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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:29 AM Original message |
If a civilian is a member of Hezbollah is he/she really a civilian? |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. That's right, bomb the hell out of those kids, they asked for it. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:40 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Which kids are you talking about? |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. There are none so blind as those who will not see. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. A Bird in the Hand is worth two in the Bush. |
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Crayson (463 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:56 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. At least one bird is there in the Bush... |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #13 |
28. Sadly, that type |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:33 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. It always goes back to kids, I suppose. |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:44 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. It's not a sporting event. You don't have to "support" either side to |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:54 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. Peace is a lie. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:59 AM Response to Reply #29 |
61. silly n/t |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #61 |
65. Thank you for that well thought out and reasoned response |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #65 |
71. Considering the nonsense |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:16 AM Response to Reply #71 |
75. Deleted message |
bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:44 AM Response to Reply #75 |
82. I apologize for wasting your time. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:34 AM Response to Original message |
2. If a citizen is a taxpayer funding a state military, are they purely... |
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liberalitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:53 AM Response to Reply #2 |
15. Actually,..... no. Even though I have never supported Bush with my... |
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ugarte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. Very convenient way of justifying civilian deaths |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Presumably they do. |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:42 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. They don't bother with an argument |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #4 |
42. We never do hear their side of it |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:40 AM Response to Original message |
5. When Israel commits war crimes with US weaponry, and funding from |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. Yes it does. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:42 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. okay, that's what I thought. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
7. Remember that the next time a plane slams into a skyscraper in America |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:42 AM Response to Original message |
9. By your theory |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Well I'm an enormous hypocrite so this theory only |
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atreides1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:11 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. How refreshing |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:16 AM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Just making it easy. And since I have edged closer to supporting israel |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. You're just kidding, of course |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:20 AM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yes of course -this is one of those jokes where I think i'm telling a joke |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:24 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Hey man...you're the one making the ridiculous arguments |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:28 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. Yes it would, to an extent. |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:01 PM Response to Reply #27 |
104. Well the IRA had the goal of eliminating the UK from Ireland. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. Not to mention driving the protestants of N. Ireland into the Sea |
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The Deacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:09 AM Response to Original message |
17. I think the confusion lies |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:18 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Thank you - and for my next trick, I'll do an amazing display of rudeness |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
24. It's a problem. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. You're correct re: the quandary |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
48. An Excellent Analysis, Sir |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
30. No. To the murderers they are reduced to "targets". |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:41 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. usual justifications, eh? |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:59 AM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Yes. The same as used by the Interhamwe in Rwanda. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:02 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. oh yes please |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:20 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. Sure. Here's one about threatening religious "fanatics". |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #38 |
40. IF you want to; because obviously If I had been around for |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:27 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. It's a question of consistency |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Exactly, I try my best to be as consistant as possible |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #44 |
56. And that's precisely what you are |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #56 |
62. Yes, but as i said in another post |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #62 |
68. That's manifest |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. Well, if you can find time between massacres, you might respond |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Oh yes you are right |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Who use the same justifications for their actions. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:54 AM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Exactly |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:05 AM Response to Reply #57 |
69. There's a difference between humor, irony, and flippancy |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:13 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. I'm dead serious |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:02 AM Response to Reply #54 |
64. And It Is That, Sir |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:23 AM Response to Reply #64 |
78. You don't think that morality enters the equasion? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #78 |
80. 'A Pox On Both Your Houses', Sir |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:49 AM Response to Reply #80 |
85. Would that be applicable to situations like Rwanda? |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #85 |
88. It Is Pretty Much What Has Happened, Sir |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:43 AM Response to Reply #47 |
52. There Is Not Much To Respond To There, Sir |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #52 |
58. You fetishize the legal definitions |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #58 |
60. My Fetishes, Sir, Are Aimed In Other Directions Entirely |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:03 AM Response to Reply #60 |
67. Oh, it's a fetish, alright |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #52 |
63. I disagree on the legality, as does the UN. Not is it irrelevant. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:10 AM Response to Reply #63 |
70. They May Well Be Correct, Sir |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #70 |
81. If that is the case, please show the the dissimlarities. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:52 AM Response to Reply #81 |
86. The Accumulation Of Civilian Bodies, Sir |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #86 |
91. Then, Sir, you and I disagree proufoundly on what indicates illegality. |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #91 |
99. The Powers Of The World, Sir |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
32. That Is An Interesting Article, Sir |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 08:53 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. As for Point 3. Except that Hezbollah has has it's goal |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #34 |
46. As A Practical Matter, Sir |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:39 AM Response to Reply #46 |
49. The question is what sort of future accomedation is possible |
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The Magistrate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:55 AM Response to Reply #49 |
59. Probably, Sir, No Accomodation Is Possible |
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oberliner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:25 AM Response to Reply #59 |
79. Nor is Arab genocide. |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
39. This is all about the confusion caused by whether or not |
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Lance_Boyle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
43. If a civilian is a member of Likud/Kadima, is s/he really a civilian? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:31 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Apparently not. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
50. yes. a civilian is a civilian |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:44 AM Response to Reply #50 |
53. I suppose for the same reason |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I've been reading the Israel-Hezbollah threads here |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:14 AM Response to Reply #55 |
74. Exactly, there are no Hezbollah "apologists" or "supporters" |
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sweetheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
66. Its hard to tell when everyone is wearing black pajamas nt |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
72. A difference was drawn between membership of Sinn Fein and the IRA |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:18 AM Response to Reply #72 |
76. I wonder if the mere formation of a political party in an Arab |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
77. There are no civilians in war |
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The Stranger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
83. So is a civilian a civilian? |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:48 AM Response to Reply #83 |
84. Yes they are all civilians. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #84 |
87. That is the same logic Osama uses |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:02 AM Response to Reply #87 |
89. You don't have to buy it. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #89 |
90. And it isn't. |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. How does it have no logical validity? |
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reality based (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:17 AM Response to Reply #92 |
93. I suppose there was a time when the US Government would have told the |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #92 |
94. I don't pay taxes. I'm retired |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:30 AM Response to Reply #94 |
95. Well than you are innocent. Congratulations. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:37 AM Response to Reply #95 |
96. And you were wrong |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:45 AM Response to Reply #96 |
97. The people of Israel support their government |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 11:54 AM Response to Reply #97 |
98. There you go again |
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bryant69 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 12:03 PM Response to Reply #98 |
100. I guess I don't have the same kind of rose-colored glasses |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 12:11 PM Response to Reply #100 |
102. And you don't have the discipline in Logic |
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Warren Stupidity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #94 |
106. At some point as we descend into fascism, yes. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 07:32 PM Response to Reply #106 |
107. At some point, yes |
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Magical (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
101. Is a civilian who is a member |
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Snivi Yllom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-28-06 12:14 PM Response to Original message |
103. Yes they are cviilians, they are not part of the Lebanese army |
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