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PreacherCasey (687 posts)

Tue Jan-16-07 04:24 PM
Response to Reply #9

64. Wonderful point. This is the fundamental issue at play in the world.

Take this bs "surge", for instance. It is just another way of saying that the only way America will choose to "solve" its problems (many self-imposed btw) is through the use of AGGRESSION AND VIOLENCE. No compassion, no empathy, just flexing of muscles. There's obviously no time for diplomacy and humanitarian intervention in the ME (that, of course, would be silly). There is ONLY time for the escalation of hostilities and time for building PERMANENT MILITARY BASES AND THE LARGEST EMBASSY ON THE PLANET on Iraqi soil. Basically their plan boils down to, "If we kill enough of the opposition, get hold of their only real natural resource, and control the rest through pressure on their US proxy governments we'll be able to bring "peace" to the region.

Feel free to substitute the words "US domination" for "peace" in the above paragraph as this administration has proven that they are interchangeable concepts.

bleh.

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Slavery apology sparks furor at General Assembly	mahatmakanejeeves	Jan-16-07 02:52 PM	#0
"...Jews should "apologize for killing Christ." ??	maveric	Jan-16-07 02:54 PM	#1
Somebody's been watching Mel Gibson movies...n/t	Virginia Dare	Jan-16-07 02:55 PM	#3
The Jews will admit they did it	jmowreader	Jan-16-07 03:20 PM	#13
Wha?	NCevilDUer	Jan-16-07 04:18 PM	#56
I should have post 89 here, instead of below.	happyslug	Jan-16-07 06:58 PM	#90
Eichmann was Stoned???? I thought he was hanged.	happyslug	Jan-16-07 06:56 PM	#89
Hey, why not an apology? Virginia apologized for using its	no_hypocrisy	Jan-16-07 02:55 PM	#2
Oh, those wacky racist misogynistic fundies down in Richmond...	Virginia Dare	Jan-16-07 02:58 PM	#4
as the acids in my tummy was rising..... your post	seabeyond	Jan-16-07 03:03 PM	#6
There is precident for government apologizing	ayeshahaqqiqa	Jan-16-07 02:59 PM	#5
disgusting.	BayCityProgressive	Jan-16-07 03:04 PM	#7
I don't quite understand	ayeshahaqqiqa	Jan-16-07 03:07 PM	#10
I was saying it	BayCityProgressive	Jan-16-07 03:49 PM	#40
My Jewish ancestors were driven out of Spain	marshall	Jan-17-07 08:39 AM	#98
Sorry, guys, I agree 100% with Hargrove.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 03:06 PM	#8
Hargrove didn't say anything about apologizing for slavery as you contend	Tempest	Jan-16-07 03:30 PM	#21
Well, that is pretty rude, but he has a totally valid point.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 03:37 PM	#24
I disagree, I don't think we should "get over it"...	Virginia Dare	Jan-16-07 03:41 PM	#32
100% wrong. People have no merit claiming this issue.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 03:43 PM	#36
How can you speak for everyone?	Virginia Dare	Jan-16-07 03:49 PM	#39
What?! How can ANYONE speak for dead people! Its insane!	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 03:52 PM	#42
Again, you confuse "people" with "society"...n/t	Virginia Dare	Jan-16-07 03:58 PM	#48
Society is made up of people. You can't separate them.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 04:03 PM	#52
you can't draw distinctions between "society" and an individual person?	fishwax	Jan-16-07 04:59 PM	#80
How about those Germans, eh?	Karenina	Jan-16-07 04:04 PM	#53
In 100 years no doubt the US government will	malaise	Jan-16-07 03:54 PM	#44
exactly!	shanti	Jan-16-07 03:56 PM	#47
OMG! You're right! It's like slavery NEVER EVEN HAPPENED!	swimboy	Jan-17-07 10:42 AM	#99
It might be meaningless for an individual to apologize, but it's	SmokingJacket	Jan-18-07 06:58 PM	#105
Nobody is asking you personally to apologize..	Virginia Dare	Jan-16-07 03:37 PM	#25
Its a bullshit issue, and it should be tabled and killed.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 03:40 PM	#30
So we are 100% completely healed from all	Virginia Dare	Jan-16-07 03:51 PM	#41
Deleted message	Name removed	Jan-16-07 03:54 PM	#43
In this country, it has everything to do with it...	Virginia Dare	Jan-16-07 03:59 PM	#50
why?	shanti	Jan-16-07 03:58 PM	#49
That is nonsense.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 04:07 PM	#54
you just don't get it	shanti	Jan-16-07 10:11 PM	#94
Hargrove was not speaking as a private citizen....	Bridget Burke	Jan-16-07 03:39 PM	#28
good point ... that adds perspective n/t	fishwax	Jan-16-07 05:02 PM	#82
It's actually not ludicrous at all	JerseygirlCT	Jan-16-07 03:39 PM	#29
I said my piece above on why this is 100% BS.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 03:41 PM	#33
you're confused.	Bill McBlueState	Jan-16-07 03:54 PM	#45
I see it differently	ayeshahaqqiqa	Jan-16-07 03:56 PM	#46
Do you know what that is? Its called "victim mentality".	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 04:14 PM	#55
You don't get to tell anyone else	Lurking_Argyle	Jan-16-07 04:21 PM	#60
I dont have a sordid past, thank you very much.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 04:24 PM	#63
You're society now...?	Lurking_Argyle	Jan-16-07 04:35 PM	#72
Why won't you answer the questions I ask?	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 04:38 PM	#74
You doth protest too much	Lurking_Argyle	Jan-16-07 04:41 PM	#76
I asked 3 times, here it is again.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 04:42 PM	#77
when are you going to call for for abolishing Pearl Harbor Day?	NorthernSpy	Jan-16-07 04:35 PM	#71
I am all for commemorating it, I even said so in another post.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 04:37 PM	#73
There is no bill forcing an apology	fishwax	Jan-16-07 05:15 PM	#83
weren't you the one sermonizing about the evils of the "victim mentality"?	NorthernSpy	Jan-16-07 06:01 PM	#87
They dont.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 06:21 PM	#88
LOL! Now, please go and notify the American Legion of this...	NorthernSpy	Jan-17-07 04:59 PM	#101
You, as a person, are not being asked to.	NCevilDUer	Jan-16-07 04:21 PM	#59
I have to wonder why you're so defensive about this issue	Der Blaue Engel	Jan-16-07 04:23 PM	#62
Because this is one of those bullshit issues the Repukes bash us over the head with election time.	rpgamerd00d	Jan-16-07 04:25 PM	#65
Really?	Bornaginhooligan	Jan-16-07 05:27 PM	#86
"Black" issues are what lose us elections? So LBJ, Nixon, Reagan were right	Leopolds Ghost	Jan-17-07 05:02 PM	#102
RO	Madspirit	Jan-16-07 04:29 PM	#67
Hardly surprising, coming from the guy who says "common sense is rare at DU".	dicksteele	Jan-17-07 10:52 AM	#100
Yes, I've been privy to some of this "common sense" today.	Kerrytravelers	Jan-17-07 05:06 PM	#103
Like I said before	undergroundpanther	Jan-16-07 03:06 PM	#9
Thank you, very well said...n/t	Virginia Dare	Jan-16-07 03:42 PM	#35
Wonderful point. This is the fundamental issue at play in the world.	PreacherCasey	Jan-16-07 04:24 PM	#64
(shrug) It's just how white folks feel about it. Nothing to be surprised about.	BlooInBloo	Jan-16-07 03:07 PM	#11
War spoils	undergroundpanther	Jan-16-07 03:21 PM	#15
What you said.	BlooInBloo	Jan-16-07 03:22 PM	#17
you are calling me evil for not wanting the pay reparations?	ProdigalJunkMail	Jan-16-07 03:21 PM	#16
Shhh.... here's a red bouncy ball for you to play with...	BlooInBloo	Jan-16-07 03:28 PM	#20
Depends	undergroundpanther	Jan-16-07 03:37 PM	#27
Deleted message	Name removed	Jan-16-07 03:46 PM	#38
"White folks"?	tkmorris	Jan-16-07 04:19 PM	#57
Not as ironic as white folks whining about "reverse racism".	BlooInBloo	Jan-16-07 04:21 PM	#58
"It's just how white folks are." eh????	WritersBlock	Jan-16-07 04:34 PM	#69
lol!	BlooInBloo	Jan-16-07 04:39 PM	#75
Without getting into the rightness or wrongness of an apology...	GOTV	Jan-16-07 04:22 PM	#61
Just how white folks feel about it?	Marrah_G	Jan-17-07 08:23 AM	#97
What an insensitive prig.	geardaddy	Jan-16-07 03:18 PM	#12
If America wants to fancy itself	undergroundpanther	Jan-16-07 03:24 PM	#18
I agree that we definitely could stand to be the "bigger person" by apologizing.	geardaddy	Jan-16-07 03:31 PM	#22
Here's a link about slavery apologies from former slave-trading countries:	geardaddy	Jan-16-07 03:42 PM	#34
United Kingdom, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal, and the United States blocked attempts to do so.	NCevilDUer	Jan-16-07 04:32 PM	#68
Hargrove should apologize for being such a dumbass...	SaveElmer	Jan-16-07 03:21 PM	#14
But I thought the Jews were supposed to 'kill' Christ as per God's plan?	Rex	Jan-16-07 03:24 PM	#19
But didn't the Romans technically kill Christ?	geardaddy	Jan-16-07 03:34 PM	#23
Technically yes.	Rex	Jan-16-07 03:37 PM	#26
Ahhh, but the Pope is German!	geardaddy	Jan-16-07 03:41 PM	#31
LOL!	Rex	Jan-16-07 03:43 PM	#37
hehe	geardaddy	Jan-16-07 03:59 PM	#51
unlevel	Madspirit	Jan-16-07 04:26 PM	#66
The effects of slavery are still with us.	Tierra_y_Libertad	Jan-16-07 04:34 PM	#70
Case in point:	NCevilDUer	Jan-16-07 08:34 PM	#92
Hell, let's ALL get over it! No more Pearl Harbor Day! No pestering Japan for an apology!	NorthernSpy	Jan-16-07 04:54 PM	#78
The Japanese refuse to apologize for anything they did in WWII	geardaddy	Jan-16-07 04:56 PM	#79
yeah, and lots of people think they SHOULD apologize...	NorthernSpy	Jan-16-07 05:01 PM	#81
Well, yeah, we all need to get over slavery	new_beawr	Jan-16-07 05:19 PM	#84
All of us required his death?	NCevilDUer	Jan-16-07 08:43 PM	#93
Well, I said per dogma.........	new_beawr	Jan-17-07 07:54 AM	#96
Here's a link to the text of the resolution in question	fishwax	Jan-16-07 05:25 PM	#85
I assume alcohol was involved.	Bucky	Jan-16-07 06:59 PM	#91
Isn't it always when retuhgs are involved?	Kerrytravelers	Jan-17-07 05:08 PM	#104
When I attempt to load the first link, I lose my ability to load web pages	ContraBass Black	Jan-16-07 11:58 PM	#95

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