<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" > <channel><title>Comments on: &#8220;Twitter is being used by vegetarians&#8221; says US military</title> <atom:link href="http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/</link> <description>tech, science, news and social issues for geeks</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:53:04 +0000</lastBuildDate> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=</generator> <item><title>By: Shurl</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-296295</link> <dc:creator>Shurl</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 07:32:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-296295</guid> <description>It&#039;s because hippies are terrorist, and that includes vegans, vegetarians, anyone who can put two and two together (intelligent people are terrorists aha) and artists, musicians, people who create things in general as can have anti-democratic motives. ***this section has been removed due to inappropriate language, anti-US ideology and keywords popular in terrorist communication*** </description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#039;s because hippies are terrorist, and that includes vegans, vegetarians, anyone who can put two and two together (intelligent people are terrorists aha) and artists, musicians, people who create things in general as can have anti-democratic motives.</p><p>***this section has been removed due to inappropriate language, anti-US ideology and keywords popular in terrorist communication***</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Dominic</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-222003</link> <dc:creator>Dominic</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:34:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-222003</guid> <description>Way to misquote, folks.  The report does not call vegetarians, political enthusiasts or atheists terrorists, it only says that Twitter is used by a large number of different groups to communicate various things. Social activism is not terrorism, in case you weren&#039;t aware.  The bit of text before the copied quote reads: &lt;blockquote&gt;For example the earthquake that occurred in Los Angeles on July 29, 2008 was reported via a Twitter member approximately four minutes prior to the information being reported by the news and within minutes there were hundreds of Tweets from people experiencing the earthquake first hand.&lt;/blockquote&gt; I don&#039;t hear you saying they call earthquake victims terrorists, though. </description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Way to misquote, folks.  The report does not call vegetarians, political enthusiasts or atheists terrorists, it only says that Twitter is used by a large number of different groups to communicate various things. Social activism is not terrorism, in case you weren&#039;t aware.  The bit of text before the copied quote reads:</p><blockquote><p>For example the earthquake that occurred in Los Angeles on July 29, 2008 was reported via a Twitter member approximately four minutes prior to the information being reported by the news and within minutes there were hundreds of Tweets from people experiencing the earthquake first hand.</p></blockquote><p>I don&#039;t hear you saying they call earthquake victims terrorists, though.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Dominic</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-269286</link> <dc:creator>Dominic</dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 15:34:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-269286</guid> <description>Way to misquote, folks.  The report does not call vegetarians, political enthusiasts or atheists terrorists, it only says that Twitter is used by a large number of different groups to communicate various things. Social activism is not terrorism, in case you weren&#039;t aware.  The bit of text before the copied quote reads: &lt;blockquote&gt;For example the earthquake that occurred in Los Angeles on July 29, 2008 was reported via a Twitter member approximately four minutes prior to the information being reported by the news and within minutes there were hundreds of Tweets from people experiencing the earthquake first hand.&lt;/blockquote&gt; I don&#039;t hear you saying they call earthquake victims terrorists, though.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Way to misquote, folks.  The report does not call vegetarians, political enthusiasts or atheists terrorists, it only says that Twitter is used by a large number of different groups to communicate various things. Social activism is not terrorism, in case you weren&#8217;t aware.  The bit of text before the copied quote reads:</p><blockquote><p>For example the earthquake that occurred in Los Angeles on July 29, 2008 was reported via a Twitter member approximately four minutes prior to the information being reported by the news and within minutes there were hundreds of Tweets from people experiencing the earthquake first hand.</p></blockquote><p>I don&#8217;t hear you saying they call earthquake victims terrorists, though.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Wang</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-142549</link> <dc:creator>Wang</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:26:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-142549</guid> <description>Speaking of Chelsea Clinton: There is bad news about her father. It is opined that Bill Clinton committed racist hate crimes, and I am not free to say anything further about it. Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Y. Wang, J.D. Candidate B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996 Messiah College, Grantham, PA Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993 (I can type 90 words per minute, and there are probably thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post. Moreover, there are innumerable copies in very many countries around the world.) _________________ &#8220;If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.&#8221; Off the top of my head&#8212;it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook. </description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of Chelsea Clinton:</p><p>There is bad news about her father.</p><p>It is opined that Bill Clinton committed racist hate crimes, and I am not free to say anything further about it.</p><p>Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Y. Wang, J.D. Candidate</p><p>B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996</p><p>Messiah College, Grantham, PA</p><p>Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993</p><p>(I can type 90 words per minute, and there are probably thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post. Moreover, there are innumerable copies in very many countries around the world.)</p><p>_________________</p><p>&ldquo;If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.&rdquo; Off the top of my head&mdash;it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Wang</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-269285</link> <dc:creator>Wang</dc:creator> <pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 01:26:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-269285</guid> <description>Speaking of Chelsea Clinton:There is bad news about her father.It is opined that Bill Clinton committed racist hate crimes, and I am not free to say anything further about it. Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Y. Wang, J.D. Candidate B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996 Messiah College, Grantham, PA Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993(I can type 90 words per minute, and there are probably thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post. Moreover, there are innumerable copies in very many countries around the world.) _________________ “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Off the top of my head—it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of Chelsea Clinton:</p><p>There is bad news about her father.</p><p>It is opined that Bill Clinton committed racist hate crimes, and I am not free to say anything further about it.</p><p>Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Y. Wang, J.D. Candidate<br /> B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996<br /> Messiah College, Grantham, PA<br /> Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993</p><p>(I can type 90 words per minute, and there are probably thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post. Moreover, there are innumerable copies in very many countries around the world.)<br /> _________________<br /> “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Off the top of my head—it came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Hyrum</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-116757</link> <dc:creator>Hyrum</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 05:20:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-116757</guid> <description>I think the military is dangerously stupid. </description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the military is dangerously stupid.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Hyrum</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-269284</link> <dc:creator>Hyrum</dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 04:20:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-269284</guid> <description>I think the military is dangerously stupid.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the military is dangerously stupid.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Steven</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-114387</link> <dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:08:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-114387</guid> <description>Yup, we have been terrorists for a while. One false move and we will attack with killer tofu. </description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yup, we have been terrorists for a while. One false move and we will attack with killer tofu.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: Steven</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-269283</link> <dc:creator>Steven</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 14:08:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-269283</guid> <description>Yup, we have been terrorists for a while. One false move and we will attack with killer tofu.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yup, we have been terrorists for a while. One false move and we will attack with killer tofu.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: JR</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-114344</link> <dc:creator>JR</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:03:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-114344</guid> <description>When they do start rounding us up, here are a few names to put on the list: Bill Cosby, Jack LaLanne, Hank Aaron, Mary Tyler Moore, Clint Eastwood, Carl Lewis, Dick Gregory, Doris Day, Bob Barker, and Dennis Kucinich. Don&#039;t forget Chelsea Clinton (daughter of Bill &amp; Hillary Clinton) and Lauren Bush (granddaughter of George H. W. Bush and niece of George W. Bush) - there&#039;s nothing like locking up the President&#039;s family for un-American dietary habits. The history books will need a few annotations as well, to note the &lt;i&gt;veggorist&lt;/i&gt; leanings of: Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Henry Ford, Albert Schweitzer, Mahatma Gandhi, Richard Wagner, and Coretta Scott King. Perhaps the most surprising, though, is the one we all know and love, an icon who is an integral part of the American childhood experience, and who is still on &lt;b&gt;government-funded&lt;/b&gt; children&#039;s television five years after he passed away - &lt;b&gt;Fred Rogers&lt;/b&gt;. We all know military intelligence is an oxymoron, but it takes a sick, twisted person to imply, even indirectly, that Mr. Rogers is a terrorist. With all due respect to his memory, I don&#039;t think I want them to be my neighbor. </description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When they do start rounding us up, here are a few names to put on the list:</p><p>Bill Cosby, Jack LaLanne, Hank Aaron, Mary Tyler Moore, Clint Eastwood, Carl Lewis, Dick Gregory, Doris Day, Bob Barker, and Dennis Kucinich. Don&#039;t forget Chelsea Clinton (daughter of Bill &amp; Hillary Clinton) and Lauren Bush (granddaughter of George H. W. Bush and niece of George W. Bush) &#8211; there&#039;s nothing like locking up the President&#039;s family for un-American dietary habits.</p><p>The history books will need a few annotations as well, to note the <i>veggorist</i> leanings of: Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Henry Ford, Albert Schweitzer, Mahatma Gandhi, Richard Wagner, and Coretta Scott King.</p><p>Perhaps the most surprising, though, is the one we all know and love, an icon who is an integral part of the American childhood experience, and who is still on <b>government-funded</b> children&#039;s television five years after he passed away &#8211; <b>Fred Rogers</b>.</p><p>We all know military intelligence is an oxymoron, but it takes a sick, twisted person to imply, even indirectly, that Mr. Rogers is a terrorist. With all due respect to his memory, I don&#039;t think I want them to be my neighbor.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: JR</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-269282</link> <dc:creator>JR</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 06:03:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-269282</guid> <description>When they do start rounding us up, here are a few names to put on the list:Bill Cosby, Jack LaLanne, Hank Aaron, Mary Tyler Moore, Clint Eastwood, Carl Lewis, Dick Gregory, Doris Day, Bob Barker, and Dennis Kucinich. Don&#039;t forget Chelsea Clinton (daughter of Bill &amp; Hillary Clinton) and Lauren Bush (granddaughter of George H. W. Bush and niece of George W. Bush) - there&#039;s nothing like locking up the President&#039;s family for un-American dietary habits.The history books will need a few annotations as well, to note the &lt;i&gt;veggorist&lt;/i&gt; leanings of: Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Henry Ford, Albert Schweitzer, Mahatma Gandhi, Richard Wagner, and Coretta Scott King.Perhaps the most surprising, though, is the one we all know and love, an icon who is an integral part of the American childhood experience, and who is still on &lt;b&gt;government-funded&lt;/b&gt; children&#039;s television five years after he passed away - &lt;b&gt;Fred Rogers&lt;/b&gt;.We all know military intelligence is an oxymoron, but it takes a sick, twisted person to imply, even indirectly, that Mr. Rogers is a terrorist. With all due respect to his memory, I don&#039;t think I want them to be my neighbor.</description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>When they do start rounding us up, here are a few names to put on the list:</p><p>Bill Cosby, Jack LaLanne, Hank Aaron, Mary Tyler Moore, Clint Eastwood, Carl Lewis, Dick Gregory, Doris Day, Bob Barker, and Dennis Kucinich. Don&#8217;t forget Chelsea Clinton (daughter of Bill &amp; Hillary Clinton) and Lauren Bush (granddaughter of George H. W. Bush and niece of George W. Bush) &#8211; there&#8217;s nothing like locking up the President&#8217;s family for un-American dietary habits.</p><p>The history books will need a few annotations as well, to note the <i>veggorist</i> leanings of: Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Henry Ford, Albert Schweitzer, Mahatma Gandhi, Richard Wagner, and Coretta Scott King.</p><p>Perhaps the most surprising, though, is the one we all know and love, an icon who is an integral part of the American childhood experience, and who is still on <b>government-funded</b> children&#8217;s television five years after he passed away &#8211; <b>Fred Rogers</b>.</p><p>We all know military intelligence is an oxymoron, but it takes a sick, twisted person to imply, even indirectly, that Mr. Rogers is a terrorist. With all due respect to his memory, I don&#8217;t think I want them to be my neighbor.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item><title>By: EW</title><link>http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/11/03/twitter-is-being-used-by-vegetarians-says-us-military/#comment-269281</link> <dc:creator>EW</dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:54:00 +0000</pubDate> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=7022#comment-269281</guid> <description>actually, carrots can be quite deadly:   &lt;a href=&quot;http://flickr.com/photos/stoweboyd/2227022237/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://flickr.com/photos/stoweboyd/2227022237/&lt;/a&gt; </description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>actually, carrots can be quite deadly:<br /> <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/stoweboyd/2227022237/" rel="nofollow">http://flickr.com/photos/stoweboyd/2227022237/</a></p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>
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