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Posted: 3/18/2003, 4:14 pm
by Sufjan Stevens
Capo, people here don't hate goverment in general, they hate the person running the government into the ground. I am sure all of us here, except for a few, find the government to be perfectly fine, it's just that people don't like how we're going to war. People don't want to be associated with a maniacal bastard looking to kill Arabs to complete what his daddy couldn't do.
Posted: 3/18/2003, 4:17 pm
by mosaik
but do you agree that we should not question our government or not?
Posted: 3/18/2003, 4:18 pm
by Capo
Well, as long as BUSH thinks that terrorizm will stop in the long run as saddam is taken out of power (thru force or thru war) he will stop at nothing to take him down.
Bush is an alright president, its just I think he has let the whole idea of america being the world superpower get to his head and I believe he has become a little power hungry, however, it would be kinda nice for the USA to own the oil saddam possesses

Posted: 3/18/2003, 4:18 pm
by Sufjan Stevens
People have the right to question the government, however, people do not have the right to overthrow it for the alternative, anarchy. Words are harmless, actions matter.
Posted: 3/18/2003, 4:21 pm
by mosaik
and why, exactly do people not have the right to refuse to be governed?
who gives the government the right to rule in the first place?
Posted: 3/18/2003, 4:21 pm
by Dr. Hobo
Capo wrote:it would be kinda nice for the USA to own the oil saddam possesses

how can you justify that if you state the whole premise for this war is for the better good of the iraqi people?!
Posted: 3/18/2003, 4:22 pm
by Capo
hollow minds wrote:but do you agree that we should not question our government or not?
I am a man of science, I believe we should question everything until we find the true answer which can be used to explain why things happen with facts that people can see and feel and read. Questioning things is what I believe makes society grow, it helps people debate like this what is right and what is wrong. Although I personally do not believe in right and wrong, since there must be a unanamious vote on what is right and wrong, and since there isnt, there is no defined right and wrong.
All I can say about this war right now is arguing about it like this isnt going to make it NOT happen, it will happen unless saddam decides to step down from power.
If you really believe that our government should be questioned then maybe you should do something about it, organize a huge protest, become popular and get voted into office were you can make a difference, arguing about it in an online forum isnt going to make a difference.
I rest my case. Lets all go get some icecream

Posted: 3/18/2003, 4:24 pm
by Capo
sandnippy wrote:Capo wrote:it would be kinda nice for the USA to own the oil saddam possesses

how can you justify that if you state the whole premise for this war is for the better good of the iraqi people?!
Welp, as I just said there is really nothing we can do about it. Just think of the good that will come from it, I know alot of death and destructin will come from this but you have to realize IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
Posted: 3/18/2003, 4:25 pm
by Capo
hollow minds wrote:
who gives the government the right to rule in the first place?
We gave that right to the government to govern us as best as possible, and since the online polls on CNN showed that more people are FOR this war than AGAINST it I doubt you will be able to get enough people to overthrow our government.
Posted: 3/18/2003, 4:27 pm
by mosaik
we know it's going to happen.
that doesn't make it a rational war. or a just one.
Posted: 3/18/2003, 4:27 pm
by Dr. Hobo
Capo wrote:sandnippy wrote:Capo wrote:it would be kinda nice for the USA to own the oil saddam possesses

how can you justify that if you state the whole premise for this war is for the better good of the iraqi people?!
Welp, as I just said there is really nothing we can do about it. Just think of the good that will come from it, I know alot of death and destructin will come from this but you have to realize IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
either you didnt get my question or you chose to ignore it... heh.. how would the US owning the oil reserves of Iraq benefit the Iraqi people?!
Posted: 3/18/2003, 5:08 pm
by Sufjan Stevens
hollow minds wrote:and why, exactly do people not have the right to refuse to be governed?
who gives the government the right to rule in the first place?
You know what, you're right. People don't have to listen to the president, it is just the accepted thing that they do. People can choose to not be governed, but I just find that starting a revolution to destroy democracy is a little much.
Posted: 3/19/2003, 12:36 am
by Ignignokt
anyone in this fucking forum who is against eliminating a KNOWN TYRANT and funder of terrorists around the world, a man who possesses weapons of mass destruction, a man who is probably considered the most dangerous man in the world right now........ whoever is against going over there and wreckin his fuckin day can get the fuck out of this country right now and move to fucking canada or france or better yet switzerland, and go hug a fucking tree you new age hippie faggots
you're the type of people who didn't want to go attack afghanistan after the WTC attacks, you're the type of people who fucking make people hate this country because you take everything you have for fucking granted.
learn some goddamn respect for your country and be glad you have what you have, stop taking all this freedom and high quality of living for granted. you people make me fucking sick. we elect a president to do things like this, then when he makes a decision everyone fucking complains and bitches about it. and all you dumbass people who say america is trying to become ruler of the world.......... we ARE rulers of the world..... we have been since fucking WWII, where the fuck have you been. thats why we can fuckin do what we want when we want and have 30 other countries right by our side.
that is all.
FUCK IRAQ AND FUCK ANYONE WHO SAYS OTHERWISE.
Posted: 3/19/2003, 12:40 am
by Bandalero

*claps hands slowly*
Posted: 3/19/2003, 6:57 am
by Axtech
To the eyes of just about anyone else in the world, Bush is the war-driven tyrant.
Posted: 3/19/2003, 9:12 am
by starvingeyes
man that guy is stupid. it's incredible.
you know what skippy, i am not going to miss you at all when they ban you.
Posted: 3/19/2003, 9:31 am
by mosaik
oh man. i had a HUGE and VERY OFFENSIVE post typed out last night that would have turned everybody against me. it's a good thing that the internet suddenly died and i couldn't post it because now that i'm calmer i don't want that thing on my record.
but anyway. fuck you again nazi.
Posted: 3/19/2003, 4:50 pm
by Ignignokt
yes go ahead call me a nazi...... at least im not a fucking nilyst who believes in nothing..... oh wait , you believe in anarchy...... wait.......anachary is.......the complete absence of goverment! therefore you believe in nothing.
and i do not see how can say im a nazi. am i going to a country to erradicate their race? no.
you need to learn what the word means before you start accusing me of being that word.
and guess what? if you just happened to live in say.......iraq........ you'd be dead right now for what you are saying in your posts, all your anti-government talk
people like you are ungrateful shitheads
you take everything you have for granted
did you ever stop to think what would happen if you DIDN't have your freedom to express yourself? your freedom to speak your opinion freely?
yea why dont you think about that. and the answer is not having a government. people who are FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR more intelligent than you brought this thing we call democracy into existance. or would you rather we lived back when the church had supreme power? when if you didn't believe in god you were accused of being a heretic?
you better start being fucking thankful that you have what have and that you live the quality of life that you do, otherwise, its going to be you and people like you who will be the ones that are trampled under foot.
Posted: 3/19/2003, 4:53 pm
by mosaik
go to hell you fucking fascist.
you have no mind and i'm not even going to bother wasting my time with you, because i don't think you understand reason.
Posted: 3/19/2003, 5:04 pm
by Ignignokt
oh now instead of a nazi, im a facist....... what are you gonna call me next? a communist?