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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:20 AM Original message |
But we're just as bad. Or Worse: A short rant. |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. True |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. yep |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. I love how people lose their shit over the idea that Saudi Arabia or China commits attrocities |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. There's Genocide in Dafur, sure ok, so DON'T GO THERE. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. what can we do then? |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. There it is. |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:53 AM Response to Reply #10 |
11. what should we do then? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:54 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I don't think it's an either/or proposition. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
42. well, what should we do? let's hear *your* ideas. |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 12:08 PM Response to Reply #42 |
61. What's wrong with speaking out? |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:00 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. What nation should be the world's policeman? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:19 AM Response to Reply #10 |
20. incubator babies. bodies thrown into shredders. wmds. |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. random phrases? things America should be ashamed? really bad toothpaste brand names? n/t |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:38 AM Response to Reply #21 |
26. lies. like most of the bullshit about the last 27 or so countries we've gone into. |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Ah. So you are saying there is no Genocide in Darfur |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. & you made this deduction, sherlock, based on - what evidence? |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:50 AM Response to Reply #30 |
33. I brought up Darfur as they have had a spot of trouble recently |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:56 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. i've traveled rather a lot, & have had occasion to see several of these |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:06 AM Response to Reply #37 |
43. These lies i say don't exist? |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. the ones alluded to here: |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. Ah - I see where you are coming from. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. i already said i have *not* been to darfur. my only "opportunity" was in marrying |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:25 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I apologize I misunderstood. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:30 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. of course they do. everyone has interests. cali's packaging |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. Yeah she's packaging up your views and you are packaging up hers |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:49 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. i've long given up on actually trying to converse with the poster. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #33 |
40. The US’s War In Darfur |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:12 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. I'll have to review this. I'm not entirely convinced at first reading |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:26 AM Response to Reply #45 |
54. keith harmon snow has extensive experience all over africa. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:51 AM Response to Reply #30 |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:57 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. rapier wit you've got there. i'm devastated, truly i am. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Deleted sub-thread |
Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #8 |
47. 1998 UN study cited in John Perkins book says $40B per years to feed, |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. So... |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
4. Yes. This drives me absolutely crazy. Why continue to live in a country |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. I'd love to see a defense of the kind of knee jerk commentary |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:08 AM Response to Reply #5 |
16. I don't think there is a defense. |
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pecwae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:14 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. One of my pet peeves. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #4 |
29. Mother Russia? |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 09:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. Naive, Western Attitude |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
14. Whenever I see comparisons between a crime committed by a |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I disagree. I think it has more to do with dogma than whether the person |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
18. got another war you think we should fight? iran, maybe? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. thank you for the illustration. It's perfect. |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. i expected exactly that reaction. you're so predictable. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:34 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. hardly more predictable than you |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:47 AM Response to Reply #25 |
31. i'm perfectly capable of acting in a nuanced way. i simply don't choose to. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:49 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. no dear, I'm not feeling guilty. |
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Seeking Serenity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:55 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. I'm not convinced that the posters you're referring to wish to "excuse" |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:59 AM Response to Reply #36 |
39. And they'll never understand how the right wing |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #39 |
48. because most americans are as silly as the ones on this thread? |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:20 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. perhaps you need |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:33 AM Response to Reply #49 |
56. *smooch* |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #48 |
51. That stings because I actually do kind of love Disneyland. But it's an open relationship. n/t |
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PVnRT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:56 AM Response to Reply #18 |
59. Well, I guess, unless you're 100% blameless in your own life |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
19. It is a rhetorical device designed to shut down discussion... |
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JoseGaspar (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
64. Forgive me but you have it back wards. |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #64 |
66. +1 and welcome. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 03:05 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Hee....that was good. Welcome to DU |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:39 AM Response to Original message |
27. Yeah! The U.S. needs enemies, you're just sortin' 'em out. |
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el_bryanto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 10:54 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. putting the n/t in the body kind of defeats the purpose of using it n/t |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #35 |
52. No it doesn't. |
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rolltideroll (410 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
41. My view |
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leftynyc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 12:06 PM Response to Original message |
60. Well said Cali |
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JitterbugPerfume (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
62. to compare womens conditions in Islamic countries |
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question everything (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
63. Well said. And, too often someone will describe our country as "fascist," |
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arcadian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. Funny how your post is diametrically opposed to your user name. |
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damonm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
67. BSG Fan, eh? |
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hiphopnation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Mar-19-09 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
69. quick, someone name that logical fallacy! |
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