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On thehelper.net, we used to have threads dedicated to that topic however, it wasnt a public forum. Heh.

Sarcasm detector is fail -.-

But I'll bite anyway because this is seriously one of my favorite debate topics Violence begets violence, and acknowledgment of our activities abroad does not mean I approve of the response. Justifications are made on both sides, I am merely pointing them out. We have done some really terrible things abroad since the end of World War II, and it's created us a lot of enemies. Owning up to our foreign policy decisions is pretty important imo.

I was not referring specifically to your posts Ryoko, but since you responded I'll say this: western education fails woefully when it comes to the Middle East and world history. There were several posts in this thread that caught my eye as not having a full grasp on the history in the region, and how past events are influencing present ones. I stand by my previous assumption that many people in this thread do not know about our foreign policy decisions in the past, and their ignorance of such events would lead to a distorted opinion on this topic.

Of which many will be the sex that you don't want to have sex with.

Wtf Barotrix, get your ass in here and lay some political smack down on these nubs.

I'm a catholic and no sorry muslims don't worship the same God as we do, our concept of God is different, the only bullshit here is the muslims saying their god is the same as ours. Sorry son.

The only serious poster is Lava and she's on the same wavelength as I so why bother? To discuss blowback and the Cold War on a forum where the main participant(s) is(are) in agreement? 2 e.z. I enjoy being the underdog. The odd one out. The main participants in a discussion like that would be:

Xemnas: aggressive.
Lava: rational.
Inky: really aggressive.
Reise: neutral.
Dom: Sarcastic
Myself: Sarcastic & Aggressive.
John Doe: neutral
Grandpa: Inactive, rational.

Also my sarcasm has never gone off well, the metaphors posters and I usually exchange are taken serious by one another, and it just turns into one big flame war. Sources and references I post for credibility are completely ignored, resulting in? The post is taken as pure opinion. Historical references are disregarded or "unknown" to other participants. The posters that care enough to take my post seriously have read my opinion on most issues to know where I stand on things like this. It's pointless, tbh;imo. *rabble rabble* /back 2 Requiem. Adding on, and thinking of past discussions. Posters have a serious issue with selective reading. "I'll read this sentence, argue about it, and ignore the wall-o-text which addresses my argument" or "I'll disregard everything that has been typed and take your ideological position as the opposite of what it actually is."



I sense a discrepancy in the force, young padawan. Zeus is Jupiter and Jupiter is Zeus.

ROFL.. so your saying we dont worship the same god as u?

We worship the one and only "God".There is only ONE god..no other bullshit elephant or other wierd ass gods. And since you say u dont worship the same god as ours please explain which god you worship? The major differences between these religions such as Catholicism and Christianity and Islam is primarily the beliefs about the prophets, "Jesus", and some other stuff.

oh and btw lemme define god for you: " the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe."

^thats the god we worship? since you say our god isnt the same as yours..please define your "God" for me. Good luck defining "God" in another way. Oh and btw if you say the same definition as I said then sorry to break it to you, we worship the same god. Their are just our differences in beliefs. "Sorry son"


oh and one last thing.. lemme tell you one of my favorite quotes: Worship the Creator, not the Creations.


Good Day Sir

+1. There is only truly one God (if there is a God), just different interpretations of it.

To add on to what "TheDarkness" is saying (EDIT, and Crim lolz), it's usually conceited highly religious types that believe what they "worship" is the one true religion. While I'm not trying to call you conceited eagle, your post shows a little ignorance on these facts. Don't base your posts purely on emotion, and don't be blinded by your religion so much that you look over the facts that lay right in front of your eyes.

God has many names; God, Allah, Jehovah, Heavenly Father, Brahman, etc. The only differences are in the "texts" that the religions follow. The things that apparently existed well into the past, which we are just supposed to believe were not made up. The only true difference between the religions lies in these documents of "truth".

Even Baro mentioned it, if you can interpret his Greek and Roman God.

Also: If you don't like my answer, that's fine. But don't dislike it just because it causes you to doubt what you've been taught. Someone relay this back to the original topic on hand which was Russia and China teaming up lol.

pure bullshyt , havent seen any moves of our ships lately at all :p

QFT

I gave up on the topic because people weren't responding -.- I enjoy a good debate and on most subjects I'm completely emotionally detatched, though I have a feeling some posters are personally offended by my remarks or the way in which I make them. Srs subjects and discussion call for srs research, and I try to do mine before I open my mouth. Years of grad level symposiums will do that to you, and getting called out on undocumented or unsubstantiated bullshit is part of the game

aggressive my ass...i'll aggressive the shit out of you, keep talkin smack son! I'll lay it down hXc and don't you forget it!

See...

Ever get into a casual conversation, and the other person is all serious business once its politics, or disagreeance of ones views? And they get all hardcore waging their points trying to convince you, and your backing up away from them trying to disengage, but they keep stepping forward and keep talking anyway? Then you check your invisible watch as a subtle hint and they still dont get it?

Same difference. And the fact someone doesnt want to engage, or even discuss the shit in srs ways doesnt automatically make the other person a superior intellectual. A persons intelligence or education level isnt weighed on whether or not they enjoy pointless political debates that don't change anything.



Phenominom-

I wont eat onions. Ever. Some foods have ground onions and I get tricked, but thats okay. Now, no ammount of onion fact, or onion links, or onion history, is going to change the fact I won't eat onions. SO if you feel effort was wasted, it was likely your own doing, for trying to convince somebody to eat onions.