Comments on: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/08/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/ now with extra source Tue, 24 Nov 2009 10:24:29 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Daniel http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/08/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comment-3462 Daniel Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-3462 "I might also remind Crikey that Adolf Hitler was properly elected as well."<br /><br />Well, not really!<br /><br />While it is true that the NSDAP won the largest percentage of the vote in the 1932 elections, Hitler himself was appointed to the Chancellery by von Papen and Hindenburg, who was in turn under pressure from financial backers of the Nazi Party to appoint Hitler Chancellor. <br /> “I might also remind Crikey that Adolf Hitler was properly elected as well.”

Well, not really!

While it is true that the NSDAP won the largest percentage of the vote in the 1932 elections, Hitler himself was appointed to the Chancellery by von Papen and Hindenburg, who was in turn under pressure from financial backers of the Nazi Party to appoint Hitler Chancellor.

]]> By: Darren http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/08/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comment-3463 Darren Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-3463 Instead of 'free world' why not refer to the West as the 'target area' for a communist take-over Instead of ‘free world’ why not refer to the West as the ‘target area’ for a communist take-over

]]> By: Daniel Lewis http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/08/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comment-3464 Daniel Lewis Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-3464 Marilyn,<br /><br />Thank you for another wonderfully intelligent contribution.<br /><br />And civil too!<br /><br />No wonder you are derided as an unhinged moonbat, and an angry old boiler. It makes my day knowing that I may have ruined yours. Marilyn,

Thank you for another wonderfully intelligent contribution.

And civil too!

No wonder you are derided as an unhinged moonbat, and an angry old boiler. It makes my day knowing that I may have ruined yours.

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/08/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups/#comment-3465 Marilyn Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-3465 http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/hamas_e017.pdf<br />16. Networks belonging to Fatah/Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades were the most prominent and<br />central in violating the lull arrangement. Their motivation was the desire to show themselves<br />as the standard bearers of the “resistance” (i.e., terrorism) and to send a message of<br />defiance to Hamas, and not<br />responses to “violations” on the part of Israel.<br />17. During the first period Hamas was careful to maintain the ceasefire and its operatives<br />were not involved in rocket attacks. At the same time, the movement tried to enforce the<br />terms of the arrangement on the other terrorist organizations and to prevent them from<br />violating it. Hamas took a number of steps against networks which violated the arrangement,<br />but in a limited fashion and contenting itself with short-term detentions and confiscating<br />weapons. For example, a number of times Hamas’s security services detained Fatah/Al-Aqsa<br />Martyrs Brigades operatives, including Abu Qusai, an Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades spokesman,<br />who claimed responsibility for rocket fire (June 29). Detained operatives were released after a<br />short interrogation and no real measures were taken against them. However, it was clear that<br />throughout the first period Hamas sought to avoid direct confrontations with the rogue<br />organizations (especially the PIJ) insofar as was possible, lest it be accused of collaborating<br />with Israel and harming the “resistance.” Hamas therefore focused on using politics to<br />convince the organizations to maintain the lull arrangement and on seeking support for it<br />within Gazan public opinion (including issuing statements by its activists regarding the lull’s<br />achievements).<br /><br />Daniel will you just for once shut the fuck up?<br /> http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/hamas_e017.pdf
16. Networks belonging to Fatah/Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades were the most prominent and
central in violating the lull arrangement. Their motivation was the desire to show themselves
as the standard bearers of the “resistance” (i.e., terrorism) and to send a message of
defiance to Hamas, and not
responses to “violations” on the part of Israel.
17. During the first period Hamas was careful to maintain the ceasefire and its operatives
were not involved in rocket attacks. At the same time, the movement tried to enforce the
terms of the arrangement on the other terrorist organizations and to prevent them from
violating it. Hamas took a number of steps against networks which violated the arrangement,
but in a limited fashion and contenting itself with short-term detentions and confiscating
weapons. For example, a number of times Hamas’s security services detained Fatah/Al-Aqsa
Martyrs Brigades operatives, including Abu Qusai, an Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades spokesman,
who claimed responsibility for rocket fire (June 29). Detained operatives were released after a
short interrogation and no real measures were taken against them. However, it was clear that
throughout the first period Hamas sought to avoid direct confrontations with the rogue
organizations (especially the PIJ) insofar as was possible, lest it be accused of collaborating
with Israel and harming the “resistance.” Hamas therefore focused on using politics to
convince the organizations to maintain the lull arrangement and on seeking support for it
within Gazan public opinion (including issuing statements by its activists regarding the lull’s
achievements).

Daniel will you just for once shut the fuck up?

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