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Voltaire was French, but the French power structure couldn't stand him.
Victor Hugo was French, and his countrymen drove him to England.
Victor Hugo was French, and his countrymen drove him to England.
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I understand the protest on the Golden Gate Bridge came to an abrupt end when one of the protestors took a header off it.No, I did not steal that from somebody on Something Awful.Comment
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Most of the people there just want to have a party.Comment
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yes someone did fall off the golden gate bridge. I think that was yesterday though.
And good point about the prosters. What do they want.
Should Bush go: Hey those guys are right! We should stop this war. Then he goes and withdraws all troops and pretends nothing happened
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I want the war stopped before the US/UK can do more damage. I don't trust Shrub with handling its aftermath in the interests of the liberty of the Iraqi people and others in the region.I wonder what the protestors want,
do they really want that the war is being stopped so Sadam can stay there?"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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If you don't even know what the anti-war protestors want, you can find out easily. Hell, there are enough threads here where a number of anti-war people have been making posts.(\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
(='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
(")_(") "Starting the fire from within."Comment
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yes but now it has started, what should we do? just pull our troops out and pretend nothing has happened?
That isn't a realistic goal. I keep saying it all along. Anti-war people have no realistic view of the world. Not everyone thinks like us westerners. If they did, war would not be necessary.Comment
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I just stated what he should do. If you're asking me what I expect he'll do, I don't expect Shrub to pull out.
What I hope will happen due to the protests is that he will be pressured to act a little bit more responsibly at the post-war settlement, and he will think twice before continuing his agression."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Originally posted by Verto
Careful, by voicing your own opinions, you may be denying freedom of speech to the Dixie Chicks.
He's got the Midas touch.
But he touched it too much!
Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!Comment
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Yes, just as Confucius certainly isn't American.Originally posted by Sir Ralph
You know that Voltaire was French, don't you? How comes he had actually to say anything a political correct American can agree with?
And Imran, Voltaire would find himself right at home in Pierre (prounounced "Peere"), Belle Fourche ("Bell Fush"), or Flandreau ("Flandru").
Gatekeeper"I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll die defending your right to say it." — Voltaire
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." — ConfuciusComment
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Actually, Belle Fourche should be pronounced "Bell Foosh" ... ah well, so we butcher place names around here."I may not agree with what you have to say, but I'll die defending your right to say it." — Voltaire
"Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart." — ConfuciusComment
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Funny Dissident but we have the same problem here in Mexico (especially in Mexico City)
Whenever there is a protest or march, and this happens rather frequently, hundreds of people march from some rural municipalty all the way to Mexico City, they march through the largest and busiest streets, notably Reforma which is like our Park Avenue, shutting down all traffic in the process and causing chaos in a 20 million people city which is already in gridlock.
While I have no problem with these people protesting injustice (which they are surely right in doing) doesn't that invade my own liberty as a commuter? Must I, and millions more suffer just because these people are pissed off at something?
THe problem is the government is so afraid that if they "control" these protests, they will be acussed of authoritarianism, of violating human rights, etc. What about my human rights when a freeway is shut down?
No fair.
Dissident, I feel your pain.
A true ally stabs you in the front.
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They want to show the world that not all Americans are mindless nazis.Originally posted by Dissident
And good point about the prosters. What do they want.
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By showing it that some of us are mindless commies?Originally posted by Tingkai
They want to show the world that not all Americans are mindless nazis.
He's got the Midas touch.
But he touched it too much!
Hey Goldmember, Hey Goldmember!Comment
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amen to that. is it so simple for war supporters to understand that people who are not supporting this agression actually have no sympathies for saddam?Originally posted by Ramo
I want the war stopped before the US/UK can do more damage. I don't trust Shrub with handling its aftermath in the interests of the liberty of the Iraqi people and others in the region.Comment
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