Think about it

Comment #11

nassaufinestguy — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 19:57:55 GMT

nice page rip i like it

Comment #10

jim695 — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:08:11 GMT

Just to be clear, you and I didn't call the Japanese animals; YOU did. In our house, they were Japanese, not "Japs" or "Nips." You and I didn't call the "Krauts" animals; YOU did. In our house, they were either Germans or Nazis, and a marked distinction was made between the two. I could go on, but I believe my point has been made (My parents were politically correct long before that term became popular; we weren't even allowed to call black people "black;" back then, the proper term was "N... [ More ]

Comment #9

Rick G — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 03:03:08 GMT

Ideological warfare will not be won or lost on a battlefield. In fact the only "war" that will be won or lost on a battlefield is territorial warfare. The term "war" has become misused in our current vernacular.

Comment #8

Rip Snorter — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:33:15 GMT

I wouldn't even have thought it appropriate on a blog on LP had I not watched the daily litany of fear mongering and hate-spittle drooling down the screen-list of blog entries daily. I haven't gone to the sources of that drivel to present another viewpoint, though I'll confess I've felt a mild bit of attitude just reading the headings. If I'd posted on those blogs I'd have expected whomever had the blog to speak his mind. Here, on my blog, I don't mind that that Jim... [ More ]

Comment #7

csfb — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 22:48:05 GMT

One of my favorite quotations from junior high was: If to do were as easy as to know what was good to do, chapels would have been churches; cottages, palaces. Exact words may not be, but I think that is attributed to Shakespeare. I may have digressed some. Cheers

Comment #6

Rip Snorter — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:31:00 GMT

It ain't a Democrat or Republican thing. Prez of both those parties have squandered US treasure and the lives of US young people for military ventures as idiotic as this one, though maybe without the long-term consequences this one will have. It's all about de-humanization, Mike. It's about allowing the wormtongues of our leaders, both political and religious, to tell us who is human and who isn't. Based on their interests of the moment. And it's about our hunger t... [ More ]

Comment #5

Rip Snorter — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 21:06:37 GMT

Okay, Jim. Animals, you call them. Animals. You and I are old enough to remember when 'Japs' were animals in the eyes of people who were then the age you and I are now. You and I played at killing Japs and Krauts and Indians a long time after WWII was over. A long time after the last Apache raided the last wagon. You and I once called the Russkies animals with no respect for human life. You and I once called the Communist Chinese a... [ More ]

Comment #4

jim695 — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 20:52:12 GMT

Jack: It's ironic that you'd use those specific examples; a few more would include the Etruscans, the Ancient Egyptians and Joseph McCarthy. The ironic part is that NONE of those regimes exist any longer, having been brought down by their own needs for superiority over others who had differing beliefs. Historically, when one people cannot conquer another, they inevitably turn inward in an attempt to conquer their own. When the day comes that I am arrested a... [ More ]

Comment #3

LOTTOMIKE — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:49:56 GMT

i remember when muhammad ali refuse to go to war he said those viet congs never did anything to him.thats kind of how i feel about the whole iraq deal.what they do over there and what they choose to believe is their business.i know some here think i might be against republicans but i'm not.i simply see that we are fighting a losing battle over in iraq.those people have been doing what they do all these years and we went and interfered with that.we done messed with a hornets nest and the bees are loose.......... [ More ]

Comment #2

Rip Snorter — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:21:56 GMT

Comment #1

justxploring — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 19:19:18 GMT

Nobody wants to hear the truth. Everyone is on a mission to destroy Evil. Why not? If they fight Evil that means they have to be soldiers in the "Good" army. Fighting Evil is always the right thing to do so nobody has to even hesitate..the choice is clear. BTW, people like Mike who compare the Nazis with al-Qaeda or the Taliban are using a poor analogy. The Radical Muslims feel their battle is moral and just. The Nazis weren't slaughtering people out of a moral commitment. Actually the f... [ More ]

Original Blog Entry: Think about it

Rip Snorter — Sat, 09 Sep 2006 16:49:25 GMT