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Started by The Good Reverend Roger, May 27, 2005, 01:25:24 AM

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Bella

#15
May 30, 2005, 08:22:06 AM
Quote from: agent compassionWar is a sin.

"So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
If God's on our side
He'll stop the next war."

-Bob Dylan-
just like in a dream
you'll open your mouth to scream
and you won't make a sound

you can't believe your eyes
you can't believe your ears
you can't believe your friends
you can't believe you're here

agent compassion

#16
May 30, 2005, 08:32:29 AM
Jump down the shelters to get away
The boys are cockin' up their guns
Tell us general, is it party time?
If it is can we all come

Don't think that we don't know
Don't think that we're not trying
Don't think we move too slow
It's no use after crying
Saying

It's a mistake, it's a mistake
It's a mistake, it's a mistake

After the laughter as died away
And all the boys have had their fun
No surface noise now, not much to say
They've got the bad guys on the run

Don't try to say you're sorry
Don't say he drew his gun
They've gone and grabbed old Ronnie
He's not the only one saying

It's a mistake, it's a mistake
It's a mistake, it's a mistake

Tell us commander, what do you think?
'Cos we know that you love all that power
Is it on then, are we on the brink?
We wish you'd all throw in the towel

We'll not fade out too soon
Not in this finest hour
Whistle your favourite tune
We'll send a card and flower
Saying

It's a mistake, it's a mistake
It's a mistake, it's a mistake

--Men at Work

:cry:

'I'll take you out for a meal with Mr. and Mrs. Pain, order up some violent quiche. Do you want some?' - ++++++ Moon

Hoshiko

#17
May 30, 2005, 08:49:34 AM
Quotei just didn't see why you were using lots of dead civilians as an argument since that seems to happen in every war.

That was my point, actually. I thought it was funny that he was using holocaust pictures showing casualties from Germany's end during WWII to illustrate his point when there are so many good examples already from the US of A. Why not just show the Americans who die on a daily basis from the policies of the US?

I mean, I caught the drift, but I thought using that last picture from an old war and fascist government was a bit silly and detracted from the point. It was also making the distinction between American Soil deaths and Overseas deaths, and I don't think that's the biggest concern when it comes to this issue right now because people are still dying either way.

Plus, you just shouldn't place the Canadian Freedom Fighter next to a holocaust picture, because it destroys all of your faith in humanity from both ends and leaves you with no hope for the human race.
Making people sorry they asked since 1983.

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She got the speakers in the trunk
With the bass on crunk.

Duchess of Doom

#18
May 30, 2005, 09:01:20 AM
Well said Hoshi!

I'm afraid there may be no hope for the Human race.

I don't want to be the one to beam the mothership and tell
them to go ahead and drop the big one, but it looks like
somebody's gonna have to do it.

Bummer

I was just getting used to the local water.

The Good Reverend Roger

#19
May 30, 2005, 09:49:25 AM
Quote from: agent compassionWar is a sin.

Course.  But not the COOL kind of sin...
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#20
May 30, 2005, 09:53:41 AM
Quote from: Hoshiko
Quotei just didn't see why you were using lots of dead civilians as an argument since that seems to happen in every war.

That was my point, actually. I thought it was funny that he was using holocaust pictures showing casualties from Germany's end during WWII to illustrate his point when there are so many good examples already from the US of A. Why not just show the Americans who die on a daily basis from the policies of the US?

I mean, I caught the drift, but I thought using that last picture from an old war and fascist government was a bit silly and detracted from the point. It was also making the distinction between American Soil deaths and Overseas deaths, and I don't think that's the biggest concern when it comes to this issue right now because people are still dying either way.

Plus, you just shouldn't place the Canadian Freedom Fighter next to a holocaust picture, because it destroys all of your faith in humanity from both ends and leaves you with no hope for the human race.

1.  It was a very recognizable pic.  EVERYONE knows what it is, and what it represents.

2.  Why would it detract from the point?  It just shows that Alphonse Karr was right.

3.  I believe it is a sin to tell people things will be okay, when you know they are doomed.  There really ISN'T any hope.  10,000 years of history indicate that mankind isn't going to abandon their monkeyness, despite the best efforts of a few actual humans (Gandhi, MLK, Jesus, the founders, etc).
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

gnimbley

#21
May 30, 2005, 03:13:44 PM
Only slightly off topic, but I don't want to start a new thread.

http://www.aclu.org/Quizzes/QuizIntro.cfm?quizID=12

Kind of a predictable civil libertarian thing, but check out
question #6. Didn't see that one coming, did you?

(BTW, I answered yes to only two questions, but if they weren't
mostly comcerned with recent years, well...)

Eldora, Oracle of Alchemy

#22
May 30, 2005, 04:53:39 PM
Quote from: gnimbleyOnly slightly off topic, but I don't want to start a new thread.

http://www.aclu.org/Quizzes/QuizIntro.cfm?quizID=12

Kind of a predictable civil libertarian thing, but check out
question #6. Didn't see that one coming, did you?

(BTW, I answered yes to only two questions, but if they weren't
mostly comcerned with recent years, well...)

Well, I am pretty sure there is an FBI file for me.  For an internship I had to get a government ID, complete with being fingerprinted.  

#6 really freaks me out the most, WTF?  Almost all Americans have done that and it has nothing to do with anything.  I am glad I quit doing that, no, really.

PS Thanks to the gnome, I got the email, but my browser was being flakey, so I never finished the quiz and forgot about it :wink:

East Coast Hustle

#23
May 30, 2005, 05:13:18 PM
oddly enough, my FBI file may have helped me to avoid prison time. they started one on me when I was 19 because they mistakenly thought I was running stolen guns, which probably misdirected their attention enough to keep them from figuring out what I was actually up to.

8)
Rabid Colostomy Hole Jammer of the Coming Apocalypse™

The Devil is in the details; God is in the nuance.


Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"

Zurtok Khan

#24
May 31, 2005, 09:36:51 AM
I doubt I have an FBI File...although, who knows?  For all we know they may keep tabs on us here...

And I am quite vocal about the goverment to most people I know, but too lazy to acctually attend anything (mainly because that would mean driving...)
Resistance is Fertile.

Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.
-Mark Twain

I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.
-Mark Twain

Guido Finucci

#25
May 31, 2005, 12:03:41 PM
I was once president of an organisation that (we're pretty sure) was once listed as a possible terrorist organisation by some TLA in the US.

I'm hoping they've realised that we were kidding.

Y0D4

#26
June 03, 2005, 06:09:41 PM
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hooplala

#27
June 03, 2005, 07:02:46 PM
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::yawn::
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

damage control

#28
June 04, 2005, 05:02:13 AM
Machines stick to their task, that is all that I see today no thanx to twain mind you that mind fucker him.

DAMAGE CONTROL
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