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In reply to this comment by HollywoodBob:
Bill-O The Clown: "THAT'S FASCISM!"
Inigo Montoya: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. "
>> ^doremifa:
Didn't astronomers find out that the Earth was created in ~6.75 days based on red shift analysis?
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I thought red shift analysis was how you determined the distance of a celestial body from the viewer? The farther away the more the light spectrum shifted to the red. Or is my Sarcasm filter on the fritz again?
In reply to this comment by HollywoodBob:
If it's just an interrogation technique than why do the "interrogators" hide their faces? Because it's FUCKING TORTURE YOU SHIT HEADS!
Water boarding simulates the sensation of drowning, probably the most horrific way to die.
As someone who has experienced drowning, watching videos like this make my skin crawl. And reading comments from fuck wits that support that shit make me want to scream.
Understanding your enemy's motivations will do more to prevent attacks than torturing people. But understanding might tarnish your bullshit jingoistic impression of how great it is to be an American!
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>> ^jiyanibi:
So, the bible is filled with fabrications created by whoever happened to be writing it at the time? Sounds like the bible is one big Wikipedia entry.
Basically, but as far as I know genocide hasn't been committed in the name of Wikipedia.
In reply to this comment by HollywoodBob:
Hey guys, the dude in the blue gloves is the one who titled it that originally. Stop accusing Sheppard of trashing on soldiers. Look at the YT titles and you might not jump to conclusions. Dicks.
As to any wasted taxes, I don't see any wastage in the video. Any levity these fellas can inject into the crap they're having to deal with on a daily basis is well earned and worth every penny.
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Fermentation is a simple process yes, but making something that is safe to drink is a much more complex system. Your average booze hound doesn't brew their own beer, or make moonshine in their bathtub. Where as I think a fairly large portion of marijuana users would happily grow their own.
In reply to this comment by MrFisk:
There's very little money to be made if you legalize weed as a drug. We're talking about a plant that requires little effort to grow and process to make a usable substance.
Unlike alcohol?
Unlike alcohol?
"What can I say, they're idiots. Most of them are well meaning idiots, but that doesn't excuse their stupidity."
Your absolutely right. I forget sometimes that people like this aren't inherently evil, just ignorant.
It opened my eyes to the stuff we're being fed via the news about resources running out, food running out blah blah blah - there are enough resources, enough skill and enough talent to make this vision work right now, it is the rich and powerful who stand in the way.
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There's a gentleman here in Florida that I've grown to thoroughly admire. He's a futurist by the name Jacques Fresco and he's designed a future free of much of the bullshit that we deal with today, a global community with a cybernated resource based society. In his world money doesn't exist, the government is run by computer constructs administered by the best and brightest(not the power hungry), and industry has been automated to allow people the freedom to work on the betterment of mankind. You might enjoy checking him out. www.thevenusproject.com
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You assume correctly Bob - born, bred, still living and working in Ireland
I was having this exact discussion with a friend tonight, he is of the opinion that as soon as you kill one single person you are just as bad as the oppressor. There's no arguing against that of course - you *are* just as bad. But it's a reaction against oppression that with hindsight is seen to be inevitable, all the way back through historical conflict.
Government by its very nature can never have a utopian worldview. All forms of hierarchical control will not achieve this, whether they be democracy, socialism or communism. They are all different flavours of the monkey-brain male dominator culture.
That leaves us with anarchy, which to me means every individual pursuing their own desires with no outside control, restraint or boundary. This is in fact how we lived for many hundreds of thousands of years, this is our paradise lost, our ancient utopia that can be unearthed and discovered through many ancient and sacred texts...
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I'll agree with you that oppression leads to revolution, and Kennedy's quote fits the situation in Ireland quite well. The British refused to deal with Irish independence diplomatically and fairly, so they brought the ensuing violence upon themselves. Oppression isn't a necessity of life though. Nations can get along just fine without needing to oppress/occupy other nations.
I'm assuming you're country would be Ireland? It's terrible what the British government did there. It was needless, and really just a complete waste of life.
I keep hoping the leaders of this world will grow up and get a more utopian world view. If nations did more to better the world as a whole than just protecting their own interests the world would be a much better place.
In reply to this comment by Irishman:
That's exactly how I used to think, until I started studying the history of my own country.
Oppression leads to revolution, always has done and always will. The monster is he who does nothing...
In reply to this comment by HollywoodBob:
I would say that if you kill innocent people, regardless of your motives, you are a monster.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. - John F. Kennedy
He's right in that if peace doesn't work, violence is your next course of action. But he's wrong on the necessity of revolution.
In reply to this comment by Irishman:
Fighting against oppression with violence is not becoming Nietzsche's monster at all. Fighting oppression will always be as violent as it needs to be.
When peaceful revolution is impossible, violent revolution is inevitable. I forget who said that...
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And yeah, people need to get themselves over Nietzsche and start thinking for themselves again.
I'm not a big fan of Nietzsche, I just like that quote and it fits the point I was trying to make.
I was having this exact discussion with a friend tonight, he is of the opinion that as soon as you kill one single person you are just as bad as the oppressor. There's no arguing against that of course - you *are* just as bad. But it's a reaction against oppression that with hindsight is seen to be inevitable, all the way back through historical conflict.
Government by its very nature can never have a utopian worldview. All forms of hierarchical control will not achieve this, whether they be democracy, socialism or communism. They are all different flavours of the monkey-brain male dominator culture.
That leaves us with anarchy, which to me means every individual pursuing their own desires with no outside control, restraint or boundary. This is in fact how we lived for many hundreds of thousands of years, this is our paradise lost, our ancient utopia that can be unearthed and discovered through many ancient and sacred texts...
In reply to this comment by HollywoodBob:
I'll agree with you that oppression leads to revolution, and Kennedy's quote fits the situation in Ireland quite well. The British refused to deal with Irish independence diplomatically and fairly, so they brought the ensuing violence upon themselves. Oppression isn't a necessity of life though. Nations can get along just fine without needing to oppress/occupy other nations.
I'm assuming you're country would be Ireland? It's terrible what the British government did there. It was needless, and really just a complete waste of life.
I keep hoping the leaders of this world will grow up and get a more utopian world view. If nations did more to better the world as a whole than just protecting their own interests the world would be a much better place.
In reply to this comment by Irishman:
That's exactly how I used to think, until I started studying the history of my own country.
Oppression leads to revolution, always has done and always will. The monster is he who does nothing...
In reply to this comment by HollywoodBob:
I would say that if you kill innocent people, regardless of your motives, you are a monster.
Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. - John F. Kennedy
He's right in that if peace doesn't work, violence is your next course of action. But he's wrong on the necessity of revolution.
In reply to this comment by Irishman:
Fighting against oppression with violence is not becoming Nietzsche's monster at all. Fighting oppression will always be as violent as it needs to be.
When peaceful revolution is impossible, violent revolution is inevitable. I forget who said that...
In reply to this comment by HollywoodBob:
In reply to this comment by Irishman:
And yeah, people need to get themselves over Nietzsche and start thinking for themselves again.
I'm not a big fan of Nietzsche, I just like that quote and it fits the point I was trying to make.