oops, forgot to address one fragment of your post:
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Originally Posted by JohnScott
your precious al Jazeera
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I don't think that part is really applicable to me, and it suggests that I praise al Jazeera. I think this is a dishonest move on your part, in a discussion in which (just a few posts before) you called for some class in discussion. When you say the al Jazeera is "beloved" by me, you are making a comment about me. Not classy. Still, no offence taken, just wanted to communicate this to you.
I also wanted to point out that it is imperative to know as many points of view as possible, before you can shape your own. Even if you disagree with al Jazeera, you would still be well served by watching it, following an ancient and wise principle: in order to destroy your enemy you have to know it better. That is exactly the premise of organizations such as CIA, which is in the business of knowing thy enemy. This is why Roman Catholics studied communism carefully, and why communists studied religion. Examples are virtually limitless.