Hans Blix - What an A-Hole!

[Ghost Writer]

Recently, the man in charge of conducting weapons inspections in Iraq has found the time to appear on MTV. I can't imagine how such an important man could muster the time for such a trivial engagement. Even more disturbing, is his idea:

"On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around. You have the instances like the global warming convention, the Kyoto protocol, when the U.S. went its own way. I regret it. To me the question of the environment is more ominous than that of peace and war. We will have regional conflicts and use of force, but world conflicts I do not believe will happen any longer. But the environment, that is a creeping danger. I'm more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict."

Very reassuring to know that the man, whose responsibilty was to make threat assessments about the nature of Iraq's weapons capabilities, finds the issue of global warming to be a more pressing issue than weapons of mass destruction. What a hole!

There it is guys. This is the man that you claim helps make the world a safer place through inspections. If you wish to further unmask your hero go to MTV's (http://www.mtv.com/bands/i/iraq/news_feature_031203/index5.jhtml) own website for the full transcript. The longer I live, the more I think that Ayn Rand was a profit in her own right.

[KRAZYKILLA]

Hes no different than any other political scumbag... whats the difference?

[antieverything]

What about Blair? He appeared on MTV! As far as I'm concerned it's great that MTV is getting some level of political awareness to young people--it shows that you can sell political dialogue to youth which shows that they actually care!

[Ghost Writer]

If these young people are too stupid to get their news from reputable sources, then let them remain ignorant. With the mentality of people who watch MTV, it does not matter how much realism you try to feed them. They are not interested, and that is why they are the useful idiots for the liberal movement. Information is not valued by most who would spend more the 15 seconds on that channel. Frankly, it hurts the credibility of any politician who appears on such a pathetic interest. Blix happened to undermine his credibility long before his MTV appearance. All it did was solidify many people's disgust with such a bulbous ignoramous.

[LOIC]

In my opinion Blix is totally right.
Global warming is a more important danger than hussein or bin laden.
But governments don't give a shit about global warming because they are parasites only interested in money.
That's one of the reasons why we should kick out politicians.

[Sirion]

In a capitalist world, governments can never prioritize global warming, because that would reduce income, and make them more vulnerable compared to other states, who save money on not to do so.

This is in an even larger degree the same for private enterprise.

[Ghost Writer]

I can tell you were raised on MTV, by the complete unquestioning faith you place in such a theory. The liberal dogma has polluted your mind. You probably also think that all immigrants are good, all war is bad, gays should be elevated to a special status, political activism is dying your hair green, and saying things like "the U.S. military is nothing more than pure baby killers", conservatives want to kill your grandma, and equality is a right guatanteed under the Bill of Rights.

[Sirion]

Sorry, but you are totally wrong. Actually, I don't have MTV, and when I am at my friends houses, I never wath it because I do not like any of the music they send (I am more of a classic rock kid, born about 25 years to late)

[antieverything]

The problem with the conservative view that global warming is a fraud is that the vast, vast majority of environmental scientists would say otherwise.

[Invader Zim]

Quote: from Ghost Writer on 10:48 am on Mar. 19, 2003
Recently, the man in charge of conducting weapons inspections in Iraq has found the time to appear on MTV. I can't imagine how such an important man could muster the time for such a trivial engagement. Even more disturbing, is his idea:

"On big issues like war in Iraq, but in many other issues they simply must be multilateral. There's no other way around. You have the instances like the global warming convention, the Kyoto protocol, when the U.S. went its own way. I regret it. To me the question of the environment is more ominous than that of peace and war. We will have regional conflicts and use of force, but world conflicts I do not believe will happen any longer. But the environment, that is a creeping danger. I'm more worried about global warming than I am of any major military conflict."

Very reassuring to know that the man, whose responsibilty was to make threat assessments about the nature of Iraq's weapons capabilities, finds the issue of global warming to be a more pressing issue than weapons of mass destruction. What a hole!

There it is guys. This is the man that you claim helps make the world a safer place through inspections. If you wish to further unmask your hero go to MTV's (http://www.mtv.com/bands/i/iraq/news_feature_031203/index5.jhtml) own website for the full transcript. The longer I live, the more I think that Ayn Rand was a profit in her own right.


Out of interest whats your view on enviromentalism?

[Pete]

MTV is only there to make money. If they can appeal to a wider branch they will. It is sickening. I doubt they give a shit about the environment and probaly drive around in SUV's all day.

Ghost writer. If there is a major war it will leave a HUGE effect on the environement and this planets future. Our life styles now are stealing from future generations, we must try and make it so the future can survive. But of course the righwing only cares about themsevles inthe present.

[suffianr]

What Hans Blix said is of little importance, politically. However, if you weren't so oblivious to communication trends, you'd also realise that what MTV is doing is nothing new...

MTV's just adopting an aggressive position on market positioning: the channel knows that it's not trivializing politics by sending it's correspondents to cover the war, like Rolling Stone in the Seventies, but in fact attemping to brand itself as a more serious contender in providing real-world issues to it's audiences. Expanding it's field of view by coercing endorsement from opinion leaders. So?

There's nothing surprising about that, given MTV's commercial nature. But then, of course, you already now this, and you don't need a Liberal Arts mass communications major to point it out to you. :biggrin: