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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:09 AM Original message |
Military is "most corrupt institution in history"? |
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sujan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:12 AM Response to Original message |
1. there's something else thats equally corrupt |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:17 AM Response to Reply #2 |
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IranianDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:23 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. All you religion bashers do is generalize. |
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sujan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:24 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. so do you |
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IranianDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:33 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Hey pal I never bashed anyone! |
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sujan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. read the history books |
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MiltonLeBerle (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 02:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. "ALL religion sucks. ALL religion is corrupt. ALL Catholics are evil." |
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MiltonLeBerle (956 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. and The Catholic Church has a very big headstart over our military- |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 02:03 AM Response to Reply #12 |
17. When I first saw "most corrupt institution in history" |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
4. I think generalizations about the military are usually short sighted |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:31 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Well said. |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 02:06 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. touche! |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:28 AM Response to Original message |
7. Well I was in The Military, and some Parts Are Corrupt |
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recidivist (963 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 11:57 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Re: the M-16. |
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SmileyBoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:29 AM Response to Original message |
8. One thing's for sure: It's the largest socialist entity in the world. |
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TAH6988 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 10:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. Spent 25 years in the military |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 11:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
25. obviously the problem isn't the military itself, but corruption |
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The Lone Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:33 AM Response to Original message |
10. Most of those you denigrate did not have your advantage |
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knight_of_the_star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:40 AM Response to Original message |
15. If it was |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 01:45 AM Response to Original message |
16. The US military is one of the main reasons we're a free nation. |
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el_gato (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 10:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Read Gen. Smedley Butlers' WAR IS A RACKET |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 10:39 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Thanks, el gato. Gen. Butler also saved the country from fascists. |
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RichM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 10:41 AM Response to Original message |
23. There's MUCH wrong with the military, but "corrupt" is not the right word. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
24. let's not forget their henchmen the industrial complex and politics |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-22-03 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
27. that bit of hyperbole is almost as bad |
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