Concentration camp? WTF? I'm sorry, but even if you don't agree with what we are doing at Gitmo (personally I don't have a problem with it -- I do have a problem when they start holding American citizens without being charged but that's another story)
Its oh so bad that they hold American citizens, but you don't give a shit about the holding other people - oh yeah, there is a shorter word for that: Hypocrite.
Again we have a situation where the current American government twists international rules to keep people imprisoned against law and morals. We'll have to assume these are all innocent people, because if they weren't it would have been documented a long time ago, and they would have been put infront of a judge. (Hell, they have even arrested some of the people who work at Guantanamo because they were to "sympathetic" towards the prisoners - McCarthy would have loved it!) Instead we have people who's lives have been destroyed after sitting imprisoned there for years. Now some of the innocents have finally been let out and seem to be starting lawsuits, good for them, though some just want to peace. Again most countries have protested, but there isn't much you can do when the big bully with the abomb says "I'm going to do what i want, and what do you wanna do about it?"
Do you really think we are using gas chambers and forced labor at Gitmo?
While the world at large has generally agreed (and condemned) the use of practices which amount to torture (sleep deprivation for instance) no one has mentioned gas chambers.
You do a disservice to every holocaust survivor by using that analogy.
And you do sentience everywhere a disservice by your asinine post.
Gitmo is nothing like a concentration camp. Perhaps you should educate yourself on the subject before you go making such an asinine analogy.
And perhaps you should get your head out of your ass and get some real education! "Concentration camp" is a camp where persons (as prisoners of war, political prisoners, or refugees) are detained or confined. It existed a long time before the second world war, and evidently a long time after.
Real concentration camps are true examples of pure human evil.
Where they won't allow Amnesty International? Wait.. just like Guantanamo! (Bad move Amnesty, calling it a "blatant violation of international human rights and the laws of war")
Where children under the age of 16 are imprisioned... wait just like Guantanamo!
Where The Red Cross, which normally has a policy of no condemnation actually breaks it to express worry about the dismal conditions.
Where the countries (more than 40 of them!) of the prisoners all say "hand them over and show us the evidence and we'll put them in prison" - and not one shred of evidence has been show.
And a smentioned even three staffers are being prosecuted because they expressed sympathy with the detainees (You wouldn't happen to be in the army would you? Then we understand, you had no choice - you are only following orders)
Gitmo is nothing of the sort -- whether you agree with what we are doing or not.
And of course that's what the Germans said during the second world war... Because having a moral backbone is harder than turning the other cheek.
Of course as has been evident of late, there are good and intelligent people in the US, lets hope for the good of everybody they manage to turn the tide at the next election.
Bush may be a complete fuck-up as a Commander in Chief, but the U.S. Armed Forces did, and are doing, a hell of a lot of good over there.
Which is why 95% of the population want them the hell out.
But hey, i wasn't defending saddam, just responding to a trouble maker.
And while i quote figures its only fair to point out 73% actually feel their lives are better now (if we can trust those who do the polling), they just prefer that the US defend their homeland by staying on it.
>>Don't forget the thousands of civilians who died in Iraq.
Which thousands?
Since we were talking about the US's illegal war, obviously the men,women and children killed there.
The hundreds of thousands under Saddam, or the thousands while we were removing him?
Over more than 20 years - IF you opposed him (if you shut up and get on with your life he didn't care). So if you do the math more people were killed because of the than were likely to be killed by him. So if he had been deposed by peacefull means less people would probably have died.
Of course human rights violations are awfull, regardless of it happens in Iraq or the USA.
Under current American law, you can actually get ten years in Federal prison -- for editing a book written in country under U.S. embargo. That's right: editing a book written by a Iranian or a Cuba or a Syrian or a North Korean -- or even adding illustrations to such a book -- is now a criminal offense in this the "land of the free and home of the brave".
Don't forget to mention it can get you 10 years in prison - perhaps not in the concentration camp at Guantanamo, but still.
Mr. President, there are more than 500 young American service men and servicewomen who fought and died in Iraq who won't ever be able to laugh at any jokes again.
Don't forget the thousands of civilians who died in Iraq. - But hey, perhaps they are all in heaven!
The US military budget is greater than the next ten largest military budgets combined. I hate to burst your bubble, but the US has quite a a bit more military power than even all of the nations in the EU.
Actually you are not keeping up with the score board. The combined EU armies are bigger than the US.
Presumably worldwar 3 will be between EU and the US - unless the US actually get some intelligent politicians who stop interfering all over the world.
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one has to wonder if this will affect tourism to this country
He asked, I answered - stop wasting your mod points you incompetent twits.
... its true you can see 6 clips with commentary from some pretentious twat who may or may not be George Lucas (the site aren't sure either)
And of course in some countries libraries have to pay royalties exactly because they have a photocopier... doesn't that apply to canada?
"Blame Canada" !
There should be an mod option called "Predictable"
It would be healthier if it didn't crash down on us. QED.
....but the new interface sucks - god i hate that shit, why do they always have to change things for the sake of changing them..
Concentration camp? WTF? I'm sorry, but even if you don't agree with what we are doing at Gitmo (personally I don't have a problem with it -- I do have a problem when they start holding American citizens without being charged but that's another story)
Its oh so bad that they hold American citizens, but you don't give a shit about the holding other people - oh yeah, there is a shorter word for that: Hypocrite.
Again we have a situation where the current American government twists international rules to keep people imprisoned against law and morals. We'll have to assume these are all innocent people, because if they weren't it would have been documented a long time ago, and they would have been put infront of a judge. (Hell, they have even arrested some of the people who work at Guantanamo because they were to "sympathetic" towards the prisoners - McCarthy would have loved it!) Instead we have people who's lives have been destroyed after sitting imprisoned there for years. Now some of the innocents have finally been let out and seem to be starting lawsuits, good for them, though some just want to peace. Again most countries have protested, but there isn't much you can do when the big bully with the abomb says "I'm going to do what i want, and what do you wanna do about it?"
Do you really think we are using gas chambers and forced labor at Gitmo?
While the world at large has generally agreed (and condemned) the use of practices which amount to torture (sleep deprivation for instance) no one has mentioned gas chambers.
You do a disservice to every holocaust survivor by using that analogy.
And you do sentience everywhere a disservice by your asinine post.
Gitmo is nothing like a concentration camp. Perhaps you should educate yourself on the subject before you go making such an asinine analogy.
And perhaps you should get your head out of your ass and get some real education!
"Concentration camp" is a camp where persons (as prisoners of war, political prisoners, or refugees) are detained or confined. It existed a long time before the second world war, and evidently a long time after.
Real concentration camps are true examples of pure human evil.
Where they won't allow Amnesty International? Wait.. just like Guantanamo! (Bad move Amnesty, calling it a "blatant violation of international human rights and the laws of war")
Where children under the age of 16 are imprisioned... wait just like Guantanamo!
Where The Red Cross, which normally has a policy of no condemnation actually breaks it to express worry about the dismal conditions.
Where the countries (more than 40 of them!) of the prisoners all say "hand them over and show us the evidence and we'll put them in prison" - and not one shred of evidence has been show.
And a smentioned even three staffers are being prosecuted because they expressed sympathy with the detainees (You wouldn't happen to be in the army would you? Then we understand, you had no choice - you are only following orders)
Gitmo is nothing of the sort -- whether you agree with what we are doing or not.
And of course that's what the Germans said during the second world war... Because having a moral backbone is harder than turning the other cheek.
Of course as has been evident of late, there are good and intelligent people in the US, lets hope for the good of everybody they manage to turn the tide at the next election.
Yeah, of course its easy to get the stats you want, just ask the right small group of people. Oh well.
Funny how american polls are always different from everyone else ;-)
A man walks into a bar.
And... ???!
Bush may be a complete fuck-up as a Commander in Chief, but the U.S. Armed Forces did, and are doing, a hell of a lot of good over there.
Which is why 95% of the population want them the hell out.
But hey, i wasn't defending saddam, just responding to a trouble maker.
And while i quote figures its only fair to point out 73% actually feel their lives are better now (if we can trust those who do the polling), they just prefer that the US defend their homeland by staying on it.
>>Don't forget the thousands of civilians who died in Iraq.
Which thousands?
Since we were talking about the US's illegal war, obviously the men,women and children killed there.
The hundreds of thousands under Saddam, or the thousands while we were removing him?
Over more than 20 years - IF you opposed him (if you shut up and get on with your life he didn't care). So if you do the math more people were killed because of the than were likely to be killed by him. So if he had been deposed by peacefull means less people would probably have died.
Of course human rights violations are awfull, regardless of it happens in Iraq or the USA.
... To vote for someone better!
Under current American law, you can actually get ten years in Federal prison -- for editing a book written in country under U.S. embargo. That's right: editing a book written by a Iranian or a Cuba or a Syrian or a North Korean -- or even adding illustrations to such a book -- is now a criminal offense in this the "land of the free and home of the brave".
Don't forget to mention it can get you 10 years in prison - perhaps not in the concentration camp at Guantanamo, but still.
Mr. President, there are more than 500 young American service men and servicewomen who fought and died in Iraq who won't ever be able to laugh at any jokes again.
Don't forget the thousands of civilians who died in Iraq. - But hey, perhaps they are all in heaven!
Can America be referred to as Yankee?
No no, we refer to America as the Axel Grease of Evil.
...before Australia is found to be part of the Axis of Evil, and America liberates it?
The US military budget is greater than the next ten largest military budgets combined. I hate to burst your bubble, but the US has quite a a bit more military power than even all of the nations in the EU.
Actually you are not keeping up with the score board. The combined EU armies are bigger than the US.
Presumably worldwar 3 will be between EU and the US - unless the US actually get some intelligent politicians who stop interfering all over the world.
I'll stop just short of saying it's impossible
Oh why stop - we humans know everything there is to know about what is possible or not possible.
Yeah, except these days most people take UFO to mean a flying saucer.
... Universities really *need* to download World of Warcraft...
Just stream it from your harddrive using your XCard :)
"Whether you have an authentic game or not, it is illegal to copy a Nintendo game from a cartridge or to download and play a Nintendo ROM from the Internet."
Greedy bastards.