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In reply to the discussion: US drops bombs on Great Barrier Reef Marine Park [View all]Violet_Crumble
(35,954 posts)82. Retaliation for this Yankee imperialist aggression will be brutal!
Australia will respond by dropping not 4, but 10 unarmed bombs on Nevada while aiming at the Grand Canyon next time they're training in the US!
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If the bomb range was "not clear of hazards", does that mean hazards to the jets
petronius
Jul 2013
#1
Besides the Wasted fuel, the cost of production, the cost of transportation. ..
bahrbearian
Jul 2013
#15
I think the poster I was replying to was talking about the Great Barrier Reef...
Violet_Crumble
Jul 2013
#28
Your right its all ok because no American Laws were broken. Besides what can Gaia do to us anyway.
bahrbearian
Jul 2013
#30
I'm sorry your right , I'm just concerned that people shrug off such incidences as Oops
bahrbearian
Jul 2013
#39
Well, I am wondering now why they had to play their war games in that location...
Violet_Crumble
Jul 2013
#40
No harm done we'll fix it later, after we fix the Valdez's or the Gulf of Mexico
bahrbearian
Jul 2013
#16
Well, what were those damn reefs doing under our bombs anyway? Damn Aussies oughta know better. eom
99th_Monkey
Jul 2013
#5
It may become obvious that there are many posters who interpret visceral reactions as a truth
LanternWaste
Jul 2013
#97
Your Reverence for Mother Nature is just a Shrug of your shoulders, and come get me Mom ?
bahrbearian
Jul 2013
#25
I think the only law that matters in that part of the world is Australian law...
Violet_Crumble
Jul 2013
#32
Jesus fucking Christ I'm pissed because the U.S. military was criminally negligent and trashed an
MotherPetrie
Jul 2013
#50
I hate to break into the outrage with facts, but the bombs weren't dropped on the Reef...
Violet_Crumble
Jul 2013
#51
There's the law of respect of nature: "the Earth does not belong to man - man belongs to the Earth"
wordpix
Jul 2013
#61
Dropping a few empty shells into the ocean has a very small effect on anything
penultimate
Jul 2013
#57
oh oh, i cut down three trees yesterday in my yard, cut four acres of grass
loli phabay
Jul 2013
#65
Oh what a Stud, you put me to shame, except for the 40 acres that I'm now cutting baling and bucking
bahrbearian
Jul 2013
#70
well i have had a shit in the sea as well so now mother earth is really pissed.
loli phabay
Jul 2013
#73
You have had a shit in the Sea? Whats that suppose to mean? You went swimming and pooped pants?
bahrbearian
Jul 2013
#75
They are say that the Planes Couldn't land with the Munitions, the planes are over 50 years old.
bahrbearian
Jul 2013
#24
I'm sorry I made a mistake , I thought they were A-6 Intruders, from another article I read.
bahrbearian
Jul 2013
#33