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and why we have always (and still do) had people who will think someone else is to be considered a "barbarian".MaxS said:(which is incidentally the reason we currently have troops fighting in Iraq for "our freedom").
and why we have always (and still do) had people who will think someone else is to be considered a "barbarian".MaxS said:(which is incidentally the reason we currently have troops fighting in Iraq for "our freedom").
Smurf said:and why we have always (and still do) had people who will think someone else is to be considered a "barbarian".
Red, white and blue :rofl:Ron_Damon said:btw, I'm awaiting your answer to my previous question
MaxS said:By the way I'm not necessarily suggesting YOU OR I (as we are right now, and not influenced by the pressures of an occupation) would be the ones responsible for committing such atrocities.
What I am guaranteeing is that there WILL be a segment of the population that resorts to such measures, especially after being influenced by generations of propaganda (which is incidentally the reason we currently have troops fighting in Iraq for "our freedom").
Ron_Damon said:I don't think cultures, and the actions they allow and give reality to, are that interchangeable. Meanings can be worlds apart, even though externally its corresponding actions can be seen as kindred.
Smurf said:Red, white and blue :rofl:
I think I hear a GD thread rushing up...pattylou said:I think I'm falling in love again.
MaxS said:THERE ARE HUMAN BEINGS.
Of course not, they're done by his culture. His culture, by inference, can't be barbarians. Only barbarians commit atrocities.MaxS said:Would you not call these acts by their proper names? As atrocities?
MaxS said:Would you not call these acts by their proper names? As atrocities?
Ron_Damon said:Are cars an "atrocity" because more people die as a result of them than in all modern wars combined?
I know I'm setting myself up for some shrill remarks here, but if you creatively think about it, you'll find some interesting conclusions hiding in the above comparison.
MaxS said:Holy ****, this is your justification?
Because people die in car accidents, its ok to bomb civilians?
Oh you want me to think about this "creatively" do you? Sure, I'm certain we can find all sorts of "creative" ways to justify THE INTENTIONAL MASS MURDER OF CIVILIANS IN WAR!
Yeah, so? If I'm not going to call muslims barbarians why would I call yanks barbarians? Not everyone is racist like you.Ron_Damon said:And don't forget the ones deliberately bombing civilians are the same ones you refuse to call barbarians.
MaxS said:Get it through your thick skull that barbarian and savage are relative terms.
Another racist trying to justify his beliefs with relativism...Ron_Damon said:of course it is a relative term Einstein; that's what I've been trying to explore...
pfsh, you can't stay away.ok, I'm taking a break now
Here's one example to be reminded about:MaxS said:What do I need to spell everything out for you now?
All human beings are imbued with the same capacity for evil. How hard is that for you to grasp. There are plenty of maniacs in america right now that don't see anything wrong with INVADING A SOVEREIGN NATION AND BOMBING CITIES REGARDLESS OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES!
Would you not call these acts by their proper names? As atrocities?
American Barbarian!Ten years ago terrorist Timothy McVeigh murdered 168 people in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Among the victims were 19 children attending day care in the building.
I'll say it again, Ivan: I'm not a big fan of people misquoting me. It is dishonest.Ivan Seeking said:It doesn't surprise me that nothing would change your views.
Astronuc said:I would have to agree with loseyourname regarding Harding and Jackson, but the parallels between the Harding and Bush administration are great, and IMO, Bush is up there with Harding.
I would love to see Republicans like Alan Simpson, John Danforth, Warren Rudman and even Fred Thompson ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Thompson ) back in office, as well as Democrats like the late Paul Tsongas. Rudman and Tsongas cofounded the Concord Coalition - http://www.concordcoalition.org/
pattylou said:It has taken the worst natural disaster in our country's history to make him change his course, and only slightly at that.
Informal Logic said:Have you seen statistics for crime in the US, including child abuse, molestation, and porn? What does that say about our society?
selfAdjoint said:What the Bush administration has done to MY political consciousness is to make me even more furious than I wzs at the east coast pinks who have so thoroughly come to dominate the party and turn it into a sure loser even against the likes of Bush. In the old days Midwesterners like Truman and west coasters like Scoop Jackson gave us a party that could beat the GOP nine times out of ten. I don't agree that the change has been due to the flow of historical change. I think it's been all those red diaper babies grown up to dominate the part machinery.
OKay. I claimed what I had read and haven't done any comparative analysis myself.loseyourname said:I'm not trying to subvert the point you made or anything, but you have to know by now that I'm a stickler for historically inaccurate hyperbole. The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a greater natural disaster than Katrina. Deaths are estimated at 3000-6000, 300,000 people were left homeless (75% of the city's population), not to mention that martial law and a sunset curfew were instituted on those who remained in the city. The government also greatly underreported the death toll to avoid the devaluation of real estate.
pattylou said:OKay. I claimed what I had read and haven't done any comparative analysis myself.
Was Katrina worse in terms of cost?
:rofl:loseyourname said:Now confronted with Bush's inability to even read articulately a speech written for him, will we see professional speakers giving speeches for the president? (Okay, I say this in jest.)
I am a big fan of the National Press Club and Commonwealth Club. I listen quite often to many interesting speeches.loseyourname said:I was watching C-Span earlier and saw, for the first time, Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas giving a speech at the National Press Club, and I have to say I was very impressed. He was eloquent, charming, personable, and even heads a rock band. He may have alluded to a run at the presidency in '08 (the 'joke' he made about it was somewhat ambiguous).
loseyourname said:Who is Scoop Jackson? The man I know by that name is a sports writer.