How is calling a halt to actions that provoke terrorism "taking the side of terrorists"? It simply means that you cease to take your side....
For what it's worth, Bells and hypewaders, it's people like yourselves who are, to my mind, the true Americans: living embodiments of the original -...
This may be be a completely stupid question but I have to ask. What is it about "dying" as opposed to say, simply fainting, that effects this shift?...
Nebula, You need to get a little perspective here. If you want to talk about burdens on society, talk about all the burdens including, for...
For a lot of kids, whether or not their parents smoke is the least of their worries, by far the lesser of many evils.
...and let's not bother with asking ouselves why they did, and whether such a response is likely to lead tomore of the same. Then too, there's...
Man needs an explanation of things beyond his comprehension so he invents one. Naturally he invents an explanation that "works", that has all the...
Yes, yes, yes ... no need to tell us our own stuff. And that's one of the differences, if you must attempt a comparison - British people do know...
Sorry, you lose - courtesy of your prediliction for assumptions, about people for starters and, far more damaging, that you "see" it all already....
Why don't you simply extract yourself form the normalities, banalities - whatever - that upset your dainty sensibilities so much? Get into some...
otheadp: Validity of Chalabi's conviction - Some links Apologies for not giving links yesterday. Here are a couple, with excerpts. Take note...
No, it's not. A year ago Arthur Anderson, among other independent international investigators, confirmed that $200 million had indeed disappeared...
And the next one messes up? And the next? What then? Democracy is - or should be - about much more than the ability to act "after the fact"....
Remind me if you can. What's Iraq got to do with Al Qaeda, with 9/11?
Just wanted to point out that actually they did, notably Epicurus, Greek philosopher and teacher. Found this snippet for you: "There is no divine...
GuessWho: This "jealousy" theory is very well worn, and very convenient for you, isn't it? No need to think too deeply about anti-Americanism when...
I think a lot of the fascination with jerks has to do with delusion. Some women do like to flatter themselves that they have the capacity - the...
Point taken. Thanks. Certainly the BBC article is more emotive, but I'd have to be reading a lot more Aljazeera for a better feel. Dip in now and...
I don't undersand your point. The quote in Aljazeera ("passengers") is by an Associated Press reporter i.e., not an Al-Jazeerra reporter. And as the...
Actually, it's more like saying they want food but not MacDonald's. (In which case they might really rather starve.) Right now Iraqis are choking...
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