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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 07:49 PM Original message |
Digby: 60% of US Teens Believe Torture Is OK |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 07:51 PM Original message |
THAT is the longest surviving legacy of OBL. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
5. It is a legacy of bush |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. With every GOP figure sanctioning it and FOX's '24' on the air, what do we expect? |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Maybe it is too late for this country........ |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #9 |
67. Wow. So eloquent and so true. I wish I could rec your response. Thanks - n/t |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:08 PM Response to Reply #67 |
108. Thank you very much. I'm sure I'll get flamed any minute... |
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Amonester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #9 |
71. I also blamed the movie and video games industries in my mind. |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:42 AM Response to Reply #71 |
82. might as well blame heavy metal music while you're at it. |
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pot (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:14 AM Response to Reply #71 |
94. Yeah its all the videogames fault I tell ya! /sarcasm |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:33 AM Response to Reply #9 |
91. You are absolutely right. They have been desensitized to the violence and many feel |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:34 PM Response to Reply #91 |
130. Fascination with violence isn't a new thing |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:01 PM Response to Reply #91 |
138. Have they really been desensitized to violence? |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:23 PM Response to Reply #138 |
154. Remember the leaked video/audio of US troops begging to take out the civilians |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:48 PM Response to Reply #154 |
155. Troops went off the deep end in Vietnam |
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drokhole (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
93. +1000 A damn fine post! nt |
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Cal33 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #9 |
104. And teenagers are the future of our country! The GOP and their propaganda media |
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mountainlion55 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:09 PM Response to Reply #9 |
118. 100% Agree |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
122. Only GOP? |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
112. And the corporate media propaganda machine, it is they that program in one fashion or another how |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
128. +1 |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
134. You are right. |
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readmoreoften (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
148. And the legacy of Obama. He owns it now. |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 09:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
162. Thanks, Dragon |
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Matt Shapiro (68 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 01:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
166. True, but it is also the legacy of Obama, who has refused |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
129. To be fair, the idea of the US being a 'bad guy' goes back a long way before 9/11 |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Too much 24. |
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renegade000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 08:05 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. indeed |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 08:56 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Well it is about a 24 hour period, not about years and years of painstaking detection. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Yes, and "Taken" |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
40. Not sure why |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:47 PM Response to Reply #40 |
68. The clintessential Clint Eastwood movie, imho, is "Unforgiven". Not |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:11 AM Response to Reply #40 |
85. Dirty Harry Wasn't Propaganda, AFAIK |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #13 |
97. Glad to know I wasn't the only one who was annoyed by that movie. |
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Cid_B (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:54 PM Response to Reply #97 |
136. Really? |
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Tommy_Carcetti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #136 |
140. That situation was so Hollywood BS ridiculous, but even in that context, no.... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Too much US policy |
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Whisp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
157. and Saw 24 coming out soon. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 07:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. The next demographic wave of young voters... |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:59 PM Response to Reply #2 |
41. Just spend a lot of time on Youtube and you will "weap" for the future of humanity. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:50 PM Response to Reply #41 |
69. They certainly won't enlist. They'll leave that dirty work to the white trash, |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:21 PM Response to Reply #41 |
111. Yes, that's exactly the makeup of the younger generation. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:36 PM Response to Reply #111 |
132. +1 n/t |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
3. I just heard on tv, I believe it was HLN, a woman say the information |
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Solly Mack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
4. Sick puppies. |
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fivepennies (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
7. They've even taken to torturing themselves |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 09:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. You think body mod culture is "self-torture" and compable to cutting? |
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fivepennies (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 09:19 PM Response to Reply #15 |
21. No, cutting is definitely a mental issue |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. "Cutting" is a result of a mental disorder... |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Dumb dumb dumb. |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Here's news for you, that was around loooong before this. |
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fivepennies (419 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:28 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. First Nations |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
84. Are you kidding? |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #28 |
159. Women in Africa and Latin America |
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Dawson Leery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:54 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. This trend has become very popular this past decade |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:37 PM Response to Reply #7 |
66. And the "sexting"! |
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a la izquierda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
158. Ah, for fuck's sake... |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
8. Subject one of their loved ones to torture for about 15 seconds. That number will change. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:39 PM Response to Reply #8 |
133. You should read post #111 |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
142. Hey I'm not a vapid twit! |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
12. So Glad I Don't Have Children |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #12 |
141. exactly |
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russspeakeasy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #12 |
165. I'm glad mine are raised and doing o.k. on their own. |
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regnaD kciN (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
14. I hate to have to finally agree to such a move, but it's time to resume the draft... |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:55 PM Response to Reply #14 |
70. I fully concur. Only problem is that most of them would find a way |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
16. what do expect? eight hours a day killing and torturing playing video games |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 09:04 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Wow, it took until post 16 before someone starting bashing video games. |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
42. I like video games but the current wave of video games is fucked up in its extreme action orientatio |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
52. So when I raze a city when I'm playing Civilization 4 that means I support genocide? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #52 |
61. How many pixels died to satisfy your bloodlust, Odin2005? |
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Norrin Radd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:53 AM Response to Reply #52 |
83. Nethack taught my cat how to shoplift. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
55. Final Fantasy XIII was released not too long ago |
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pot (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:18 AM Response to Reply #55 |
96. I thought FF13 was horrible personally. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:20 AM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Thanks |
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pot (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #98 |
102. FF8 was great. |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:10 PM Response to Reply #42 |
143. They're all still being made. |
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pot (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:16 AM Response to Reply #19 |
95. +1 |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:02 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Oh please |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. hmm, I love me some violent video games |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:57 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Or the state sanction and preaching of the practice. |
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demosincebirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
74. what kind of shit you smoking? nt |
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StarsInHerHair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:59 AM Response to Reply #39 |
81. bingo-THE LACK OF A SERIOUS OPPOSITION |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:48 AM Response to Reply #16 |
79. As a young person who grew up playing the Battlefield series, I have to disagree. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:23 AM Response to Reply #16 |
101. I play video games. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 09:03 PM Response to Original message |
17. Quit the youth-bashing folks, many teens are not going to have fully mature ethical reasoning. |
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BlueStater (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Right. I'm sure I believed in some pretty stupid things when I was a teenager. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:16 PM Response to Reply #23 |
53. Exactly. |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
43. Thank you. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:34 AM Response to Reply #17 |
105. Absolutely. Wait 'till they grow up and become President. eom |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
20. This is "shocking" and "surprising"? |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 09:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. Thank you, Repuke school boards, for taking CIVICS out of public education! |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:02 PM Response to Reply #22 |
44. They were being taught commie things, like the Declaration of Independence and the Rights of Man |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:10 PM Response to Original message |
25. That's what ten years of bipartisan support of torture will do. |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Yes.. As opposed to exemplary and very public justice for the perpetrators. |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:35 PM Response to Reply #25 |
147. Exactly |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:31 PM Response to Original message |
29. How many of these same folks believe pro-wrestling is real? |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:37 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I'm pretty sure none do. Much less then 30 years ago. |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
58. I doubt that, but okay. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. I bet a poll of the Nazi youth would have had similar results. |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:48 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. If you're equating this country's youth with Nazis, then you've got a fucking mental problem. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:03 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. Wow, you sound so tough, using words like 'fucking' and everything. |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. So the answer is yes. |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #49 |
57. If this poll is correct, as I said, we have a serious problem and |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:24 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. Ok, so no youth that you know are Nazis, and none that I know are Nazis, then where are the Nazis? |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:06 AM Response to Reply #60 |
75. There is a poll in the OP. The poll claims that a majority |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:52 PM Response to Reply #75 |
149. Do you know what any similar poll's results where in the 90s? 70s? 50s? |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:18 AM Response to Reply #34 |
88. The process by which we got from my childhood to now is absolutely analogous. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:00 AM Response to Reply #31 |
72. Um, Sabrina 1, do you think my 8 years protesting twice- and |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:23 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. Good for you for protesting all of what led to where we are today. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:31 AM Response to Reply #76 |
77. I will sleep easier tonight and hereafter (I think). I do think a |
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sabrina 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:39 AM Response to Reply #77 |
78. Lol, that is funny! |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. ridiculous conclusions will be drawn from this |
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Ninjaneer (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:45 PM Response to Reply #32 |
127. I think its safe to say |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
35. 41% think it's OK for Americans to be tortured by foreign powers? |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
38. These are the same kids who make up majority of "pop culture geeks" who praise violent games & movie |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:07 PM Response to Reply #38 |
47. Note, I say that as someone who grew up w/ games and fun movies but the trend is unmistakable. |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:13 PM Response to Reply #38 |
50. These days |
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Leopolds Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. The funny thing is I'm a big fan of cheesy action epics |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #38 |
56. If you think non-action video games are dead, you aren't paying attention. |
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RZM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
135. I don't have a Wii, but I get the impression that 'non-action video games' are its best sellers |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:04 PM Response to Original message |
46. History repeats itself ... again and again. |
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Modern_Matthew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
51. Give them time. I went through many stages before arriving where I'm at... |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. Are most of your former classmates Nazis? |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:31 PM Response to Reply #51 |
63. I was 15 when 9/11 happened and me and my peers wanted to nuke Mecca. |
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Paradoxical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:49 AM Response to Reply #63 |
80. Same here. I remember talking about nuking the entire middle east. |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #63 |
114. Yep, I was eighteen when it happened. |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:55 PM Response to Reply #63 |
137. I was 26 when we had the Iranian hostage crisis |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
62. .... :( |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:34 PM Response to Original message |
64. I bet 97% of US parents with teens think torture is ok too. |
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coalition_unwilling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-03-11 11:36 PM Response to Original message |
65. Torture (and extra-judicial executions) are as American as |
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chill_wind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 12:48 AM Response to Original message |
73. Really not shocking. When we elected a new leader who stood at the moral crossroads |
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mochajava666 (771 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:13 AM Response to Reply #73 |
86. Well said |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
87. What have we done? |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
89. recommend |
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Jefferson23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:25 AM Response to Original message |
90. How sad is that..look at the way some grew up since 9/11. FEAR, be afraid, |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:46 PM Response to Reply #90 |
116. The country failed them, just as it keeps failing children over and over |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
92. P)eople who are teens now, have been playing vicious video games since they |
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pot (29 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:21 AM Response to Reply #92 |
99. So it's videogames fault? That is BS. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #99 |
107. Thank you. We are all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view. |
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Locrian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 07:51 PM Response to Reply #99 |
167. video games etc |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #92 |
103. See post 101. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #103 |
106. Thank you. We are all refreshed and challenged by your unique point of view. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #92 |
110. Deleted message |
Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 11:22 AM Response to Original message |
100. 60% of teens are idiots. |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #100 |
120. As are their elders running the government? |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
109. K&R. very sad --- Nuremberg Nuremberg |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:26 PM Response to Original message |
113. until they are tortured themselves |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
115. A generation of ghouls. (Don't trust anyone under thirty.) nt |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:14 PM Response to Reply #115 |
121. Which generation is doing the actual waterboarding? |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:56 PM Response to Reply #121 |
156. Exactly |
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mountainlion55 (302 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:26 PM Response to Reply #115 |
123. Good one |
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antigone382 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 05:07 PM Response to Reply #115 |
152. Wow, what a nuanced perspective. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 01:50 PM Response to Original message |
117. And we wonder why bullying has become an epidemic |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
119. "Shocking"? I should think a higher % would be expected. As it will be, a decade hence. Thank you, |
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Blue Owl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
124. Thanks Bu$hCo |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
125. Exactly why we made this movie. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 02:35 PM Response to Original message |
126. Sad indictment of a country gone dark. |
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Daphne08 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
131. The Bush administration has forever changed our country's |
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stuntcat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
139. compassion will be gradually bred out of our species. |
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themadstork (797 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:31 PM Response to Reply #139 |
146. Don't lose hope |
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katty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:14 PM Response to Original message |
144. well, that is nothing short of tragic |
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Skip_In_Boulder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:25 PM Response to Original message |
145. Great, we are raising a whole new generation of psychopaths. n/t |
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tranche (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
150. Any idea what these numbers were for other generations? |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
151. They're American teenagers for fuck's sake. Non-issue. Most teens don't think |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
153. If they're teens, they've never really known an America that was better than that. |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
160. And now they will believe murder is okay... |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 07:22 PM Response to Original message |
161. too young to understand why it's wrong |
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DeadEyeDyck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-04-11 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
163. oh dear |
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Avant Guardian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-05-11 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
164. This country is on a collision course with RW disaster |
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