq; what makes you think Austrians would be?

I found it particularly amusing that you think it’s great that cops in Austria can arrest you for 12 hours without an arrest warrant. That nearly happened to me once, over a trivial parking violation. It would never happen here. Criticizing the government? Ha! We have a free media, not a state-run one that can make sure we never learn what the government doesn’t want us to know. I don’t know what your media is like now, but if it’s anything like what existed when I was there, it’s nothing to be proud of.

As for the right to own guns, you’re fooling yourself if you think that the bad guys will never get them just because you can’t. Bad guys don’t play by the same rules as the good guys. You can still get shot, you just won’t be able to shoot back – and the bad guy knows this, too. The bigger issue is whether or not law-abiding citizens have a right to protect themselves. If so, they should have a right to own a gun if they want to. If not, forget about your freedoms and human “rights.” You have none.

By: austrian

austrian — Fri, 24 Sep 2004 13:09:51 +0000

Excuse my bad english I’m austrian.
“american style freedom”, you mean more freedom like in austria. HAHA I as an austrian i think i have a little bit more freedom like you. Because when police tapes my phone they still have to ask a judge. I can say what ever i want about my government, without getting a visit from police or land on a No-fly lists or that my neighnour, friend whatever denounces me at the police (but I`m envy on that freaky DDR feeling you will get with the time ). I can gotravel to every country on earth without having fear to get linched my locals. I can go to my lawyer or doctor and i know that no one else will know, what i told him. The police can`t arrest my longer than 12 hours without an arrest warrent and they have to inform my lawyer.I can fuck my girl friend in the ass. (Texans arn`t allowed to).The only freedom you got, which you got and I don`t is the right to wear guns. But a don`t need this. I prefer getting punched by some asshole to getting shout by some asshole.

By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Fri, 10 Sep 2004 06:30:01 +0000

The Council Has Spoken!
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By: Watcher of Weasels

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By: Watcher of Weasels

Watcher of Weasels — Wed, 08 Sep 2004 06:20:36 +0000

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By: PoliBlog

PoliBlog — Sun, 05 Sep 2004 03:21:08 +0000

I Think We’ve Heard this one Before
U.S. Near Seizing Bin Laden, Official Says.

‘twould be nice, but I shan’t hold my breath.

Of course, if they do capture him, it will be fun to watch certain folks go bonkers (I mean, if they are all apoplectic over Zell (see here for a more ext…

By: Knowledge Is Power: SondraK.com

Knowledge Is Power: SondraK.com — Sat, 04 Sep 2004 18:40:45 +0000

The Sounds of Scrabbling Toe Nails in the Morning — Kerry on De Fence
like Moonbats in the attic… In my email come more Moonbat droppings [eww - hand me the lysol] from MooreOn MoveOn.con claiming that “much of [Zell] Miller’s speech was cribbed from a long-circulating (and false) email chain letter.” Whaaaa? They’…

By: Xrlq

Xrlq — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 23:55:18 +0000

Good point. I don’t trust the Ass. Press as far as I can throw it, but I can’t expect someone from Austria to know that.

By: Scott Thomson

Scott Thomson — Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:30:28 +0000

Nice job. I had just sent a long email to spoons on the very same article and then had to write back and tell him you’d already handled it.

I don’t blame Karner for not reading the speech, though.
If you were an Austrian Learned Historian and a reporter for the Associated Press called you up and asked you to comment on a particular aspect of an American politician’s speech, wouldn’t you assume the reporter was describing the speech accurately?

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