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Reader comment on item: Guest Column: The Final Death of Lawrence of Arabia

Submitted by Ted, Jan 8, 2014 20:59

I have no idea what this person is talking about. I'm sure there are plenty of historical inaccuracies and "utterly false and baseless concepts" in "Lawrence of Arabia". But if that's the premise of your piece shouldn't you, I don't know, list what specifically is wrong in the film.

Again, I'm not saying there are no inaccuracies in the movie. But you need to tell me what they are. Don't assume the reader is an idiot, but you still need to list facts. It's not that hard. "The movie said X happened, but actually Y happened."

And what on earth is up with this?:

"[W]herever there are Arabs and Muslims there is slaughter, terrorism, mass murder of both brother Muslims and "infidels,' pedophilia, the oppression of women, rape, the murder and persecution of Jews and Christians, the burning of houses of worship, and the use of weapons of mass destruction to kill civilians[...]"

First, the typo is amateurish and not worth of posting on the site of a non-profit that makes as much as the IPT makes. Second, "wherever there are Arabs there is [...] use of weapons of mass destruction"? Has an atom bomb went off in Dearborn, Michigan? Are there gas attacks going on in Malaysia? A biological weapon in the Indonesian food supply? Third, "pedophila" and "rape"? Pretty sure those happen in every ethnic and religious group. Fourth, "mass slaughter"? Is there a serial killer going around Morocco right now? Have you alerted the police?

This is a joke. I'm sorry I even considered donating to this organization. I've seen YouTube comment sections more lettered than this. Ted isn't my real name. I'm too embarrassed to put even my name on the same page as this tripe, even if it's just my first name, so I just made one up.

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