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| quote: | Originally posted by Gen3r4l1ty
I was aiming more towards the fact that the whole debacle in the middle east, well... at least this current stint, was sold to the butthurt American public as revenge for 911. And we bought it... |
The connection between Iraq and 9/11 was always sketchy at best, that isn't how the majority of Americans were sold on the invasion. It was more the non-existant WMD than anything else. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Gen3r4l1ty
And we bought it... |
"We" bought nothing.
You may have, I did not. |
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| Gen3r4l1ty |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
"We" bought nothing.
You may have, I did not. |
We as in the American people. We bought it whether we wanted to or not... since our elected representatives bought it. I voted for the other guy... but as long as I pay taxes in this country, they speak for me.
**EDIT** and that chaps my ass to no end. Part of why I sometimes feel ashamed to call myself American. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Gen3r4l1ty
We as in the American people. We bought it whether we wanted to or not... since our elected representatives bought it. I voted for the other guy... but as long as I pay taxes in this country, they speak for me. |
That's not how I see things in the least. My government couldn't have misrepresented me more this past decade, and I hardly think the fact that I was born in and have effectively been forced into the work/tax system here means that what that money is spent on represents me in the least.
I don't hold citizens of other nations to that standard, and no one has any right to hold me to it either. |
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| Dr. DAS |
| quote: | Originally posted by Theresa
Thank you Rob for showing me how wrong I have been. You are so right and I appreciate you showing me the light and imparting your wisdom. I am so blessed to have someone online than can tell me how much of a bumbling moron that I am :) I am forever grateful and will take your insightful words with me wherever I may go.
Thank you sooo much!
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Isn't he clever? We're lucky to have him... |
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| RJT |
Terrific, now I have the male and female version of the same person who are going to chime in every time they don't like something I have to say yet can't fathom how to actually respond to it beyond insults or "I wish I was more witty than I am" style quips.
Again, if the two of you thought before you spoke you'd avoid all sorts of issues - but it doesn't look like that's going to happen, so enjoy every small, self-important victory you can, because that's all either of you will ever see.  |
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| Dr. DAS |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
Terrific, now I have the male and female version of the same person who are going to chime in every time they don't like something I have to say yet can't fathom how to actually respond to it beyond insults or "I wish I was more witty than I am" style quips.
Again, if the two of you thought before you spoke you'd avoid all sorts of issues - but it doesn't look like that's going to happen, so enjoy every small, self-important victory you can, because that's all either of you will ever see. |
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Have you considered that it may be because half your posts are ripping apart other people's intellect/posts/grammar, or something otherwise irrelevant? You may also be stubborn. |
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| RJT |
Exactly the response I'd expected.
The only kids either one of you are fooling are yourselves. :) |
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| Clovis |
| Oh snap Theresa has backup. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| All these threads are the same, lol. |
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| Gen3r4l1ty |
| quote: | Originally posted by RJT
That's not how I see things in the least. My government couldn't have misrepresented me more this past decade, and I hardly think the fact that I was born in and have effectively been forced into the work/tax system here means that what that money is spent on represents me in the least.
I don't hold citizens of other nations to that standard, and no one has any right to hold me to it either. |
I totally agree, but the masses being brutalized by soldiers wearing the American flag are not going to make that distinction. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dr. DAS
:haha:
Have you considered that it may be because half your posts are ripping apart other people's intellect/posts/grammar, or something otherwise irrelevant? You may also be stubborn. |
Nice edit - for the record I rarely pick apart grammar (feel free to find where I've chastised you on grammar and show me - I don't recall it), but feel free to continue to tell yourself that all I post is totally irrelevant to any of the threads its posted in.
Again, just because you don't see the connection doesn't mean it isn't there, and I don't know how I can explain it more clearly than I have repeatedly done.
And one other thing you'd do well to note is that even if something you say isn't the topic of the thread title, yet is still absurd BS - you're going to get called out on it, especially when you're using it to support the topic of the thread you've created.
Moral: Stop saying dumb things that are apparently unrelated to the topic you're starting if you don't want them discussed. You don't get to say "Canada is awesome, here's why - therefore, I hate it when Americans say they're Canadian because they don't even know how awesome we are" and have the "why" part just be disregarded - that's not how it works.
The logic you're hammering here and in the Canadialand thread is EXACTLY the same logic that got the U.S. into the war in Iraq (not exaggerating here in the least, either) - you say something you *think* is true, then spend a bunch of time trying to convince people it is true without any fact, get yourself in over your head, and then feel as though you have to play defense for the rest of the day because more than one person has called you out on it.
It's a vicious cycle that repeats itself all the time. |
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