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Freedomfried (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:35 PM Original message |
What are these "freedoms" that Americans hold such a monopoly on? |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:39 PM Response to Original message |
1. The fact that most self proclaimed Conservative Republicans |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
18. And don't fergit |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
31. I also forgot Japan/China |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 09:11 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Japan's not the problem |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 09:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Yes, but they we're bitching about Japan back in the 80s |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 11:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Ok, I think I see your point |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Agreed... |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
2. One was illustrated quite clearly this past week, when the UK was... |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:44 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. OK, the UK's press isn't free. Is ours? |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Big difference in the case of the Abu Ghraib pics... |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
7. So, um, what US media is picking up that ball |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:47 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. What US media has the documentation? |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:57 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. So, is the US media even mentioning that the English press has been |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:03 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Obviously they are. For example, many U.S. media outfits ran this story |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. sort of how |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. As I stated in post #9, the Abu Ghraib pics are not in the hands of the.. |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. The Abu Ghraib photos have been ordered by a court to be released |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. And you really believe |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:04 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. Since you are the one making the accusation, please provide some... |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:10 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. You could start |
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tx_dem41 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:24 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. You haven't provided an example where the Government... |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. In this country |
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Bouncy Ball (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 12:06 AM Response to Reply #28 |
41. Tx Dem |
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punpirate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:02 PM Response to Reply #2 |
21. We don't have an Official Secrets Act... |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. More jive turkey talk to get Americans to keep voting for these vermin. |
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Protagoras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
4. Yeah try living in Somalea or um China ya pinko |
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ComerPerro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. We are free to fuck off and die if we are sick and don't have insurance |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. A few pics of the freedoms as I see it..... the right to protest still |
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Texasgal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:49 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Oh. DAMN. |
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HysteryDiagnosis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Oh no lil' Texan.... that is a quote from the site... no, if I had rubber |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Ask a freep type to define "freedom" - |
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parasim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
15. It's just newspeak |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:10 PM Response to Reply #15 |
51. More Newspeak--lots of people think democracy and capitalism |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
16. Hey! Love your "First Amendment Zones" or leave 'em! |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Its part of the myth. Countries like England had freedom sooner |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 08:14 AM Response to Reply #22 |
48. Sorry, but are you seriously suggesting |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 09:23 AM Response to Reply #48 |
49. No - america was the first constitutional democracy. Obviously |
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zippy890 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 08:09 PM Response to Original message |
26. freedom to delude yourself you can get rich |
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Liberaler (104 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
32. As a Norwegian who has lived in USA since |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 06:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
54. We are brainwashed |
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pschoeb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 09:59 PM Response to Original message |
35. ignorance is freedom, i think that's the one |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
36. Our country's self-image hasn't kept up with the times. |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 11:06 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. A view of the Amerikan Press |
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libhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-29-05 10:46 AM Response to Reply #36 |
55. A nation which |
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MazeRat7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 11:49 PM Response to Original message |
39. "Freedom is just another word for nothing left to loose".... |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-27-05 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
40. The freedom to use disproportionate means in war |
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Freedomfried (684 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 04:03 AM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Hammer strikes nail squarely on the head |
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Make7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 02:38 PM Response to Reply #40 |
53. Maybe they do hate us for our freedoms.... ( nt ) |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 04:08 AM Response to Original message |
43. we are free to have our government |
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Disturbed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 06:27 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. What freedoms do we have that Canada does not? |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 11:59 AM Response to Reply #44 |
50. i just named one |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
45. The freedom to have more, more, more. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 08:05 AM Response to Original message |
46. I think it's the freedom to waste fuel. |
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MarsThe Cat (978 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
47. freedom of the press? |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-28-05 01:31 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Quite true |
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