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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:08 AM Original message |
World is more peaceful now than at any time in 12 years |
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Oversea Visitor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:13 AM Response to Original message |
1. Gee you got to be joking right |
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cornermouse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. I guess all those massacres in Africa aren't be recorded? |
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LynnTheDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:37 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. My thought exactly. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 06:26 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. the war in the Congo has calmed down a bit |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:49 AM Response to Reply #2 |
25. Here's the Deal on Africa: |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:31 AM Response to Original message |
3. Perception is everything......... |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
4. hey -- that's a good thing |
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Scurrilous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 05:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Give credit to the UN: |
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Missy M (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 06:00 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. The U.N. did a good job in spite of the politics and insufficient... |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 06:32 AM Response to Original message |
9. In lala land maybe...... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:16 AM Response to Reply #9 |
15. So what are the facts, "jus_the_facts"? |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:38 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. From that report...their section called Data Sources states.... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:59 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. But you don't have any facts yourself, then. |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:18 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. so you wanna strangle me then....is that it... |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. The report does talk about why there haven't been any UN statistics |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
10. uh, what planet is this person on? |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
11. So if not for America, the world would be in good shape, then |
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nothingshocksmeanymore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:52 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Actually the report cites the UK as leading in involvement in |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #20 |
47. thx for pointing that out NSMA |
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Truebrit71sbruv (890 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
12. Hold on a sec?!? |
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TygrBright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. Eh...? Congo. Sudan. Chechnya. Kashmir. Tibet. Uzbekistan.... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:44 AM Response to Reply #13 |
23. Yes, and in Most of Those |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
14. Has a certain logic to it |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:21 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. Yeah, that's probably right, mostly. |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:25 AM Response to Original message |
16. What can ya say when one reads horse shit like this....? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
17. So without the war in Iraq things would be better. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
30. Iraq is after their study. It goes through 2002. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
19. So weapons sales are down for the Bush Crime Syndicate, huh? |
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cantstandbush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 09:46 AM Response to Original message |
24. These people are apologists for the war on terrorism and the Bush regime. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
26. Well, now that I've read the article and not just the headline :) |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:34 AM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Rwanda is not included in their figures |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Thanks. The very information I was looking for. |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:28 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. The number of deaths from genocide hasn't been collated |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 02:59 PM Response to Reply #26 |
44. I agree. I always want to know who's behind such reports - are they |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
28. Don't you mean piece full? |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
32. It doesn't seem right to only include battle fatalities |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:56 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. It includes civilians killed as a result of conflicts |
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daleo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Thanks, I do intend to read it later |
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cyberpj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. But doesn't include from Iraq war to present. nt. |
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RumpusCat (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 10:47 AM Response to Original message |
33. Reminds me of a Life In Hell cartoon |
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SunDrop23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
36. This is great: "Despite the daily horrors..." |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:16 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. "Other than that little incident, how was your stay in Dallas, Jackie?" |
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DemBones DemBones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:34 PM Response to Reply #37 |
52. But how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln? |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
40. Uh Huh. Yeah. Right. |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. blah! |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
42. WTH? |
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skypilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
43. The Bush administration and al Qaeda... |
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IntravenousDemilo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:47 PM Response to Original message |
46. Except for the high-pitched partisan shreiking on this and all other |
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enigma000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 04:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. Nicely put |
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Bill McBlueState (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 04:41 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. kick-ass response. |
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Tight_rope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
48. Ok...Too Many people rich and poor..young and old..white or black.. |
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Dem2theMax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
51. Apparently I'm not living on the same planet |
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Voltaire99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. "More peaceful" is a silly abstraction |
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54anickel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-05 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
54. The calm before the storm with Whistle-Ass at the helm. The Uniter has |
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