Friday, January 14, 2011

Russian Reporter, Gibbs Disagree on AZ Shooting; Russian: Shooting Due to Excess Freedom in US

The Yahoo blog reports today (January 14, 2011) that White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked by a Russian reporter at a press conference yesterday, "Was the Arizona shooting rampage an inevitable byproduct of Americans having too much freedom?"

Andrei Sitov, a reporter for the Russian news agency ITAR-TASS, argued that the "freedom of the deranged mind to react violently: It is also America."

Gibbs told Sitov he "vehemently" disagreed. "That is not America," Gibbs said.

Sitov -- whose country of Russia is known for denying the kinds of personal freedoms that Americans cherish -- apparently was not convinced by Gibbs' explanation. He told a reporter after the news conference that "If you want to stop this, you have to be willing to restrict some freedoms."

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