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Dannydoyle![]() Eternal Order 20523 Posts ![]() |
I agree with critter about a lie.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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rockwall![]() Special user 762 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, critter wrote: As magicians, most of our lies are pretty self-serving. |
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S2000magician![]() Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3469 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, rockwall wrote: Pretty . . . but not purely. Another . . . ahem . . . bullet dodged. |
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TonyB2009![]() Inner circle 5006 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, MaxfieldsMagic wrote: How about this for wrong by any moral standard - he either murdered civilians (unlikely) or was a complete liar. That level of lying is wrong by most moral standards. Carjacking story falls in his favour, both legally and morally? In what universe? Legally, if true, he executed two people without any legal process. No trial, no conviction. That is legally indefensibly. And as for morally, he is on even shakier ground. Is this the law of the Hollywood old west, where the man with the quickest draw is king? That is a morally warped world view. This afternoon I read the opening chapters of American Sniper. Any of you who haven't should. You get a real picture of the man from his own words, and it is not a nice picture. He was a deeply biased and racist man, who had a xenophobic hatred of non-Americans. His killing was motivated out of a sheer pleasure in killing 'savages'. Two days ago I suspected the guy was a monster. Now I am convinced.
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acesover![]() Special user I believe I have 819 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, landmark wrote: and if everyone stopped using drugs there would be no market for them and no drug cartels or no more potheads, and if people stopped stealing there would be no thieves and if everyone stopped working everyone would starve to death because we would have no food or clothes or shelter from the elements because no one would be paying taxes for the government to give hand outs and if their were no soldiers that gave their lives for people like you you would not be able to say what you want. What point are you trying to make here? If there was no sun it would be cold. Just to finish it is their commitment that makes you a free man ina free country. Show some respect and be somewhat grateful and stop living in a fantasy world. As I said in another post. Adam and Eve screwed up what you want a long time ago. ![]()
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acesover![]() Special user I believe I have 819 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, TonyB2009 wrote: So I gather that you feel that it would have been better if he had not killed anyone? Or just some? Or just the ones you think are bad? What exactly are you saying? Do you also feel we don't need soldiers? That soldiers are bad and are the cause of wars? When a terrorist comes knocking on your door try handing him a flower and say "welcome"...see how that works. Maybe they will behead you...but who needs soldiers? You and landmark can talk to the enemy. Send them a text and say that you understand how they feel. Tell them you hate our soldiers because they kill people who are trying to kill us. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
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balducci![]() Loyal user Canada 230 Posts ![]() |
Something making the interweb rounds ...
https://twitter.com/billyeichner/status/560591815313981440 I am pretty sure it is sarcasm.
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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acesover![]() Special user I believe I have 819 Posts ![]() |
Asking you people out there that feel Chris is a bad guy. Would you pull the trigger on the executioners who beheaded all of those people? Or do you feel it is wrong?
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mastermindreader![]() V.I.P. Seattle, WA 12589 Posts ![]() |
Yes I would. But I wouldn't shoot people from the top of the Superdome. I wouldn't even make up lies about it.
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Kabbalah![]() Inner circle 1621 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, TonyB2009 wrote: If it would give me great pleasure to shoot and kill the ISIS savages that are beheading people, would that make me a xenophobe and a monster?
"Long may magicians fascinate and continue to be fascinated by the mystery potential in a pack of cards."
~Cliff Green "The greatest tricks ever performed are not done at all. The audience simply think they see them." ~ John Northern Hilliard |
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Dannydoyle![]() Eternal Order 20523 Posts ![]() |
Why is it those who seem to think criminals need understanding are unwilling to understand this man? Where is all that tolerance and understanding we give to enemies?
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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balducci![]() Loyal user Canada 230 Posts ![]() |
An American sniper who served in Iraq speaks:
http://www.salon.com/2015/02/01/i_was_an......_my_war/
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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acesover![]() Special user I believe I have 819 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, mastermindreader wrote: Agreed. But you just might shoot someone from the top of the Superdome if that someone were one of those that beheaded people. ![]() Chris definitely had issues. I have no idea of his private hell. But I have experienced things that make one say and do things that we regret upon reflection.
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Dannydoyle![]() Eternal Order 20523 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, balducci wrote: Yep a great non biased source there.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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balducci![]() Loyal user Canada 230 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, Dannydoyle wrote: "Garett Reppenhagen served as a Cavalry Scout Sniper with the 1st Infantry Division in the US Army and deployed on a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo and a combat tour in the Diyala Province, Iraq in 2004. Garett works as a Regional Director for Vet Voice Foundation and is a veterans advocate" I guess he IS pro-U.S., pro-military, and pro-veterans, so you are correct that he is biased.
Make America Great Again! - Trump in 2020 ... "We're a capitalistic society. I go into business, I don't make it, I go bankrupt. They're not going to bail me out. I've been on welfare and food stamps. Did anyone help me? No." - Craig T. Nelson, actor.
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Magnus Eisengrim![]() Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1064 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, Dannydoyle wrote: yeah, better to stick to neutral sources like Clint Eastwood.
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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critter![]() Inner circle Spokane, WA 2551 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, rockwall wrote: Maybe the way Criss Angel does it ![]()
"The fool is one who doesn't know what you have just found out."
~Will Rogers |
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Dannydoyle![]() Eternal Order 20523 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: Gee I would love for you to show me where I took a position either way on Clint Eastwood or the moviev or the accuracy of any of it. Come on John put up or shut up. And Salon is biased. Eastwood has an obvious agenda. Selling movie tickets. Fairly easy to know that right?
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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TonyB2009![]() Inner circle 5006 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, Kabbalah wrote: Not a xenophobe necessarily, but a monster certainly. If you killed out of a sense of duty, and to save lives, I can get that. But if it gave you great pleasure, that would indicate a serious character flaw in you. As I said, read his book. His own words condemn him.
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TonyB2009![]() Inner circle 5006 Posts ![]() |
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On Feb 1, 2015, acesover wrote: Having lived in a country with a major terrorism problem, as opposed to the odd incident you have in the USA, I feel I am quite qualified to comment on this. For thirty years the terrorists and the army/police fought, and thousands were killed, most innocent non-combatants. Probably like several of Kyle's victims if we were to analyze each kill. Levels of hatred and bigotry were so high here Kyle would have fitted right in. Then we changed our approach. Instead of snipping at each other, and bombing each other, and killing women and children, we sat down and talked. We stopped seeking retribution. And within about three years we had peace, prosperity, old enemies working side by side in friendship. What thirty years of violence and bloodshed couldn't achieve, three years of dialog achieved. Soldiers and terrorists talking, and trying to understand one another, works. That's fact, not speculation.
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