Mr. Michael James's Letter to a Tony Blair

IP: *.214.113.38.Dial1.Boston1.Level3.net 21.09.02, 06:14

Mr. Michael James writes:

"Because Tony Blair considers himself courageous enough
to send other men into a killing zone to fight and die
for him, I surmise that he at least has the guts to
take me on in a bare-knuckle fist fight. That is why I
have written and dispatched (today, 13 September) both
a personal letter to Tony Blair and an open letter to
seven London newspapers in which I invoke the ancient
English custom of "Impugning Honour With An Offer Of
Redress."

The text below is self explanatory. I doubt, however,
that the British press will publish the open letter,
knowing that I could attract widespread curiosity and
support in my invocation of this time-honoured custom,
exposing Blair's cowardice and hypocrisy. That's why I
have to put these letters out on the net - otherwise
they lose their meaning.

And you never know. He may pick up the gauntlet."


The letter follows:


Open Letter To Tony Blair In Which I Impugn His Honour
And Challenge Him To Defend His Manhood From Charges of
Cowardice By Engaging Me In A Bare-Knuckle Fist Fight

Gentlemen of the press, my fellow citizens,

I hereby give public notice that I, Michael James, a 42
year-old British subject-citizen of sound mind and
judgement, resident in the Republic of Germany, invoke
the gentlemanly tradition of impugning honour with an
offer of redress, and do thereby formally challenge one
TONY BLAIR, a prime minister, to defend his honour and
test the courage of his own convictions in regard to
his advocacy of violence to settle arguments with other
countries by engaging me in a bare-knuckle fist fight
at a time and venue to be agreed mutually, according to
the rules of ancient custom.

I openly and publicly IMPUGN THE HONOUR of TONY BLAIR
by charging that he is:

A COWARD who manipulates other men to do his fighting
for him

A COWARD who enjoins other men to do violence yet is
himself a conniving, effeminate poltroon

A COWARD and a hypocrite who claims to follow the way
of Jesus Christ, yet seeks, in direct violation of the
laws of God and the teachings of Christ, to kill other
men and to steal their land and natural resources

A COWARD and a moral weakling who is susceptible to the
influence of deranged and intellectually retarded
superiors

A COWARD and a traitor who is willing to betray his
fellow countrymen in satisfying the vanities of his own
nefarious ego

A COWARD who lies to procure wars for oil and
geopolitical advantage

A COWARD who sanctioned war crimes in the former
Yugoslav Republic by authorizing the Royal Air Force to
unleash cancer-causing uranium-depleted bombs on
soldiers, women and children

A COWARD who played an executive role in the massacre
of over 400 prisoners of war at Nazar-i-Sharif, during
which 40-60 unarmed men were tortured and shot in the
back of the head by his SAS operatives and allied CIA
agents

A COWARD who is fully complicit in obtaining the deaths
of half a million Iraqi children by sabotaging the
distribution of life-saving medicines to treat diseases
caused by British and American blockades and
uranium-depleted bombs, and who deceives the world by
contriving to lay the blame for that tragedy on the
sovereign leader of that self-same sovereign nation


I, Michael James, give reasonable notice that, unless
TONY BLAIR takes up, WITHIN 28 DAYS as from 15
September 2002, my challenge to a bare-knuckle fist
fight in which he has occasion to defend his honour and
his manhood against the aforementioned charges, all
good citizens of sound mind should consider him to have
FULLY-ACCEPTED those CHARGES OF COWARDICE.

Yours Sincerely,

Michael James.
13 September 2002.

Ober-Erlenbacher-Strasse 30
61381 Friedrichsdorf
Republic of Germany
Tel. 0049 (0)6007 930115
    • Gość: Wojtek Re: Mr. Michael James's Letter to a Tony Blair IP: *.abo.wanadoo.fr 21.09.02, 09:58
      Hi, Bert. I am a regular 'browser' of The Guardian and The New York Times and
      I haven't seen that letter nor any mention of it, just as its author had
      feared might happen before deciding to go on the net.
      I don't think the press ignored the letter for the reasons named by its
      author. On the contrary, I feel. Had the press sensed "widespread
      curiosity...", it would most certainly have published the letter. This is what
      I think but then, I like Tony Blair. If the letter was addressed to G. W. B.,
      my reaction would be different.
      • Gość: Bert Re: Mr. Michael James's Letter to a Tony Blair IP: *.214.85.11.Dial1.Boston1.Level3.net 21.09.02, 20:34
        It is shortsighted, not to mention unmanly, for Blair not
        to accept the challenge. After all, he is facing a revolt
        within his own Labour Party and he needs all the practice
        he can get. A few bruises would do him good.
        The letter did stir interest on the net. From what I hear
        there are eager volunteers to stand as the Second of Mr.
        James, and betting on the hypothetical bout is going on.
        Will Tony have the guts to roll up his sleeves? I would
        love to see that. The event would be a sellout - the
        Royal Opera House? - and the British press blew it.
        Either way, The World versus Tony Blair ? and other
        global monsters & mobsters - Fight Support Fund has been
        established.

        Take care
        • Gość: erwas Re: Mr. Michael James's Letter to a Tony Blair IP: 12.96.204.* 21.09.02, 21:59
          Gość portalu: Bert napisał(a):

          > It is shortsighted, not to mention unmanly, for Blair not
          > to accept the challenge.

          oh, I don't think fighting is very nice, you know...and perhaps Tony feels the
          same way.
          homicidal psychopath he may be, but then who isn't. at least who "in power"
          isn't. and then there's Michael James. Reasonable sort, you might say.
          Acceptable kind of political views and all that. but what happens if he lands a
          lucky blow with his first swing and squelch! Tony's face explodes!? Michael
          slowly draws his fist back and stares with disbelief at the blood trickling
          between his unclenching fingers. then unexpectedly, he raises the now violently
          trembling hand to his mouth and...HE TASTES BLOOD! hmmm?
          what happens now?
          erwas
        • Gość: Wojtek Re: Mr. Michael James's Letter to a Tony Blair IP: *.abo.wanadoo.fr 22.09.02, 09:14
          Bert, could you "link" me to that "stir causing" page, please.
        • Gość: Bert Re: Mr. Michael James's Letter to a Tony Blair IP: *.214.111.179.Dial1.Boston1.Level3.net 22.09.02, 23:09
          Michael immediately lets his hands down, draws a hanky
          and a portable first aid kit from his boxer shorts and
          gives aid and comfort to the enemy. Oh, come on...
          Aren't we loosing perspective here? Isn't the fistfight
          idea a PR stunt rather than anything else? The challenger
          is trying to raise public awareness. That's it. Two
          forty-something couch potatoes in a ring, one of them a
          prime minister, exchanging heavy blows in the name of
          political principles? Exploding heads? Let's get real.
          Can you imagine a bout like this taking place under any
          circumstances? I am sure you are pulling my leg.
          On the other hand it's high time someone shook crap off
          Tony's head. Go ahead, Mr. Michael James, slap him silly!

          I have heard, literally, the "news" from an avid chat
          group participant. The letter itself and a few other
          stories on the subject are posted on www.rense.com
          That's where I stole it.
          • Gość: erwas Re: Mr. Michael James's Letter to a Tony Blair IP: 12.96.204.* 22.09.02, 23:51
            Gość portalu: Bert napisał(a):
            > Exploding heads? Let's get real.
            > Can you imagine a bout like this taking place under any
            > circumstances? I am sure you are pulling my leg.

            get real yourself, flat-brained Bertie. yes, you are correct. I was pulling
            your leg. I was using what is commonly known as a narrative description of a
            subject under guise of another suggestively similar, not a literal descripton
            of what might have happened. Funny haha. Humour. Joke.
            to "taste blood" has famously been known to have a strange agenda-altering
            effect on some. to even have your challenge noticed let alone accepted, can
            have a profound effect on a Michael James.

            erwas
            • Gość: Bert Re: Mr. Michael James's Letter to a Tony Blair IP: *.214.122.185.Dial1.Boston1.Level3.net 24.09.02, 06:39
              Ha! Back pedaling already! Allegorically speaking.
              Erwas, you softie...

              Greetings
              • Gość: erwas official notice of outing IP: 12.96.204.* 24.09.02, 16:28
                Gość portalu: Bert napisał(a):

                > Ha! Back pedaling already! Allegorically speaking.
                > Erwas, you softie...
                >
                > Greetings

                I hate to blow your cover so early, but it appears to me that you are a thinly
                disguised American. sure, you do appar to use the odd adverb here and there,
                cute English turns of phrase and labo(u)red references to the UK political
                scene, but it's the sense of irony man, that instinctive grasp for the one
                thing which is good about the English: sublime irony. they cannot teach you
                that at your secret training centers (oops...centres) because the more they
                strain to understand the more mired they become in official CIA Rigid Irony
                Formula Interpretation Policy.

                pozdrowienia z dalekiego bunkru,

                erwas


                • Gość: Bert Re: official notice of outing IP: *.214.121.13.Dial1.Boston1.Level3.net 25.09.02, 10:33
                  Omigod. Roger. We don't out. We retire. Must not blow my
                  cover. Repeat. Not blow cover. Just got a new laundry
                  list to psyop. AS screwed up again. After SH now UNers
                  pulled a fast one on us. Had no choice but to abstain.
                  No10's dossier's a dud. Condi pissed off Cairo. Gore's on
                  our side. Chupacabras reappeared in Puerto Rico. Will
                  wave small pox at the public. My hands are full. No time
                  to nuance. Over.
                  • Gość: Wojtek Re: official notice of outing IP: *.abo.wanadoo.fr 25.09.02, 11:19
                    Stay away from our lovely country, you ignorant Yank!!!
                    • Gość: erwas Re: official notice of outing IP: 12.96.204.* 26.09.02, 04:14
                      Gość portalu: Wojtek napisał(a):

                      > Stay away from our lovely country, you ignorant Yank!!!

                      which lovely country and which ignorant Yank did you have in mind?



                      • Gość: Wojtek Re: official notice of outing IP: *.abo.wanadoo.fr 26.09.02, 10:15
                        Only the country that is lovely had I in mind and only the Yank who is
                        ignorant, so you needn't worry, I presume...?
                        • Gość: erwas good news at last IP: 12.96.204.* 03.10.02, 21:35
                          the news we have been all waiting for:
                          news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/americas/2297371.stm
                          erwas
                          • Gość: wacko jacko Re: good news at last IP: *.nyc.rr.com 03.10.02, 22:59
                            Is this for real?
                            The beautiful country is France and the Yank is........ am I for real?
                            I'm waiting to be made redundant.

                            Relaxxxxx.
                            • Gość: mishy now now children... IP: webcacheH* / *.chimpanzee.dialup.pol.co.uk 13.10.02, 15:25
                              ...this is a serious matter and, I am not patronising, but all the above is
                              trivializing the issue.
                              Like a bunch of squabbling women you are!
                              I thought I bring the subject to the top of the que again since some new
                              evidence came to light the other day.
                              Yes, more fireworks. The nightclub in Bali.
                              That, I believe, has left many dead and injured, 15 British citizens still
                              unaccounted for, and the authorities all over the world outraged with
                              accusatory fingers pointing where?
                              Usual suspects, obviously!
                              Well well well...I don't think I'm falling for that again, as convenient as it
                              seems to be throwing the stones right now.
                              And of all places...Bali!
                              Why, oh why, is it that we won't get down to basics and let off some blood
                              from the source of the trouble?!
                              I would like to see the Big Boys putting them up for once rather than hiding
                              behind their armies and causing trouble and creating scape-goats and
                              villains in exotic locations far from home.
                              So what is it in Indonesia that we're after ?
                              Or,shall I rephrase that, what sort of dirt are we pushing under the carpet
                              now?
                              • Gość: erwas Re: now now children... IP: 12.96.204.* 21.10.02, 23:40
                                Gość portalu: mishy napisał(a):


                                > Why, oh why, is it that we won't get down to basics and let off some blood
                                > from the source of the trouble?!
                                (...)
                                > Or,shall I rephrase that, what sort of dirt are we pushing under the carpet
                                > now?

                                how's the hangover, Misha?
                                any blood under the carpet?
                                erwas.
                • Gość: wacko jacko Re: official notice of outing IP: *.nyc.rr.com 22.10.02, 00:29
                  I'm going to bed. Boring.
                  Tony should send a commando, get Mr. Michael James and order someone strong to
                  beat shit out of him. After that force Mr. James to scoop the shit and throw it
                  toward the fan. While shit is airborn Mr. Blair should flip the swich on that
                  fan. Ain't it a radical aproach? At least it's equally stupid.
                  The whole letter insults my intelligence.
                  • Gość: erwas Re: official notice of outing IP: 12.96.204.* 22.10.02, 02:28
                    Gość portalu: wacko jacko napisał(a):

                    > I'm going to bed. Boring.
                    (...)
                    > The whole letter insults my intelligence.

                    your intelligence is much to delicate.

                    erwas
                    • Gość: Wojtek Re: official notice of outing IP: *.abo.wanadoo.fr 23.10.02, 18:33
                      Re: 'beautiful country and ignorant Yank'

                      Yes, Wacko, France is a beautiful country. I live there. As for the other
                      bit, listen to this joke: "When I was a little boy I was told that anyone could
                      be a president. I now believe this."
                      • Gość: wacko jacko Re: official notice of outing IP: *.nyc.rr.com 24.10.02, 01:23
                        Get off me. All I've done was naming the country.

                        Bill Buckley Jr. wrote years ago that he prefferes to be governed by first one
                        hundred people from telephone book then one hundred college professors. Asked
                        why, he answered that the first group was unable to screw everyones life as
                        much as the second one was.

                        That's why I prefer the Stupid one over the smartest one. Go figure.
                        • Gość: Wojtek Re: official notice of outing IP: *.abo.wanadoo.fr 24.10.02, 14:40

                          goodness gracious me

                          Never ever have I even attempted to step on your bushy tail, honest. It was
                          directed at an IGNORANT Yank! A hyperbole. An irony - surely, you know what
                          irony is. The real purpose of this forum is to serve our need for
                          entertainment - don't you agree.
                          Wacko, BTW, do the Americans ask God to curse the rest of the world (save
                          Israel, of course) or France only when they sing GOD SAVE AMERICA? Are you an
                          American, a real one? Try this:

                          www.salon.com/comics/tomo/2002/07/01/tomo/index.html
                          _
                          sorry, cannot make it work as a link. Dunno why

                          Cheers
                          • Gość: wacko jacko Re: official notice of outing IP: *.nyc.rr.com 24.10.02, 18:08
                            Primo. The link works.
                            Secundo. Americans never ever say GOD SAVE AMERICA. The proper is GOD BLESS
                            AMERICA. Americans don't give a flying f..k about the rest of the world.
                            Salon.com is a left wing online publication I ignore, dismiss and despise.
                            Why is Yank ignorant? Is Yank more or less ignorant than Frank?
                            Entertainment and good humor is the key to happiness.I do agree with you on
                            this one.
                            • Gość: Wojtek Re: official notice of outing IP: *.abo.wanadoo.fr 24.10.02, 20:31
                              That's the spirit! Keep it up.

                              Now, I knew you wouldn't miss that one - a slip of tongue, so to speak. On
                              reflection, it could be a sort of Jungian slip - you never know.

                              I must say, I really am surprised to hear you are such a staunch Rep. I
                              imagined you different. You see, on the surface it looks like silly Froggys
                              and bankrupt Ruskies objecting because of Security Council membership BUT in
                              reality there are 180+ countries dead against. Also, I thought Bush said that if
                              Iraqis give inspectors full access and unlimited cooperation he will see it
                              as "regime change".

                              And finally - what time is it at your end? he he
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