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To: mr.mark who wrote (4580)	2/13/2002 1:21:38 AM
From: EL KABONG!!!	Respond to of 12669

<back-pedal, back-pedal> azcentral.com Ted Turner sorry for calling 9-11 hijackers 'brave' Cox News Service Feb. 13, 2002 20:10:00 ATLANTA - When a top CNN executive received an award earlier this month, he cited the importance of the First Amendment, particularly as it applied to his old boss, Ted Turner. "Ted should be more grateful than any of us for the First Amendment," said Eason Jordan, CNN's president of newsgathering. "Where would Ted be without the First Amendment? There can be no doubt: in prison." Now, Turner is again apologizing after exercising his right to free speech, this time for calling the Sept. 11 terrorists "brave." He says his latest statements, in a speech Monday night at Brown University in Providence, R.I., were taken out of context. His comments were reported in newspapers and picked up by The Associated Press. In his speech, he also said the hijackers were "a little nuts," and gave his view on the roots of terrorism. "The reason that the World Trade Center got hit is because there are a lot of people living in abject poverty out there who don't have any hope for a better life," The Providence Journal reported. AOL Time Warner, where Turner is a vice chairman, quickly distanced itself from the comments. "What Ted Turner said in no way reflects AOL Time Warner's view about this terrible tragedy," spokesman Ed Adler said. In a written statement Tuesday, Turner said his comments "were reported out of context, and I deeply regret any pain they may have caused. I abhor violence in any form and wholeheartedly support the campaign to free the world from the threat of terrorism." People who witnessed the Brown University speech apparently came away with differing reactions to Turner's hourlong rambling, which ranged from discussions of environmental challenges to nuclear weapons and his own career. Students described Turner's overall speech as entertaining, offensive and "kind of kooky," according to the Journal. Former U.N. Ambassador Andrew Young, a Turner friend and member of a United Nations foundation the billionaire created, said "brave" was a bad description for terrorists. But Young, who did not hear the speech, said Turner is deeply disturbed by terrorism and intent on eliminating its causes. Turner has a knack for finding controversy, and he often has ended up apologizing. He was widely criticized last year when he asked CNN staffers with ashes on their foreheads for Ash Wednesday: "What are you, a bunch of Jesus freaks?" He has said Christianity is "for losers," compared rival media mogul Rupert Murdoch to Adolf Hitler, and once told a Polish joke when asked what he would say if he ever met Pope John Paul II, who is from Poland. KJC

To: mr.mark who wrote (4580)	2/13/2002 7:21:46 AM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12669

He said the attacks were an act of desperation, and that Americans lack an understanding of a willingness to die for one's country. Tell that to Mike Spahn's widow. Tell that to the family of every serviceman or women killed defending this nation. Tell that to the widow's of the fireman and policeman and port authority workers who rushed into the tower's to save people that they don't have a willingness to die for what they believe in. Everytime I get over thinking about what a self centered POS he is he does something to remind me. A$$hole!!