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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
But the part that you underlined is simply unsupported assertion that happens to be what YOU want to hear.
Yes, the US has the technology to be more sophisticated in choosing targets, but that is not true of all people. Those who do not have our sophisticated and expensive weapons must use what they have. And the US certainly takes the same position about innocent civilians if they happen to be near one of our targets.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
They were unable to prevent the bombing.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
And that is likely part of the intended message.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Okay, I understand that you feel that way.
But if the message is, "Look, the government cannot and will not protect you." then it points out that government is ineffective to protect you.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
But you don't know that. So far no one knows what the message or purpose was or even if there was a message.
The point is that the person or persons that committed these acts may not be "disturbed" (what ever that means) and could be foreign or domestic. But once we learn if there is a message or what the reasons were, we need to look and see if there are perhaps changes we need to make in our behavior as a nation and as a culture.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Let me ask if you understand what placing the term "if" in a sentence implies?
Uh, no? Why should you or I change our culture because someone blew some shit up? If I had said that you might even have a point, however I did not say or even imply any such thing.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
I'm sorry but is it possible you are unable to read.
Perhaps you can help by providing a link to the quote where i said that.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
They are a classic example of the dishonest tactics of "quote mining", misrepresentation and taking things out of context. A perfect trifecta.
The quote in full said "But once we learn if there is a message or what the reasons were, we need to look and see if there are perhaps changes we need to make in our behavior as a nation and as a culture." and can be found in Message 86. Please point out in the full quote where I say that we should change anything because there was a bomb? I try to make sure that what I write stays at around the fifth or sixth grade comprehension level. Maybe that is too high.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
More bullshit.
The quote in full said "But once we learn if there is a message or what the reasons were, we need to look and see if there are perhaps changes we need to make in our behavior as a nation and as a culture." and can be found in Message 86. Maybe it is long before your time but this is not the first instance of bombings in the US. Not too long ago there were people bombing churches and people burning down their own neighborhoods and towns. The time was horrendous and it seemed that the US had gone mad. But Americans looked at the school and church bombings, looked at the reasons they happened. Americans looked at the burning cities, the burning neighborhoods, looked at the reasons they happened. And Americans realized that some of their behavior, some of their culture, some of their behaviors were contributing causes of the bombings and riots and burnings and began making positive changes.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Sorry but even in what you quoted where do I say that we should change our behavior because of a bombing?
It is not the bomb we should be guided by but rather an examination of our behavior.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
I have answered those questions.
quote: From Message 28 quote: from Message 36 quote: from Message 44 quote: from Message 48 quote: from Message 86 and most recently:
quote: from Message 94 What we need to examine will be based on what the reason was for the behavior and no one knows that yet. As I said, the bombings, burning and riots caused us to reexamine our behavior. We realized that some of our behavior, our culture, or society, our politics, our education needed changing. Right now we have no idea why the bombings took place. Once we learn that then we should examine our behavior, our society, our culture, our politics our education and see if there are things we should change.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
No, you don't have it quite right but you are getting close.
Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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jar Member (Idle past 424 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
The goal of terrorism is to prompt an overreaction.
The US almost always says "Good idea, let us overreact." But so far I have seen nothing about any foreign involvement in the Boston Bombing incident.Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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