by beatschool » Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:16 pm
[quote][i]Originally posted by hutter[/i]
<br>[quote][i]Originally posted by beatschool[/i]
And the mayor packs it in. The moral of the story is, if you can't get enough people to drink your kool-aid, throw a tantrum and run. Is that called "growing a pair"?
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I was going to keep my nose out of this site, but thanks to one of the more level headed members here I took another look at your ill informed brand of intellectual rantings. So...since I have nothing to lose, I may as well throw pearls before swine before you once again bore me to tears.
Here are some cold hard facts, Einstein: Israel & Bush just brought the inevitable social conflict in the middle east to a head, and did so before the enemy of civilization was able to build/buy/steal technology and weapons that would have given them the destructive power to kill millions. Say what you will about W (Lord knows I have) but this was the only call he could make.
The problem is that many folks tend to think of muslims as normal, rational human beings who only desire parity with the global community. That is not the case at all. Their reason for being, and understanding of good and evil is based solely on their faith, and not on civil law, which most westerners simply cannot relate to at all. We are viewed by the true belivers of Islam through the prism of death or assimilation. Period.
There is no diplomatic middle ground, and one form of civilization will end up being suppressed by the other before there can be real peace between them. End of story. Hate Israel as much as you might, but they have been at the point of a battle that has been relentlessly coming to a theater near you since Mohammad first formulated his plan for an orderly society where he calls the shots.
Considering the impact of Islam on civilization over the past century, I'm starting to think that the terrorists are not Islamic extremists at all. They represent the true core of Islamic belief, and the Muslims who live their lives in peace with the infidels, raise their families, and refuse to speak out against the terrorists are just weak minded Muslims who suffer from the temptations of western society.
The problems facing the world today were set in motion by the "prophet" who invented the religion of "peace" (heh), and neither the Jews, nor George Bush have had a thing to do with it. If anything, they popped the pimple before it could grow into a destructive global infection that moves too fast to cure. Some days I feel that maybe the Jews and George Bush waited too long.
Civilization either grows a pair of balls, and takes painfull steps to end the problem now, or stand in awe of the destructive power of a global killer later.
Your turn, braniac.
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Unless I've developed amnesia, I haven't criticized Israel in any post, nor have I defended Islam. If anything, I have a huge problem with Islam and its retarded subjugation of women and truth, but I have that problem with EVERY religion. My stance is not relative to who I am criticizing. The Christian Right in the US would be every bit as evil as the Moslem fundys if they were allowed to be. I would love to come up with an answer that preserves Israel's right to exist while simultaneously satisfying the Arab world, but I can't, and as far as I know, noone has.
I am 100% for going to war with the crooks controlling the Middle East, but what I am not for is how our administration has lied time and time again over WHY we are at war. The ever-changing excuses, the covering of asses when they are proven to lie. If Bush had just come out and said "Iran/q has a government that needs to be replaced because they are a bunch of human rights violating fuckwads", I'd be for it. Having a plan that worked would also be something I'd require. Instead, the American public was sold a BS bill of goods that the rest of the world saw for what it was, a complete sham. If we had conducted this "War on Terror" with integrity and honesty, we would have the world's support (excluding the dudes we were going after, of course). If we had addressed the inequities of wealth distribution while we were attacking, we'd be seen as heroes. Instead, Dubya serves at the mercy of Big Oil interests around the world, keeping the rich rich and further fucking the poor. Look at the list of fuckwads getting rich off of Iraq. A Who's Who of white collar crooks.
Hutter, I've generally avoided criticizing your position, what I criticize is you. How you talk down to anyone that disagrees with you while you claim to hold some level of intellectual superiority. Check Swampy's sig if you need a refresher on how you think of the rest of us. I talk down to others as much as the next guy, but I don't claim that I'm smarter than everyone else, if anything, I'm flawed and trying to learn from every waking moment. You're a macho blowhard with great taste in music and an inflated view of self. That's it. "Grow a pair". That's original. Are you one of these morons that tells everyone to "cowboy up" too? Macho blathering. Yawn. Wake me when the veins in your forehead have receded.