" Remember we are all brothers and sisters on this planet." - da_zman20 not a helpful image for me. my most enduring memory of my one sibling (sister) is her taking careful aim and shooting me with a bow and arrow, and the ensuing fun getting it cut out of my leg at the doctors office. No, i was being a perf
in this monster thread i've seen maybe 9 offerings that were salient, logical, interesting, and worthy of an answer or exploration. all 9 dropped silently and without response like raindrops into a bottomless well. A Dios.
"The way a man apologizes is the measure of the man." Joseph Lyons
"The way a man apologizes is the measure of the man." Joseph Lyons
paxx - if it's any comfort, the people who've been posting here today don't control the world's armies. i'm trying to cheer you up. people speak boldly and loudly on emotional issues when their subconscious knows that nothing is actually at stake, and they get strangely quiet, restrained, and humble if you put their finger on the Big Button.
yegods! there he goes with the "y word" again, and this time it wasn't Jafo doing it.
i was once chewed out by a Canadian friend for the US's monopolization of the term American. I asked: When the man with the uzzi on the plane directs everyone with an American passport to come forward, what are you going to do? He advised me that he would stay in his seat.
"Only have an International Law Enforcement forces that would be deployed only when necessary" -paxx Scary! the problem with any law "enforcement forces" is that they always follow someone's orders. we like those "someones" to be locals since they're far more accountable to us than a distant person or persons in the "world community". i'm always surprised to see people who won't trust a
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why isn't phonetic spelled with an f?
"Just so people know, I'm rather insulted by an event yesterday, and guess what, I was insulted by people of the higher rank. It's not the guests or new members we have who does seem to own logic, it was the people who think they've been around enough so favoritism should be granted to them." - Elfkura i don't know if Elfkura is referring to B_H's capital explosion yesterday, but i was offended. Elfkura brought a deviation from well known site protocol to someone's attention, and did it
so much for intellectual honesty and courage of convictions.
why is it that the people who are too good to take part in the fighting are not too holy when it comes to enjoying the fruits of victory? > if your country is forced to fight for and successfully defend its freedom, and you don't wish to participate, then you should have the intellectual honesty not to grasp anything won by the others. walk around in public wearing manacles while others wave th
been saving that one for 30 years!
gute fahrt.
what's good for the goose.. paxx - here's a quote on patriotism from my old man "Most patriots don't prove out to be blind followers, but most blind followers seem to also be patriots."
good point paxx.
i picked up my newspaper yesterday and found that someone in my neck of the woods painted "scum, go back to France" on the garage door of a French immigrant lady in town. "Freedom fries" may have had a trace of humor in it, but this definitely isn't funny. When Lord Cornwallis would have escaped from Yorktown in the Revolutionary War, the French fleet blockaded the coast and left him with no choice but to surrender and end the war. If he had escaped with his army, there is no telling h
"I really hope that EU develops strong, both economically and militarely. Only then will we live in peace, when World powers are balanced." paxx, we had that close, strong balance for decades with the US and the Soviet Union and it was terrifying (at least to a former Strategic Air Command bomber toad who took off more than once with a bombbay full of nukes not knowing if we would be turned around or not). balance of power in itself doesn't help much unless both parties are reasonable.
"I'm just very heavily against any US government with a Military man as it's President. The President is supposed to be a wise individual who is skilled at diplomacy and strives for peace." - grayhaze i never realized that as a former military man i am solemnly obligated to being unwise, undiplomatic, and highly confrontational. thanks for bringing this obligation to my attention, and i'll try to do better in the future. <img src="http://images.stardock.com/images/smiles/lol.gif" borde
Then again, ordinary civilians were the targets in Hiroshima and Nagasaki so that's not out of line with US policy. - wombat_1 destruction of the homeland and civilian populace is what happens when your irresponsible government loses a war but won't protect its people by surrendering. We could have invaded Japan, and fought across the islands village by village, town by town, street by street, house by house, completely destroying the infrastructure of the country and killing an es
bkb sweeps up jtb and scatters his ashes over the message board. perhaps we can reassemble him with positive energy.
i was older when my dad killed himself, so it was easier to deal with. the boys are going to need a mountain of love, support, and reassurance. prayers on the way.
for which processor? Arm, MIPS, etc.
if i wrote off everyone who got off on the wrong foot with me, i'd be missing about 40% of my best friends.
@ crae