Author Topic: I cant wait! (Read 1117 times)

takeda · « **Reply #15 on:** March 18, 2003, 04:29:27 AM »

That pic above is the worst photoshop work I have seen in a while.

Martlet · « **Reply #16 on:** March 18, 2003, 04:30:00 AM »

If you aren't shaking, then you obviously have nothing to worry about.

And yes, I would call it a crime. Civilians, not in a war zone, not engaged in combat, killed by illegal means, is criminal.

Dowding · « **Reply #17 on:** March 18, 2003, 04:36:44 AM »

Don't dodge Martlet, you haven't the finesse. I was talking about diversity of opinion being a crime, and you know it.

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If you aren't shaking, then you obviously have nothing to worry about.

Thank-you Big Brother! See you at the two minute hate!

Martlet · « **Reply #18 on:** March 18, 2003, 04:38:39 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
Don't dodge Martlet, you haven't the finesse. I was talking about diversity of opinion being a crime, and you know it.

Thank-you Big Brother! See you at the two minute hate!

actually, i wasn't dodging. I thought that was what you were referring to.

And no, difference of opinion isn't a crime. It's welcomed.

beet1e · « **Reply #19 on:** March 18, 2003, 04:40:32 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
Churchill held onto the job after WW2. So did Thatcher. So did Major.

It does have historic precedence.

Dowding - Churchill did not remain at Downing St. for very long after WW2. Clement Attlee enjoyed a landslide election victory in 1945 to become Labour's second Prime Minster. Churchill returned to the Premiership in 1951.

Yes, Thatcher and Major held on. There were calls for Thatcher to resign over the Falklands (before the conflict began) by the out of touch peaceniks (including my hero, Tony Wankbag Benn) who thought it was just plain rediculous. But it was a brilliant campaign, and her popularity soared and propelled her to a second election victory with a majority of 144 in 1983.

Major finally got bounced out - not because of his war policy in 1991, but because of the shameful ERM debacle with Norman "Je ne regrette rien" Lamont. That one utterance was so callous that I have never voted for the Tory party since.

Dowding · « **Reply #20 on:** March 18, 2003, 04:40:35 AM »

So you welcome diversity of opinion, but find it funny when it occurs?

Very confusing, Martlet.

Dowding · « **Reply #21 on:** March 18, 2003, 04:42:24 AM »

Major was in power in 1997, 6 years after the Gulf War ended.

Thatcher was in power in 1990. 8 years after the Falklands war ended.

There is therefore precedence.

Martlet · « **Reply #22 on:** March 18, 2003, 04:45:34 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
So you welcome diversity of opinion, but find it funny when it occurs?

Very confusing, Martlet.

I don't find it funny when difference of opinion occurs.

I do find it funny when a person skips over one post praising an act, only to use the same instance to slam someone who condemned the act. All while condemning it yourself.

At least be consistent.

Dowding · « **Reply #23 on:** March 18, 2003, 04:53:53 AM »

Well the most obvious conclusion would be that I don't agree with davidpt40. It's a shame you missed it; it would have won you the top prize.

Martlet · « **Reply #24 on:** March 18, 2003, 04:56:57 AM »

what's the second prize?

beet1e · « **Reply #25 on:** March 18, 2003, 05:01:29 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
Major was in power in 1997, 6 years after the Gulf War ended.

Thatcher was in power in 1990. 8 years after the Falklands war ended.

There is therefore precedence.

But Churchill got the boot within a few months of the end of WW2, which makes your point difficult to understand, assuming there is one.

-tronski- · « **Reply #26 on:** March 18, 2003, 05:05:42 AM »

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Originally posted by Dowding
It's called diversity of opinion. Last time I checked, it was still allowed.

It is?
some would differ

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Is that what you call it when someone praises the gassing of civilians? Diversity of opinion? And it's ok?

Heck, we need some diversity of opinion in France.

And when we move up the list, you'll know. So be a good boy, and it won't be you.

Ahhhh just when my faith had been shaken, it's put right...

Tronsky

straffo · « **Reply #27 on:** March 18, 2003, 05:11:39 AM »

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Originally posted by takeda
That pic above is the worst photoshop work I have seen in a while.

agree

-tronski- · « **Reply #28 on:** March 18, 2003, 05:12:55 AM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
But Churchill got the boot within a few months of the end of WW2, which makes your point difficult to understand, assuming there is one.

Churchill, and Thatcher were a completely different situation.

Britain had suffered so very much more by war in 1945, than 1982 and also a was completely different society.
Thatcher took the credit for the resurgence of national pride after the Falklands and rode it for years after. Thatcher used this enthuaism to cloud all of the social problems partly created by her tory government up to and beyond the Falklands.
Major to a lesser extent.
1945 Britain was completely exhausted, and sick of war. Churchill was the most obvious result of this mood as the British public desperately needed a sense of complete change. The ensuing years of war had bought the British people much pain, and Churchill's govt. was the face of this war.

Tronsky

N1kPaz · « **Reply #29 on:** March 18, 2003, 07:22:53 AM »

Dowdling...I was in the 2nd grade.

Where was france in 39???

where is france now???

oh...in case one...sitting on their tulips while an ally gets thumped and doing ABSOLUTELY nothing about it (even though the forces opposing them were so diminished in number that a French invasion would have almost surely dealt a heavy blow)

#2...opposing a valuable ally and giving credibility to murderous bastards who use rape as torture.

hmm.. im pretty comfortable with my position.