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Columnist’s ‘Nonsense about terrorism’ was just that

Friday, July 13 at 3:58 PM

By Mark S. Griffith, Parker

The headline of the July 10 Paul Campos column in the Rocky Mountain News — “Nonsense about terrorism” (http://cfapp2.rocky mountainnews.com/opinion/blogsand columns/) — was spot on. Nearly every paragraph was nothing but nonsense!

About the only thing he wrote that makes any sense at all is that “Americans ... have radically different views on (terrorism).” Indeed.

Campos implies that not much at all changed on 9/11. Really? Since that date there have been more terrorist ... sorry, “criminal” ... attacks than I could possibly list here by the same group that perpetrated 9/11. And those attacks have occurred all over the world, including countries that are not in the least bit involved in the current war in Iraq.

Campos derides the notion that we should be prepared for future attacks by pointing out those attempts that have failed. Has he forgotten all those that have been successful? Madrid? The London Underground? Jakarta? And that group, al-Qaida, has continually pledged to come back here and do more harm to us.

I suspect that if just one of these attempts were successful here in the United States, Campos would be calling for the impeachment of Bush, Cheney, et al., for their incompetence and dereliction of duty.

Campos concludes his nonsense with a string of non sequiturs.

Finally, he points out that since 9/11 approximately 14 million Americans have died. And his point would be?

I infer that he is equating all deaths regardless of how they come about. So, using his moral idiocy, the death of my grandma who passed on in her sleep is equivalent to the murder of more than 2,900 people in an act of terror. Big time nonsense!

He wraps up his illogical comments by asserting that some of those 14 million people who died over the past six years “died agonizing deaths on emergency room floors because they didn’t have health insurance.” Is this true? Sounds like the reporters at the Rocky and The Denver Post and the local news stations are missing some really good stories.

Can Campos name a few persons who died this way? No, because it is nonsense! People die every day and some even die at the ER, but not because they lack health insurance.

He points out that a quarter-million Americans were killed in car crashes. Beyond the aforementioned moral equivalence of comparing a murder victim to those who die in auto accidents, there is likely some hypocrisy involved here. I suspect Campos supports the raising of CAFE standards on cars and light trucks, which, research and common sense have shown, leads to more deaths in auto crashes because automakers make cars lighter and less safe than they would have been otherwise.

Folks, this man teaches law at the University of Colorado. Now that’s nonsense.

READER COMMENTS

Campos has a third rate mind. I'm shocked he managed to get into law school and now teaches at CU. I guess he's one of those "Affirmative Action" professors. Very little he says stands up to scrutiny or examination.

Not too long ago Campos wrote an article about how Americans have to change our ways--lifestyles--in order to become better global citizens. He cited the Indian economy as an example of how such a large population can manufacture while producing so many fewer tons of pollution than does the USA. Upon analysis, and adjusting for population differentials and using Campos' own pollution data, the Indian economy is some 15X dirtier per capita than is the USA per unit of GDP. China is also an equal opportunity global offender, but Campos concluded that it is America who needs to change. Bottom line, this sorry socialist clown can't think.

Blame America first, Paul...Ready, fire...aim!

Posted by hank on July 21, 2007 12:41 PM

Well said! Campos editorial depicts his delusions about terrorism, as you suggest.

Posted by Brian Stuckey on July 20, 2007 02:59 PM