CIA planned assassination in Germany | 73 comments (73 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Germany turns a blind eye (4.00 / 3)

As for turning a blind eye, that's the universal War on Terraist framing. It was used by American, Spanish, as well as German Warriors -- including the Hamburg interior minister (CDU) who had to write the actual letter of rejection to Spain.

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by DoDo on Thu Dec 3rd, 2009 at 05:32:59 PM EST
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Baloney (none / 0)

"Turning a blind eye" is a common idiom in English and predates the war on terra by about 200 years.

by Magnifico on Thu Dec 3rd, 2009 at 06:38:23 PM EST
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Re: Baloney (none / 0)

Its application for each and every case of someone catching the suspicions of the Warriors on Terra is post-9-11, however.

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by DoDo on Thu Dec 3rd, 2009 at 06:46:13 PM EST
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Turn a blind eye (none / 0)

Yes, but is that because it is such a common idiom in English, or because it is inextricably linked to the terror war framing?

I think the former. The phrase is used roughly 18.5 percent of the time in connection with terrorism based on a Google search.

According to teh Google, there are about 49,700,000 uses of the phrase. 9,200,000 uses of the phrase in connection with the word 'terrorism'. Compared to 16,000,000 uses of the phrase in connection with the word 'crime' or 21,600,000 uses of the phrase in connection with the word 'parent'.

by Magnifico on Thu Dec 3rd, 2009 at 07:19:20 PM EST
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Re: Turn a blind eye (none / 0)

is that because it is such a common idiom in English, or because it is inextricably linked to the terror war framing?

It's because for the Warriors on Terra, every suspect is certainly guilty, and "turning a blind eye" is a convenient explanation when someone else disagrees.

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by DoDo on Thu Dec 3rd, 2009 at 07:25:24 PM EST
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CIA planned assassination in Germany | 73 comments (73 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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