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DainBramaged

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26. How dare you lecture us

Reply to Justin_Beach (Reply #24)

Fri Dec 14, 2012, 08:27 PM

Dec 2012

You have a complaint with the drone policy of the US, take it up with Washington, don't come here with your sanctimonious comparator hat on and tell us to shed fewer tears for our children......

The word fuck comes to mind.....

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168 children killed in drone strikes in Pakistan since start of campaign [View all] Justin_Beach Dec 2012 OP

Thousands of kids are maimed and killed in the U.S. every year. onehandle Dec 2012 #1

From bombing strikes ... by a foreign country ... who you aren't at war with? Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #4

And the outrage would be amplified many times over if done by a foreign country cpwm17 Dec 2012 #43

there is no such thing as comparative pain. NMDemDist2 Dec 2012 #2

Sorry to hear that Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #7

thank you n/t NMDemDist2 Dec 2012 #25

Seemed worth it, did it? JuniperLea Dec 2012 #3

It did, and does .. perhaps it will create a bit more empathy. Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #5

ain't worth shit. spanone Dec 2012 #6

I know, because they're not American ... but still Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #8

Your timing is extremely tactless, and Quantess Dec 2012 #9

Didn't see that one Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #10

How about creating some empathy in yourself, first? Quantess Dec 2012 #13

Not political leverage... Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #17

Yes, in a day or 2 the feelings of disgust for the person who brought it up would have faded. Quantess Dec 2012 #20

Ok, have it your way but ... Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #21

How do you know we aren't feeling empathy for both? RayOfHope Dec 2012 #15

Maybe so but... Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #16

This and the story about the attack on the Chinese school are popping up a lot. nt CJCRANE Dec 2012 #12

They sure are. zappaman Dec 2012 #14

Yep they keep coming back like cockroaches DainBramaged Dec 2012 #41

Hmmmmm, this sounds like FUDr meme... uponit7771 Dec 2012 #36

Floxuridine? Friends of the Upper Delaware River? Quantess Dec 2012 #45

Alert results ...enjoy. L0oniX Dec 2012 #11

which is why I've all but given up using the alert feature onenote Dec 2012 #38

So, you're saying frogmarch Dec 2012 #18

No, not even close Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #22

If someone told you he or she frogmarch Dec 2012 #31

How much attention do you think Pakistanis are paying to Sandy Hook? onenote Dec 2012 #40

It depends on where ... Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #42

The poster has a valid point Tsiyu Dec 2012 #19

The slaughter of innocents is an outrage against humanity etherealtruth Dec 2012 #23

Thank you Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #24

How dare you lecture us DainBramaged Dec 2012 #26

Really? Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #28

Kiss my ass "princess" DainBramaged Dec 2012 #32

Xenophobia and racism Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #34

Like I said sock puppet or zombie. will find out soon enough DainBramaged Dec 2012 #37

Your name is remarkably accurate n/t Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #39

p.s. Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #35

DB, I don't think the poster is trying to minimize the deaths of those children Tsiyu Dec 2012 #30

Yes he is DainBramaged Dec 2012 #33

They are same amount of dead quaker bill Dec 2012 #27

True except that Justin_Beach Dec 2012 #29

K&R woo me with science Dec 2012 #44