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• Friday, April 20, 2007 06:59 AM

  Huh?

  I call BS on this column. You may disagree with Krauthammer on his column, but in no way do I find "hypocrisy" in his points.

  Separating the two points - on Fox, Krauthammer compares the DVD "manifesto" with Palestinian Shaheed (martyr) videos shown incessantly on al-Jazeera. Both are made to show the "righteousness" of the individual and to document the injustices that have lead to his (or her) action of murder. Both are meant to appeal to the pubic to justify actions.

  The Ismail Ax reference is anyone's guess now (Moby Dick? JF Cooper? Biblical? - but I note that you did not mention that Mort Kondracke immediately called Krauthammer on the Islamic connection after he said it - saying there was no evidence for a terror link).

  And the Barack Obama speech comment comparing the VT shooting with Don Imus "verbal violence", outsourcing, and violence in Darfur? Sorry - I think that one was just a bit more tenuous than the Ismail Ax comparison of Krauthammers'.

  Krauthammer did raise a valid point - there was a consequence of our policy toward not confining mentally unstable people when they are identified. There are valid arguments on how this is abused and should be controlled - as there are equally valid arguments over how this can lead to situations where individuals can fall to their internal demons and wreck havoc.

  Balance in this area is challenging - and I think there might be an argument over reexamining when intervention is necessary.

  If you want to spotlight hypocrisy - why not turn it on NBC? They had no problem throwing Imus out over his mouth. Where is the call for the executives that put the video on the air not to be canned?

  —Ironclad Read Ironclad's other letters
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