|
Register | Sign In |
|
QuickSearch
Thread ▼ Details |
|
Thread Info
|
|
|
Author | Topic: Views on the war, Onion-style | |||||||||||||||||||
gene90 Member (Idle past 3854 days) Posts: 1610 Joined: |
I actually got to check my email this afternoon and found this in it. Original attribution unknown, but it's all over the web:
------------------------------------------------------------------ With all of this talk of war, many of us will encounter "Peace Activists" who will try and convince us that we must refrain from retaliating against the ones who terrorized us all on September 11, 2001, and those who support terror. These activists may be alone or in a gathering.....most of us don't know how to react to them. When you come upon one of these people, or one of their rallies, here are the proper rules of etiquette: 1. Listen politely while this person explains their views. Strike up a conversation if necessary and look very interested in their ideas. They will tell you how revenge is immoral, and that by attacking the people who did this to us, we will only bring on more violence. They will probably use many arguments, ranging from political to religious to humanitarian. 2. In the middle of their remarks, without any warning, punch them in the nose. 3. When the person gets up off of the ground, they will be very angry and they may try to hit you, so be careful. 4. Very quickly and calmly remind the person that violence only brings about more violence and remind them of their stand on this matter. Tell them if they are really committed to a nonviolent approach to undeserved attacks, they will turn the other cheek and negotiate a solution. Tell them they must lead by example if they really believe what they are saying. 5. Most of them will think for a moment and then agree that you are correct. 6. As soon as they do that, hit them again. Only this time hit them much harder. Square in the nose. 7. Repeat steps 2-5 until the desired results are obtained and the idiot realizes how stupid of an argument he/she is making. 8. There is no difference in an individual attacking an unsuspecting victim or a group of terrorists attacking a nation of people. It is unacceptable and must be dealt with. Perhaps at a high cost. We owe our military a huge debt for what they are about to do for us and our children. We must support them and our leaders at times like these. We have no choice. We either strike back, VERY HARD, or we will keep getting hit in the nose. Lesson over, class dismissed. [This message has been edited by gene90, 03-30-2003]
|
|||||||||||||||||||
gene90 Member (Idle past 3854 days) Posts: 1610 Joined: |
quote: Oh really? I know! We can line up US soldiers arm-to-arm, and WALK them from one side of Afghanistan to another.
quote: He was harboring and supporting terrorists, developing WMD, and flaunting international law. You remember when he last expelled the inspectors? He suddenly opened back up when Bush demonstrated he was a bit more serious than Clinton. But why should we have had to keep hundreds of thousands of US troops stationed in the Middle East until Uday dies of old age? It's unreasonable. And why did we oust Milosevic for "ethnic cleansing" and do nothing about Saddam when he was doing worse? You liberals love to talk about human rights -- but are vehemently opposed to actually doing anything about their violations. Before this war started, if I had shouted "Free Tibet!" into a crowd of liberals before this war started, they would have cheered, but had I yelled "Free Iraq!" I probably would have gotten roughed up. It is hypocrisy of the highest order, and it is also the unrealistic belief that people can be free without the occasional war. War is sometimes necessary, as it was in this case. Saddam was invited to leave and he didn't. So the troops paid him a visit. Interesting point about supporting Saddam. I feel that the fact that we did back Saddam places the moral responsibility of removing him all the more on the US.
|
|||||||||||||||||||
gene90 Member (Idle past 3854 days) Posts: 1610 Joined: |
It's about both. But in my opinion, the human rights issue is a strong enough case alone to depose Hussein.
You will remember howerver that Fleischer's comments when the war started was, "The disarmament of Iraq has begun..."
|
|||||||||||||||||||
gene90 Member (Idle past 3854 days) Posts: 1610 Joined: |
quote: We haven't forgotten about Afghanistan, we still have troops there. Simultaneous to the beginning of the Iraq war we launched the biggest operation in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda.
quote: You are saying that Saddam is not supporting terrorists?! What about the $25,000 to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers? Saddam Pays Palestinian Terrorists While Iraqis "Suffer From Sanctions"Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out - David Horowitz Please note that it is not my responsibility to educate you on these issues. I expect you to inform yourself before you go around marching your opinions. Error http://www.intelmessages.org/...y/wwwboard/messages/832.html http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2003/2/27/23322.html News: Breaking stories & updates - The Telegraph Page not found – Brookes News http://www.americans-world.org/...flict_Iraq/linkstoTerr.cfm Page not found « Iraq Foundation intelmessages.org - intelmessages Resources and Information.
quote: Schraf, if Saddam did not have WMD, why the hell did we have to have a military buildup in the Middle East before inspections were allowed to resume?
quote: We can keep peacekeeping forces nearby. But not as many as it took to pressure Saddam. Answer the question above.
quote: If the shoe fits...
quote: It sounds as if you have "issues" with your own ideology. As if you actually realize that it's bad to be liberal and you don't want to come to grips with what you are. You hate that language? Well learn to deal with it. A liberal is what you are. You tow the liberal party line. You are anti-Republican, anti-Bush, anti-Liberation, anti-defense, and essentially anti-American. You think everything traditional about America is wrong and needs to be changed. In your mind, every problem in the world is America's fault. Why 9/11? Not because Israel is our ally, not because we stationed troops in Saudi in 1991, but because we're bad people who support dictators. You probably think we deserve to be attacked, don't you? I wouldn't be surprised.
quote: I did grow up, Schraf. I'm a conservative now, and I'm waiting on the rest of you.
quote: Too early. They don't even *have* a government at the moment.
|
|||||||||||||||||||
gene90 Member (Idle past 3854 days) Posts: 1610 Joined: |
quote: We haven't forgotten about Afghanistan, we still have troops there. Simultaneous to the beginning of the Iraq war we launched the biggest operation in Afghanistan since Operation Anaconda.
quote: You are saying that Saddam is not supporting terrorists?! What about the $25,000 to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers? Saddam Pays Palestinian Terrorists While Iraqis "Suffer From Sanctions"Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out - David Horowitz Please note that it is not my responsibility to educate you on these issues. I expect you to inform yourself before you go around marching your opinions. Error http://www.intelmessages.org/...y/wwwboard/messages/832.html http://www.prima-news.ru/eng/news/news/2003/2/27/23322.html News: Breaking stories & updates - The Telegraph Page not found – Brookes News http://www.americans-world.org/...flict_Iraq/linkstoTerr.cfm Page not found « Iraq Foundation http://www.intelmessages.org/...y/wwwboard/messages/810.html
quote: Schraf, if Saddam did not have WMD, why the hell did we have to have a military buildup in the Middle East before inspections were allowed to resume?
quote: We can keep peacekeeping forces nearby. But not as many as it took to pressure Saddam. Answer the question above. And even then, inspections would probably not be adequate to assure Saddam wasn't up to something. With Saddam gone, we can be absolutely sure that he doesn't have a weapons program, now can't we. And as for the WMD, Schraf, I think you're really premature in saying there are none. If they are found, you can rest assured that I will immediately appear on this board and goad everyone that questioned that fact to the point of absurdity, and I will be constantly bringing it up in future discussions as an example of how you were wrong (and I have a long memory). Meanwhile there is always the possibility that WMD are still in Iraq waiting to be found. So you cannot be completely sure that Bush is wrong.
quote: If the shoe fits...
quote: It sounds as if you have "issues" with your own ideology. As if you actually realize that it's bad to be liberal and you don't want to come to grips with what you are. You hate being a liberal? Well learn to deal with it. A liberal is what you are. You tow the liberal party line. You are anti-Republican, anti-Bush, anti-Liberation, anti-defense, and essentially anti-American. You think everything traditional about America is wrong and needs to be changed. In your mind, every problem in the world is America's fault. Why 9/11? Not because Israel is our ally, not because we stationed troops in Saudi in 1991, but because we're bad people who support dictators. You probably think we deserve to be attacked, don't you? I wouldn't be surprised.
quote: I did grow up, Schraf. I'm a conservative now, and I'm waiting on the rest of you.
quote: Too early. They don't even *have* a government at the moment.
|
|
|
Do Nothing Button
Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved
Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024