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Usht Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard from an arbitrary view point. Since: Feb, 2011
Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard
#726: May 2nd 2011 at 2:01:12 PM

Oh frick, it's a feminazi. Morbid curiosity is taking over...

Keep going, dear friends Harry Reid AND John Boehner, continue the war on the uninsured, the homeless, the mortgage-foreclosed, Latino migrants, Muslim migrants, GLBT folks, sexually active women. It’s OK, we can keep siding with the bankers without consequence. No one is kicking us out of office any time soon—Democrats or Republicans. And frankly, it doesn’t matter which party you run with. It’s all the same platform, dear friends: Civil Liberties? Out the door. Drones in Pakistan? Ramp ‘em up. U.S. military satellites all over the globe—just to sustain our hegemony? No worries. It’s business as usual, darlings, ‘cause we just killed Osama Bin Laden, and all will be forgiven. Correction: Because we just killed OBL, all will be praised.

I've come to a conclusion about politics, it can only be understood if observed from the outside and everyone on the inside thinks they know how the entirety of it looks. Much like a sphere.

The thing about making witty signature lines is that it first needs to actually be witty.
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#727: May 2nd 2011 at 2:05:14 PM

That was one of the weirder political things I've read in a while. The connection to recent events seems tacked on.

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Jordan Azor Ahai from Westeros Since: Jan, 2001
Azor Ahai
#728: May 2nd 2011 at 2:07:48 PM

I'm not going to agree with the use of the term feminazi. I think she might be suggesting (correctly I think) that Bin Laden's death isn't likely to do much to end the whole War on Terror atmosphere. But she is taking this idea in a very Conspiracy Theory direction.

Also, not sure of the exact logical fallacy, but she basically claims there must have been a lot of Pakistani casualties that weren't acknowledged, whereas in reality, at least so far, it sounds like there was only one civilian casualty.

Hodor
Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
Usht Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard from an arbitrary view point. Since: Feb, 2011
Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard
#730: May 2nd 2011 at 2:09:47 PM

Because it was tacked on and non-sequitur, Tzetze.

Ironically, the same site has an article by someone who's handle is Professor Foxy, writes articles that contain sexual topics, had several typos, but managed to understand that there exist domestic abuse cases where men are in the right and often, children get shipped with the mother even though she was the one with problems. Ironic considering Professor Foxy is the least professional of the bunch.[[/totallynotderailing]]

However, that just gets back to what I said, if you force yourself into politics, you'll never have the correct view of it.

EDIT: Just trust me, Jordan, that word applies a little too well to some of the articles on that site. Not this one in particular, but overall.

edited 2nd May '11 2:11:17 PM by Usht

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InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#731: May 2nd 2011 at 2:23:10 PM

Whoo. Some guy who may or may not have been directly involved in something ten years ago and has most likely not been directly involved in anything since is dead.

We can all rest easy, I'm sure.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#732: May 2nd 2011 at 2:24:40 PM

[up] He was directly involved and bragged about it.

Also, if I kill thousands of people but then just go into hiding for 10 years its suddenly okay?

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#733: May 2nd 2011 at 2:27:50 PM

You guys really need to stop assuming that «he wasn't that important» = «he was a really cool guy»

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InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#734: May 2nd 2011 at 2:29:29 PM

Bragging makes it true, does it? Didn't you lot have anything better to do than bleed your nation dry chasing some middle-aged fart who was no longer in direct control of the organisation? He was a handy propaganda bogeyman, that's all.

His death is of no real consequence.

edited 2nd May '11 2:30:00 PM by InverurieJones

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#735: May 2nd 2011 at 2:29:55 PM

[up][up]I wasn't implying that.

Point still stands that he was a monster and justice (or revenge or retribution blah blah blah) needed to be handed out.

[up] I'd love for Iraq and Afghanistan to never had happened. But it doesn't change the fact that he was the enemy of America, everyone wanted him dead, and we'll take whatever small victory that we can.

And I'm sure most tax payers are gonna have no problem paying for his death.

edited 2nd May '11 2:31:21 PM by Thorn14

InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#736: May 2nd 2011 at 2:31:07 PM

Needed? No. How many of your troops died to kill one man? How badly has your economy been hit by the trillions of dollars pissed away?

The world is a western to you guys.

edited 2nd May '11 2:31:37 PM by InverurieJones

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
IanExMachina The Paedofinder General from Gone with the Chickens Since: Jul, 2009
The Paedofinder General
#737: May 2nd 2011 at 2:31:08 PM

[up][up]

Justice rather than revenge or retribution.

edited 2nd May '11 2:31:19 PM by IanExMachina

By the powers invested in me by tabloid-reading imbeciles, I pronounce you guilty of paedophilia!
Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#738: May 2nd 2011 at 2:31:43 PM

[up][up] When did all the wars become just a single manhunt? They weren't.

Usht Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard from an arbitrary view point. Since: Feb, 2011
Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard
#739: May 2nd 2011 at 2:32:13 PM

Jones, I'd say relax, the government has looked into it. If he was lying or otherwise, they would have mentioned that and he would have been forgotten shortly there after while the US looks for the real criminal.

EDIT: lol, to kill one man and waste that much money? Someone doesn't know how the military works at all.

edited 2nd May '11 2:33:17 PM by Usht

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InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#740: May 2nd 2011 at 2:33:13 PM

Well, I hope all those widows and orphans and families living under bridges feel better now that America's ego has been massaged.

[up] Hahaha. That's funny. What happened in Iraq, then?

Afghanistan was a manhunt Iraq was, perhaps, more of a witch-hunt.

edited 2nd May '11 2:34:36 PM by InverurieJones

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Usht Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard from an arbitrary view point. Since: Feb, 2011
Lv. 3 Genasi Wizard
#741: May 2nd 2011 at 2:33:36 PM

Jones, where do you live?

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
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#742: May 2nd 2011 at 2:33:47 PM

Sweeping generalizations are so handy, aren't they?

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Jordan Azor Ahai from Westeros Since: Jan, 2001
Azor Ahai
#743: May 2nd 2011 at 2:33:48 PM

Unless... unless... the US government was actually responsible (cue scary music)

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Thorn14 Gunpla is amazing! Since: Aug, 2010
Gunpla is amazing!
#744: May 2nd 2011 at 2:34:23 PM

@Jones If your parents were killed 10 years ago, but the man became a homeless afterward, would you still not want justice done?

Or is there a statute of limitations?

edited 2nd May '11 2:34:32 PM by Thorn14

Tzetze DUMB from a converted church in Venice, Italy Since: Jan, 2001
DUMB
#745: May 2nd 2011 at 2:35:28 PM

Unless... unless... the US government was actually responsible (cue scary music)

The US lizardmen.

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ninjaclown Since: May, 2009
#746: May 2nd 2011 at 2:35:30 PM

U mad, Jones?

[up] You mean Mantis Men?

edited 2nd May '11 2:35:52 PM by ninjaclown

InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#747: May 2nd 2011 at 2:36:30 PM

Usht: I do know how the military works. Very well. When a politician makes a stupid decision for political reasons, the military just has to go with it. Hence our joining the US in that Iraq foolishness.

Not mad. Not American. It all looks very different from outside, out here in the real world.

edited 2nd May '11 2:37:19 PM by InverurieJones

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Bocaj Funny but not helpful from Here or thereabouts (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Funny but not helpful
#748: May 2nd 2011 at 2:36:39 PM

I thought it was lobster men.

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TorchicBlaziken Since: Feb, 2010
#749: May 2nd 2011 at 2:36:45 PM

I don't think it's fair to call him completely inhuman. Even though he wasn't a good guy, he had some good human qualities. That still doesn't make up for what he did, though, and nor does it justify not killing him.

KCK Can I KCK it? from In your closet Since: Jul, 2010
Can I KCK it?
#750: May 2nd 2011 at 2:37:01 PM

@Thorn Justice has yet to be done for the many Iraqi and Palestinians who have lost their lives in this war. Where is their justice?

There's no justice in the world and there never was~

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