This Is Just Silly

[Berzerker]

David: It's peoples way of comforting themselves and their children.

Yes, comforting lies, harsh truths. As Cartman's mom would say, "Eric, you're not fat, you're just big boned".

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by David Floyd


So, then, on the day when they were passing out Intelligence, where were these people?

Probably in front of the T.V.

[David Floyd]

However, you do have to realize that a mother isnt about to tell her child "Daddy is going to fight a regieme and might die or be tortured so that the president can get his oil."

I understand that, but the problem is that the mother seemed to actually believe this ****. And this still doesn't address the issue of people actually believing that wars such as Vietnam, Korea, etc., were about defending our freedom or our country.

[DarthVeda]

I like it!

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by DarthVeda


I like it!

Isn't Slavery still practised in Kuwait?

[David Floyd]

DV,

Nice poster. Of course, just because war might get rid of certain problems doesn't mean that war is the moral solution. Remember, an immoral solution is immoral, no matter what the problem is.

[Jaguar]

Originally posted by Osweld


Isn't Slavery still practised in Kuwait?

Not Kuwait. Saudi Arabia. Or at least that's what I thought. It's De Facto though, the government doesn't officially support it or anything. It just looks the other way.

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior
Let the stupidity parade continue with some dumb pro-war mindless mantras:

Saddam = Hitler! Saddam = Hitler!

Hope you enjoyed your spamfest.

You may resume, if you think it adviseable, on Tuesday or so.

[August Borms]

Originally posted by Osweld


Isn't Slavery still practised in Kuwait?

It's still practised in nearly every country...

[David Floyd]

When I saw MtG's post, I thought it was him coming down on me for the thread

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Jaguar Warrior

Not Kuwait. Saudi Arabia. Or at least that's what I thought. It's De Facto though, the government doesn't officially support it or anything. It just looks the other way.

Ah, truth be told slavery is still practised everywhere. Places like that, it's just not as underground.

EDIT: Crosspost with August Borms

[David Floyd]

Iraq also practices slavery. It's called the draft/conscription. If I'm not mistaken, Germany does it too, as do many other nations.

[GePap]

DV cute poster.. iot has just one problem:

If i remember correctly, in the cases sited, the "evil" side was the aggressor, not the other way around. (I do not want to get involved in a CW debate, nor will I)

Now, since so many here feel in a pre-emptive mood, let me pre-empt the whole "appeasement" silliness by saying the following:

The Horrors that make the Nazi regime unique begun only after the war begun, and only in those areas under Nazi control (obviously) and that territory expanded solely based on GERMAN VICTORIES. Had war begun in 1938, and the Germans had done as well as they did, the Holocaust would have still happened even without any Munich to point at(and had the allies taken the offensive in 1939 and Germany defated by 1940, it would not have happened even after Munich) So, the only way in which Munich and what went on there can be blamed for the Holocaust is if you can argue that only because of appeasement did the Germans gain victory in 1939-41 over the armies of their enemies and gain the allies they gained.

Oh, and something extra for the Francophobes: you guys keep saying that the French are cowards and never fight: obviosuly then, it does not matter when the war in europe begun, since it is a given to expect French defeat, NO? and thus, even without appeasement the Germans would have taken over most of Europe until the US and USSR joined the war to defeat them (if that happened at all), or is this not an obvious conclusion to draw form the "French are cowards" line fo thinking so prevelant among some circles here?

[DanS]

Conscription = slavery?

[Traianvs]

Conscription = slavery?

Yes, it is something you have to do against your will, if you desert (=flee) you get shot (when waging war anyway)
you have no rights, you may only obay
Also you have to do the dirty jobs, so basicly you are the cannon fodder, you are usually quite expendable (a war always involves a few losses, just like every now and then a slave, in certain circumstances anyway, succumbs to the work he has to do)


Happy now?