# I guess people really \*do\* support the war on Iraq... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 8, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-people-really-do-support-the-war-on-iraq/131296 "2002-10-08T01:14:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2002, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-people-really-do-support-the-war-on-iraq/131296/21 "2002-10-10T00:25:09Z")
The Busscocks story seems not to be true. From WSJ Opinion Journal > [@](#): > > Yesterday we noted a story that Larry Miller of The Weekly Standard retold, about the lead singer of the punk-rock group the Buzzcocks making hostile statements about President Bush at a Sept. 14 concert. The Buzzcocks’ Web site carries a statement saying the account is “completely false. . . . Neither Pete Shelley nor any other band member said anything of the sort on stage.” > > We’ve also heard from three people–two by e-mail and one by phone–who say that they were at the concert and that no one from the Buzzcocks made the remarks, and message No. 4 on this discussion board (warning: some other messages contain rough language) quotes a pair of online reviews that corroborate the Buzzcocks’ version of events. In addition, The Weekly Standard has removed the Miller piece from its online table of contents, and the original link to the article is no longer active. [http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110002415](http://www.opinionjournal.com/best/?id=110002415) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-people-really-do-support-the-war-on-iraq/131296/22 "2002-10-11T04:52:38Z")
Ha! I thought so. The story wasn’t true! Nothing like that happened at a Buzzcocks concert. Nyah Nyaaaaaaah! It was Blink 182. [http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/753uxjza.asp](http://weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/753uxjza.asp) (the “Nyah Nyaaaaaaah!” above was completely 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-people-really-do-support-the-war-on-iraq/131296/23 "2002-10-11T05:00:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TwistofFate \* > \*\*You Sir, are an idiot. \*\* If you think he is, then there’s another place to tell him. No namecalling in MPSIMS, please. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-people-really-do-support-the-war-on-iraq/131296/24 "2002-10-11T05:32:33Z")
It seems to me that if the ‘doves’ hold sway, they should stand in front. No matter which way it goes, they always seem to be in the back. Bwhahahahah, the uninformed leading the trolls of agenda past the emotional righteous with those unaffected cheering them on. Words of condemnation flow freely on the blood of the other’s ox while shoes of white prance on second floor balconies. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-people-really-do-support-the-war-on-iraq/131296/25 "2002-10-11T06:54:06Z")
> [@](#): > > Basically, the polls that show 70% support do not mention the probable costs in American lives. When this is added, the figure drops to 39% in the latest Zogby poll. I take all Zogby numbers with a grain of salt. The man has an agenda. I edit an Arab-American business magazine that usually runs a Zogby column, but lately we’ve had to shelve 'em because they just keep getting more and more politically one-sided. I can’t figure out how a guy can attach his name to a supposedly unbiased polling service, and at the same time attach his name to such political writings. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-guess-people-really-do-support-the-war-on-iraq/131296.md?page=1)