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#1495094 - 01/30/09 12:34 AM Re: First Gaza, next Lebanon [Re: davidmalmolevine]
benjamin Offline
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 Originally Posted By: davidmalmolevine
Attributed to DML by American Rules: "I hate all soldiers"

American Rules: "do you deny saying that?"

Yes.


"do I realy have to dig through your 17000 posts to dig that out or can you recognize your own sentiment?"

You're going to have to dig it out - I recognize it as the simplistic argument that you would prefer to argue against rather than the more nuanced "I hate all aggressive war" sentiment that I consistently provide.

This forum has been around for about ten years ... we know what "straw man" arguments are, which is why we all prefer you provide quotes for what you're arguing against, like I do 100% of the time.



Out yourself. It`s rather late in your game for beating around the Bush without proclaiming yourself an enemy. Even your daddy is not ashamed; though he should be for imprisoning eleven million in a prison where only state approved news ia allowed.

Ailing Castro throws first punch at Obama
By ANITA SNOW, Associated Press Writer Anita Snow, Associated Press Writer
Thu Jan 29, 10:26 pm ET

HAVANA – Fidel Castro on Thursday threw his first punch at President Barack Obama after several weeks of praise for the new leader, demanding the U.S. return Guantanamo Bay military base to Cuba and criticizing the U.S. defense of Israel.

Castro's latest essay, published on an official Web site, came one week after he called Obama "intelligent and noble" and said he would cut back on his writings to prevent interfering with Cuban government decisions.

The missive Thursday raised new questions about what role he maintains in policy-making, especially coming while his brother, President Raul Castro, was in Moscow on an official visit.

The ailing 82-year-old former president wrote that if the U.S. doesn't give the U.S. base at Guantanamo back to Cuba, it will be a violation of international law and an abuse of American power against a small country.

The U.S. president must "respect this norm without any condition," Castro wrote.

Obama has ordered the prison for terror suspects on the U.S. base to be closed within a year, but Cuba also demands the return of the 45-square-mile territory the base occupies in the island's east. Raul Castro and other government officials have called for the return of the base, but with less critical words and tone.

The U.S., which acquired Guantanamo more than 100 years ago, considers it strategically important to maintain. The treaty granting its use remains in effect unless both Cuba and the U.S. abrogate it or the U.S. abandons the base.

The mission for Guantanamo "remains constant," spokesman Navy Chief Petty Officer Lewis Mesta told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "We will continue to provide logistical support for all U.S. Naval vessels who operate in the Caribbean theater."

In his Thursday essay, Castro also criticized Obama for backing Israel's defense against attacks by Palestinian militants. He said it demonstrated "the abusive character of the empire's power" and insisted it would contribute to "the genocide against the Palestinians."

Castro stepped aside after undergoing abdominal surgery 2 1/2 years ago and has not been seen in public since. His 77-year-old brother permanently replaced him as president nearly a year ago.

In an essay last week, Castro had praised Obama for "the sincerity of his words" and as "a living symbol of the American dream."

Castro wrote on Jan. 22 that he was cutting back on his occasional columns, known as "Reflections of Comrade Fidel," so he won't "interfere or get in the way of the (Communist) Party or government comrades in the constant decisions they must make."

He also said in that essay that he is unlikely to live through the end of Obama's four-year term, and that Cuban officials "shouldn't feel bound by my occasional Reflections, my state of health or my death."

Fidel Castro's essays have continued to carry weight and are diligently read in full at the top of midday and nightly radio and television newscasts before other national or international news. Thursday's essay arrived too late to make the evening news, which focused on Raul Castro's visit to Russia.

Isn`t this mother fucker ever going to croak??



Sheeeiit, DML, I think you`re better than your daddy at throwing shit around, you just use other people`s shit; too scared to use your own?
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#1495107 - 01/30/09 01:26 AM Re: First Gaza, next Lebanon [Re: benjamin]
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"Even your daddy is not ashamed"

Castro isn't my Daddy.

I've been to Cuba. It sucks. Fascism is fascism whether the leader calls himself "El Presidente" or "President" or "Prime Minster" or "Most Holy" or "Boss" or "Chairman" or "Chief".

That's why I'm an anarchist and you're a guy who "Choses one's master" in the words of Cuban Anarchist Jose Marti.


http://www.anarchistnews.org/files/pictures/jose_marti.jpg
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#1495413 - 01/30/09 07:32 PM Re: First Gaza, next Lebanon [Re: America Rules]
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 Originally Posted By: America Rules
David, I am not new here, I've told you plenty of times I don't need sources to back up my words, they are the expression of my own opinion, I've been hanging out here for 6 years now and like to drop screenames in favor of new ones (I never remain active with old screenames when I register new ones, so this is not a case of multiple or split personality), we are both well educated intelligent adults we both read the news not just daily but constantly, we are both adept at searching the net for information etc... Unlike you however I do not rely on others to "prove" my points, I simply express intelligent informed rational opinion, assuming that those who share these forums are mature enough and intelligent enough to consider the opinions of others and have confidence in their own. You seem to seek or thrive on the approval of others, you are a selfstyled crusader as you put it working on a paradigm shift in human understanding, I have applauded you your effort and offered you respect time and again, yet you invariable stoop to the childish level of hurrling insults and personal attacks. Why can't you be civil?


Here; watch this. It`s self explanatory. He`s like Hamas; they love technology, but live in stone age violence. David is no less violently inclined, he just lacks the physique and the intestinal fortitude. He`s turned passive aggressive, can`t you tell?

http://archives.cbc.ca/politics/rights_freedoms/topics/652-3582/
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#1495416 - 01/30/09 07:45 PM Re: First Gaza, next Lebanon [Re: benjamin]
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"He`s turned passive aggressive, can`t you tell?"


Main Entry: passive–aggressive
Function: adjective
: being, marked by, or displaying behavior characterized by expression of negative feelings,resentment, and aggression in an unassertive way (as through procrastination, stubbornness, and unwillingness to communicate)



Hmmm ... "unwillingness to communicate" ... doesn't sound like me.



I think this is more the word you're looking for:

assertive

Adjective - confident and direct in dealing with others

Being firm without being aggressive. Ensuring that your needs are met.


That sounds much more like me ... especially the me in the Video you provided.
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#1495507 - 01/31/09 04:53 AM Re: [Re: davidmalmolevine]
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insuring that your needs are met...


my needs?...

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#1495526 - 01/31/09 06:27 AM Re: [Re: 19.5]
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"my needs?..."

You should look into assertiveness. It might help you be less abrasive.
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#1495700 - 01/31/09 03:09 PM Re: First Gaza, next Lebanon [Re: davidmalmolevine]
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"Might makes right."

"Linked with Social Darwinism, the human struggle that said that might makes right, Hitler's book became the ideological base for the Nazi Party's racist beliefs and murderous practices."


What America Rules said has nothing to do with Hitler`s politics. An old naval addage says, "God is on the side of he who has the biggest guns". Is that not simply a truthful asessment? If a cruiser engages a New Jersey class battleship with their main guns, which boat gets blown sky high? If a Hamas militant fights an Israeli tank with an AK47, who dies? Speaking of Hitler, his side lost the war and fascism was blamed for the Holocaust and the destruction caused by WWII. Was Stalin ever held accountable for murdering 20,000,000 Russians in a political purge of suspected dissidents? And so the concept of might makes right is demonstrated to be true in practical terms; it has nothing to do with Social Darwinism or any political position. Arabs decided to fight Israel and lost control of greater Israel. To the victors belong the spoils. There is no basis for Israel to give back the West Bank, unless Jordan wants it; they wouldn`t be very fond of that idea, too many suicide bombers and Iranian proxies.

Another interesting aspect about WWII was the non aggression treaty between Stalin and Hitler. Looking bback to see how this turned out, it would be easy to conclude that there were ulterior motives for Stalin`s acceptance of that treaty.Today, we have the EU attempting to bring as many European countries from the former Soviet Union under their influence as possible.
I love the way you strain at gnats like Israel and swallow camels like the EU Socialist Empire. http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/2018
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#1495781 - 01/31/09 08:45 PM Re: First Gaza, next Lebanon [Re: benjamin]
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"What America Rules said has nothing to do with Hitler`s politics."


Results 1 - 10 of about 17,600 for Hitler "might makes right".
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#1495804 - 01/31/09 10:41 PM First Gaza, next Iran [Re: davidmalmolevine]
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#1495811 - 01/31/09 11:04 PM Re: First Gaza, next Iran [Re: davidmalmolevine]
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