24 Jun 06
Originally posted by shavixmirThe oath has to take place in a treehouse and involves pricking a thumb with an old broken coke bottle which puts off a lot of potential recruits.
An Al Qaeda oath??
The next thing you know Osama Bin Laden will be stroking a pussy cat, change the organisation's name to SPECTRE and call himself Lex Luthor.
Good grief.
On the other hand, the stacks of girly mags offsets that.
24 Jun 06
Originally posted by treetalk.."I [insert hapless victims name] do solemly swear to uphold the responsibilities entrusted to me in being a selfless pawn/ expendable cannonfodder or for any other sacrificial purpose as deemed fit by my sovereign leader. I hereby avail myself as a lamb to the slaughter thinking not of myself but only of all those busty virgins that await me. Should I in the intervening months before I exercise my duty, grow up, get a life, snap out of it, I will remember that my family is known to the orginization and that having already spent the couple of hundred bucks my worthless life means to them, they will shun me as a pariah and I will live in disgrace wishing I were dead anyway.."
The oath has to take place in a treehouse and involves pricking a thumb with an old broken coke bottle which puts off a lot of potential recruits.
On the other hand, the stacks of girly mags offsets that.
24 Jun 06
Originally posted by kmax87I wish I had a credit card!
.."I [insert hapless victims name] do solemly swear to uphold the responsibilities entrusted to me in being a selfless pawn/ expendable cannonfodder or for any other sacrificial purpose as deemed fit by my sovereign leader. I hereby avail myself as a lamb to the slaughter thinking not of myself but only of all those busty virgins that await me. Should I in t ...[text shortened]... them, they will shun me as a pariah and I will live in disgrace wishing I were dead anyway.."
credit card = subscriber to RHP
subscriber = rec giver
rec giver = ... dunno but when I opened this forum just now you were pretty much the last poster on every thread on page one!
Outstanding!
24 Jun 06
Originally posted by treetalkCan you tell I have completed my term exams and have now commenced holidays?
I wish I had a credit card!
credit card = subscriber to RHP
subscriber = rec giver
rec giver = ... dunno but when I opened this forum just now you were pretty much the last poster on every thread on page one!
Outstanding!
25 Jun 06
Originally posted by shavixmirLex Luthor operatated outside of the secret villianous organization known as SPECTRE...Mr Bond. 😉
An Al Qaeda oath??
The next thing you know Osama Bin Laden will be stroking a pussy cat, change the organisation's name to SPECTRE and call himself Lex Luthor.
Good grief.
26 Jun 06
Originally posted by chancremechanicWell that's a whole other discussion.
We don't technically "occupy" any of those countries, but I think I know what you mean, so no offense intended. We simply provide "protection" (LOL) for the good people of these countries at your and my expense, and with the exception of England, for the most part, are paid back in Anti-Americanism...pull ALL troops out of Europe NOW! Let them take care of themselves at their own expense. We aren't wanted there anymore anyway...
My point was that those who criticize the US for "occupying" Iraq do not offer any way to morally distinguish between German presense in France in WWII and US military presence in England today. There whole analysis boils down to "military presense = occupation", which is a useless definition unless they are willing to call existing US military bases in England (or Germany) an "occupation".
26 Jun 06
Originally posted by darvlay17 Canadian residents were arrested in plot to bomb sites in Ontario. (June 3, 2006)
You're probably right, but does the headline deflect from the fact that terrorists are now being bred on home soil and simply reinforcing the message that America needs to hate and destroy Al Qaeda? More fuel for the bogus War on Terrorism...
...gee I didn’t notice any homegrown hockey players on that list.
26 Jun 06
Originally posted by techsouthI disagree with your definition of occupation.
Well that's a whole other discussion.
My point was that those who criticize the US for "occupying" Iraq do not offer any way to morally distinguish between German presense in France in WWII and US military presence in England today. There whole analysis boils down to "military presense = occupation", which is a useless definition unless they are willing to call existing US military bases in England (or Germany) an "occupation".
Rome occupied Palestine and surrounding lands in the time of Christ.
Rome levied taxes, and were the main (if only) provider of military protection to the occupied countries in the region. Rome took an annual cencus and collected taxes based on this as well as other minor forms of taxation. Palestine did not have a standing army, and the only tax seemed to be the Temple Tax and through religion, somewhat claimed to hold the people together under the Roman occupation. However, the religion of the time and the area (Judaism) had two main brances which did not agree on many important points such as reincarnation, angels' marrying or not, and other after life questions. In addition to the two big factions, there were many splinter groups which would have various beliefs on top of what the two main factions were selling. This is an occupation.
Germany occupied France during WWII. Heavy rule, no military allowed, no dissent and no true voice except for the traitorous Vichy French. The Soviet Union occupied many nations which they did not occupy prior to the start of WWII. They threw them behing an Iron Curtain and controlled most aspects of life from work to travel. The United States simply had a military presence in many nations after WWII as a buffer to the ever present Soviet threat of further expansion.
I know this, as I've lived in West Germany in the mid 1970's. I was stationed on a TAC Fighter Wing, in an Aerospace Ground Equipment (AGE) Squadron supporting (mainly) F4's and F15's (recently introduced into the theater). If we were not there helping Europe strengthen her stance, the Soviets may have acted out a 'Fulda Gap' type scenario...for real.
What we see today is many locations is 'military presence' not occupation. Get it right.
26 Jun 06
Originally posted by sword4damoclesFrom Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:
I disagree with your definition of occupation.
Rome occupied Palestine and surrounding lands in the time of Christ.
Rome levied taxes, and were the main (if only) provider of military protection to the occupied countries in the region. Rome took an annual cencus and collected taxes based on this as well as other minor forms of taxation. Palestine ...[text shortened]... at we see today is many locations is 'military presence' not occupation. Get it right.
JULIET:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet;
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.
26 Jun 06
Originally posted by flexmoreThe difference is much, much more.
From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:
JULIET:
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part
Belonging to a man. O, be some other name!
What's in a name? that which we call a rose
By any other name ...[text shortened]... o, doff thy name,
And for that name which is no part of thee
Take all myself.
Talk to someone who has spent time in an occupied country vs someone who has spent time in a country with another military presence and you'll know the difference.