Well,apart from the blowing-stuff-up schtik, and the part about killing all those people, yeah, totally rational.
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Fri 10 Feb 2006, 22:54,
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Compare his countenance to that of Hitler when giving speaches.Even though you don't speak the lingo, Hitler's stuff was always rousing and he looked like a cocking-fruit-loop thrashing away, all passion and fire. It is easier to dismiss people like that if you don't get caught up in the fire and brimstone shit.
But when you simply sit and speak like a monk explaining the art of bee-keeping your arguements must be well structured and stand up to cold-minded scrutiny, because you are giving you potential converts time to think. It is harder to dismiss people like this as they usually have some very good reasons for you to strap a bomb on and kill people and they can explain them to you calmly and without fervour.
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Fri 10 Feb 2006, 22:57,
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But when you simply sit and speak like a monk explaining the art of bee-keeping your arguements must be well structured and stand up to cold-minded scrutiny, because you are giving you potential converts time to think. It is harder to dismiss people like this as they usually have some very good reasons for you to strap a bomb on and kill people and they can explain them to you calmly and without fervour.
Well, to be fair,Hitler had crowds of tens of thousands of adulatory Germans cheering him on, wheres Ossie there only has a small herd of goats and a couple of stinky blokes with beards. He probably gets into his stride and then a sheep poos on his foot or something. I imagine it's a bit dispiriting for him, poor chap.
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Fri 10 Feb 2006, 23:01,
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