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« Reply #60 on: June 21, 2007, 07:07:25 AM »
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Have we not done the same? we don't come out and say it directly like they do, that's the only real difference.

We are trying to turn the middle east into a "westren" friendly zone that our corprations can get rich on. While we may not be pushing religion on them, we sure as hell are pushing capitalislm on them and we are doing it by gun boat diplomacy.

Or better yet the term I heard a while back.. Dollar Diplomacy.



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« Reply #61 on: June 21, 2007, 11:16:32 AM »
Again I don't support the extremists, but I understand them, or better yet I try to understand them.
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you are sympathetic to them and blame western culture for exploiting them.
This is not something to feel guilty about, but you should consider being up front about it here.  

How do you feel about westerners that have converted to islam and traveled to Afganistan and Iraq to fight the western impirialist crusaders?
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« Reply #62 on: June 21, 2007, 04:23:22 PM »
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I'm more afraid of the Religious Right in America than some Islamic extremist group in the middle east.


Who are the "Religious Right in America" and what exactly are they doing that makes you more afraid of them than the Islamic facists who have come to America many times (and publically stated that they will continue to do so) killing or attempting to kill the inocent?  What makes someone part of the "Religious Right" anyway?  I believe in God.  Does that make me a bigger threat than OBL?  Note that the vast majority of Americans are believers in God.  Yet, I'm not seeing much in the way of Christians blowing themselves up to kill non-Christians.  Guess I'm having a bit of trouble understanding your position.
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« Reply #63 on: June 21, 2007, 05:29:51 PM »
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Who are the "Religious Right in America" and what exactly are they doing that makes you more afraid of them than the Islamic facists who have come to America many times (and publically stated that they will continue to do so) killing or attempting to kill the inocent?  What makes someone part of the "Religious Right" anyway?  I believe in God.  Does that make me a bigger threat than OBL?  Note that the vast majority of Americans are believers in God.  Yet, I'm not seeing much in the way of Christians blowing themselves up to kill non-Christians.  Guess I'm having a bit of trouble understanding your position.


Conservative Christians are whom I refer to when I say Religious Right or RR.

You don't have to blow your self up to assault freedom. Freedom of speech in America has been under attack by the moral police for quite some time by the RR. They love their right to practice their religion which is granted right under our constitution, but don't seem to give any respect to Freedom of Speech or that all men are created equal.

However they are the first to try to ban books or protest corporations when ever someone doesn't do everything they want or kneel down to their idealism.  RR are the first to bash and attack people for their lifestyle, if it's different from what they think is right.

I could care less if you go to church every week and believe in God. I'm happy if you are happy. However I don't want some self proclaimed group acting as a moral police on my behalf.

I'm a big boy, I don't need the RR telling me what I should watch on TV or listen to on the radio. I don't need them to tell me what I can surf online. I'm an adult and can think on my own.

Thanks to the Religious Right, the number one priority of the FBI under Alberto Gonzales (the guy that can't remember anything) is to get obscenity prosecutions against webmasters whom run online adult websites.

You would think that maybe catching terrorist would be a priority since they keep trying to telling us we are all in danger of terror attacks. Nope the number one priority of the FBI under it's current leadership is to fight evil webmasters online.

Being I'm a webmaster and make my living online, that apparently makes me more dangerous than al Qaeda, according to this administration and the current A.G.  Alberto Gonzales. I'd say the biggest threat to me and my freedoms as an American citizen is the Religious Right and their moral police.
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« Reply #64 on: June 21, 2007, 05:33:20 PM »
online adult websites
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That is your line of work?
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« Reply #65 on: June 21, 2007, 05:35:39 PM »
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online adult websites
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That is your line of work?


I run lots of diffrent kinds of websites, yes some are adult.
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« Reply #66 on: June 21, 2007, 05:38:56 PM »
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I run lots of diffrent kinds of websites, yes some are adult.



Man, leeme tell ya. I love yr work. Peter North is hero to many an OC in here.


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« Reply #67 on: June 21, 2007, 05:43:53 PM »
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protest corporations when ever someone doesn't do everything they want or kneel down to their idealism.  
 



dont you be dissin jesse jackson like that.:mad:

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« Reply #68 on: June 21, 2007, 05:58:14 PM »
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dont you be dissin jesse jackson like that.:mad:


Or Al Sharpton
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« Reply #69 on: June 21, 2007, 06:02:49 PM »
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Or Al Sharpton


I could like Al but Jesse takes himself too seriously.
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« Reply #70 on: June 21, 2007, 06:39:05 PM »
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I could like Al but Jesse takes himself too seriously.


I cant like either one of em.
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« Reply #71 on: June 22, 2007, 07:33:43 AM »
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 Yet, I'm not seeing much in the way of Christians blowing themselves up to kill non-Christians.  Guess I'm having a bit of trouble understanding your position.


Well, we've had a lot of Christians blowing up Christians of a slightly different shade of Christianity (often civilians, women and children) here in the UK in recent times.
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« Reply #72 on: June 22, 2007, 09:45:18 AM »
Do abortion clinic bombings count?

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« Reply #73 on: June 22, 2007, 10:50:46 AM »
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I run lots of diffrent kinds of websites, yes some are adult.


So what is your feeling regarding pedophiles and child pornography? If they pay the bill is it ok to have their particular kind of "stuff" on your web sites?
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« Reply #74 on: June 22, 2007, 01:22:44 PM »
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So what is your feeling regarding pedophiles and child pornography? If they pay the bill is it ok to have their particular kind of "stuff" on your web sites?


LoL typical..

Think long and hard on that, I mean real long and hard. then Take a wild guess as to what you think my answer is. I won't even bother to answer because I'm sure you know the answer already.

It's almost as idiotic as me asking you..

Do you think it's ok for Christians to blow up abortion clinics and kill the staff.  Ok to kill one doctor because then he can't do any more abortions? Is it ok as long as it get's the job done?

Or better yet.. I saw on TV once some Christians out there in the west somewhere whom played with snakes, because Jesus would keep them safe. Is that what all good Christians do, if you don't play with snakes does that mean you don't believe in Jesus?

Kinda insulting is it?
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