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MAME

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Originally posted by: fuzzy bee
ANARCHY, BABY! ANARCHY!!!



WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

rolleye.gif

That's not the point I was trying to push. If you buy a book that supposed to be true, wouldn't you be upset if it was all lies? Especially lies made to discredit a country even more so? Or do you not care about the "comrade's in Iraq that should die anyway, especially since they have different morals and aren't Christains!"?

I know you and most of ATOT are pretty decent people, and I certainly respect all views on war, terrorismm, government, etc. But I don't think this kind of lie should be pushed by the military/government. I also think the people should be upset to discover the truth, but it seems no one cares?
 

MAME

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Originally posted by: mugsywwiii
So you believe they're going to a place that you don't believe in... uh huh.

It's a figure of speach. When someone says "f*** you", they don't actually mean that. When I say they're going to burn in hell, I mean they are bad.

Why would you bother pointing something like that out?
 

VioletAura

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Originally posted by: MAME
Originally posted by: fuzzy bee
ANARCHY, BABY! ANARCHY!!!



WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

rolleye.gif

That's not the point I was trying to push. If you buy a book that supposed to be true, wouldn't you be upset if it was all lies? Especially lies made to discredit a country even more so? Or do you not care about the "comrade's in Iraq that should die anyway, especially since they have different morals and aren't Christains!"?

I know you and most of ATOT are pretty decent people, and I certainly respect all views on war, terrorismm, government, etc. But I don't think this kind of lie should be pushed by the military/government. I also think the people should be upset to discover the truth, but it seems no one cares?

The truth is the US attacked a country under false pretext and has wrongly demonized their leader. Now the stuff has hit the fan, and support for this farce is fading; they are trying to make the Iraqis look more monsterous to justify the misdeeds of the bush administration. Any sane person can see this.
 

CanOWorms

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Originally posted by: VioletAura
Originally posted by: MAME
Originally posted by: fuzzy bee
ANARCHY, BABY! ANARCHY!!!



WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

rolleye.gif

That's not the point I was trying to push. If you buy a book that supposed to be true, wouldn't you be upset if it was all lies? Especially lies made to discredit a country even more so? Or do you not care about the "comrade's in Iraq that should die anyway, especially since they have different morals and aren't Christains!"?

I know you and most of ATOT are pretty decent people, and I certainly respect all views on war, terrorismm, government, etc. But I don't think this kind of lie should be pushed by the military/government. I also think the people should be upset to discover the truth, but it seems no one cares?

The truth is the US attacked a country under false pretext and has wrongly demonized their leader. Now the stuff has hit the fan, and support for this farce is fading; they are trying to make the Iraqis look more monsterous to justify the misdeeds of the bush administration. Any sane person can see this.

So I guess Saddam is an angel?

I don't think the US should have attacked... bunch of mess with false pretext, pre-emptive crap, etc.
 

rufruf44

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Originally posted by: VioletAura
Originally posted by: MAME
Originally posted by: fuzzy bee
ANARCHY, BABY! ANARCHY!!!



WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

rolleye.gif

That's not the point I was trying to push. If you buy a book that supposed to be true, wouldn't you be upset if it was all lies? Especially lies made to discredit a country even more so? Or do you not care about the "comrade's in Iraq that should die anyway, especially since they have different morals and aren't Christains!"?

I know you and most of ATOT are pretty decent people, and I certainly respect all views on war, terrorismm, government, etc. But I don't think this kind of lie should be pushed by the military/government. I also think the people should be upset to discover the truth, but it seems no one cares?

The truth is the US attacked a country under false pretext and has wrongly demonized their leader. Now the stuff has hit the fan, and support for this farce is fading; they are trying to make the Iraqis look more monsterous to justify the misdeeds of the bush administration. Any sane person can see this.

LOL, demonize Saddam, thats a good one. I don't think he's far from the great 666 mythical beast himself.
 

MAME

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Originally posted by: VioletAura
Originally posted by: MAME
Originally posted by: fuzzy bee
ANARCHY, BABY! ANARCHY!!!



WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

rolleye.gif

That's not the point I was trying to push. If you buy a book that supposed to be true, wouldn't you be upset if it was all lies? Especially lies made to discredit a country even more so? Or do you not care about the "comrade's in Iraq that should die anyway, especially since they have different morals and aren't Christains!"?

I know you and most of ATOT are pretty decent people, and I certainly respect all views on war, terrorismm, government, etc. But I don't think this kind of lie should be pushed by the military/government. I also think the people should be upset to discover the truth, but it seems no one cares?

The truth is the US attacked a country under false pretext and has wrongly demonized their leader. Now the stuff has hit the fan, and support for this farce is fading; they are trying to make the Iraqis look more monsterous to justify the misdeeds of the bush administration. Any sane person can see this.


Thank you very much. While I agree with you, some may not, which is fine because I suppose it could be a debatable topic. However, this is NOT a debatable topic and you guys should care! How much more propaganda and lies can you people take?
 

tcsenter

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Well the media might burn in hell, but I fail to see the connection with the military since it has never been the source of these reports outside of the usual 'secret military contacts who wish to remain anonymous' so many reporters fantasize about having.
 

MAME

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Originally posted by: tcsenter
Well the media might burn in hell, but I fail to see the connection with the military since it has never been the source of these reports outside of the usual 'secret military contacts who wish to remain anonymous' so many reporters fantasize about having.

Hmm, interesting. Please refer to my original post:

"...Lynch said the US militray was wrong to manipulate the story of her dramatic rescue and should not have filmed it in the first place"


Sounds like a connection to the military indeed! ;)
 

tcsenter

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Hmm, interesting. Please refer to my original post:

"...Lynch said the US militray was wrong to manipulate the story of her dramatic rescue and should not have filmed it in the first place"
That just proves my point.

Lynch expressly refers to what she feels to be the military using her 'dramatic rescue' for positive publicity. She said nothing about the military contributing to conflicting and inaccurate accounts of her ordeal. Two separate issues.

As for the military 'manipulating' the story of her rescue, well there is really no basis for that part of her statement. The military's account of her rescue has been accurate. They went in, retrieved her, and left. Not much to 'manipulate' about that.

Again, it all falls into the media's lap.
 

Kadarin

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If this is a reply to some other thread, then it belongs in that thread. Either way, this tripe belongs in P&N.
 

MAME

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Originally posted by: tcsenter
Hmm, interesting. Please refer to my original post:

"...Lynch said the US militray was wrong to manipulate the story of her dramatic rescue and should not have filmed it in the first place"
That just proves my point.

Lynch expressly refers to what she feels to be the military using her 'dramatic rescue' for positive publicity. She said nothing about the military contributing to conflicting and inaccurate accounts of her ordeal. Two separate issues.

As for the military 'manipulating' the story of her rescue, well there is really no basis for that part of her statement. The military's account of her rescue has been accurate. They went in, retrieved her, and left. Not much to 'manipulate' about that.

Again, it all falls into the media's lap.

Perhaps. But I'd be willing to bet the military has some ties with the media to help promote their self image. They probably knew what the media would do with the story and helped fuel it. Lynch knows more about it than me and you combined and she's the one blaming the military. Otherwise she'd mention the media too. Of course it's just my opinion and could very well be wrong.

But it doesn't matter who's to blame as much as the fact that this crap actually happened. This is simply unacceptable.
 

MAME

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Originally posted by: Astaroth33
If this is a reply to some other thread, then it belongs in that thread. Either way, this tripe belongs in P&N.

Oh please. People post replies to this sort of thing often enough for lesser reasons. This isn't just an add-on to the story, it's a complete de-bunking that calls for its own thread. You're perfectly fine with 8 million Matrix threads but the one that actually is important should be hidden in the reply to another thread?

I agree that this would have been better in the P&N forum IF the original thread wasn't posted here. How did that thrive (~70 posts?) here with no one saying, "move to P&N" yet mine should be??

So far the mods seem to agree (and for that I am thankful) so I can't be that stupid.
 

DivideBYZero

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Originally posted by: TommyVercetti
Originally posted by: MAME
I'm not supporting Saddam or anyting but I'm pretty damn sure he's not as bad as the Government makes him out to be.

Bush admited that he lied about Saddam. Wtf? Clinton almost impeached for cheating and Bush is the hero president for invading the middle east and lying about why. He has UBER strong ties to the Saudi family. It's all about oil :|

You are questioning too much. Please report to head quarters for mandatory questioning.

Never a truer word spoken in jest.
 

tcsenter

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Perhaps. But I'd be willing to bet the military has some ties with the media to help promote their self image. They probably knew what the media would do with the story and helped fuel it. Lynch knows more about it than me and you combined and she's the one blaming the military.
Criticizing the military for using her rescue to generate some positive publicity, not 'blaming' the military for anything.

Lynch believes the military should not have filmed the rescue at all, let alone release it to the press. And so her criticism flows from her rather unmeritorious principal opposition to the rescue being filmed in the first place. Once she came to hold this principal objection, of course she will by extension object to the film's release and subsequent use. Her principal objection leaves no other possibility.
 

EyeMWing

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Originally posted by: MAME
I'm not supporting Saddam or anyting but I'm pretty damn sure he's not as bad as the Government makes him out to be.

Bush admited that he lied about Saddam. Wtf? Clinton almost impeached for cheating and Bush is the hero president for invading the middle east and lying about why. He has UBER strong ties to the Saudi family. It's all about oil :|

If it's all about oil than what the hell is the deal with this $1000 heating oil bill?
 

oLLie

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Originally posted by: MAME
Thank you very much. While I agree with you, some may not, which is fine because I suppose it could be a debatable topic. However, this is NOT a debatable topic and you guys should care! How much more propaganda and lies can you people take?
Way to hide your bias. You have no hope of being objective, do you? Can't even allow for the possibility that you are wrong, how sad.
Keep stroking your I-see/know-things-you-don't-see, elitist ego. Save us, oh great enlightened one!

rolleye.gif


Originally posted by: MAME
Hey genius, look where the first thread is from. This is a reply to that thread
Wow... so because you linked to a non-political post in Off-Topic it makes it ok for you to make a political thread here?
Oh no wait, I see why you created this thread, it's so you can save the poor helpless people who are inferior to you simply because they don't agree with you politically:

Originally posted by: MAME
how could you possibly think

Originally posted by: MAME
You're perfectly fine with 8 million Matrix threads but the one that actually is important

Originally posted by: MAME
I also think the people should be upset to discover the truth
 

MAME

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Originally posted by: oLLie
Originally posted by: MAME
Thank you very much. While I agree with you, some may not, which is fine because I suppose it could be a debatable topic. However, this is NOT a debatable topic and you guys should care! How much more propaganda and lies can you people take?
Way to hide your bias. You have no hope of being objective, do you? Can't even allow for the possibility that you are wrong, how sad.
Keep stroking your I-see/know-things-you-don't-see, elitist ego. Save us, oh great enlightened one!

rolleye.gif


Originally posted by: MAME
Hey genius, look where the first thread is from. This is a reply to that thread
Wow... so because you linked to a thread in P&N it makes it ok for you to make a political thread in Off-Topic?
Oh no wait, I see why you created this thread, it's so you can save the poor helpless people who are inferior to you simply because they don't agree with you politically:

Originally posted by: MAME
how could you possibly think

Originally posted by: MAME
You're perfectly fine with 8 million Matrix threads but the one that actually is important

Originally posted by: MAME
I also think the people should be upset to discover the truth


Jesus you are retarded. The original link is from off topic.

Being told someone was raped when in fact they were saved is NOT cool. Being lied to is NOT a debatable topic. Don't give me this bias crap. You want lies and false reasons as to why our country should kill people?

The only political opinion I'm pushing is that being lied to is not ok. Anyone who thinks otherwise seriosuly does need help.

 

MAME

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Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Originally posted by: MAME
I'm not supporting Saddam or anyting but I'm pretty damn sure he's not as bad as the Government makes him out to be.

Bush admited that he lied about Saddam. Wtf? Clinton almost impeached for cheating and Bush is the hero president for invading the middle east and lying about why. He has UBER strong ties to the Saudi family. It's all about oil :|

If it's all about oil than what the hell is the deal with this $1000 heating oil bill?

Obviously we need more oil?
 

FoBoT

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fobot.com
yeah, yeah, we're all doomed, our govt. is corrupt
old news, its been that way for a looooong time
 

sillymofo

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/surprise no one has done this:

Grabs lawn chair, pop corns... thinking to self: "why the fcuk are these idiots still talking about that (assumed) tramp (as seen with most women in the military).. isn't the media already have enough bs about that byeatch as it is? Here we go again"
 

oLLie

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Originally posted by: MAME
Originally posted by: oLLie
Originally posted by: MAME
Thank you very much. While I agree with you, some may not, which is fine because I suppose it could be a debatable topic. However, this is NOT a debatable topic and you guys should care! How much more propaganda and lies can you people take?
Way to hide your bias. You have no hope of being objective, do you? Can't even allow for the possibility that you are wrong, how sad.
Keep stroking your I-see/know-things-you-don't-see, elitist ego. Save us, oh great enlightened one!

rolleye.gif


Originally posted by: MAME
Hey genius, look where the first thread is from. This is a reply to that thread
Wow... so because you linked to a thread in P&N it makes it ok for you to make a political thread in Off-Topic?
Oh no wait, I see why you created this thread, it's so you can save the poor helpless people who are inferior to you simply because they don't agree with you politically:

Originally posted by: MAME
how could you possibly think

Originally posted by: MAME
You're perfectly fine with 8 million Matrix threads but the one that actually is important

Originally posted by: MAME
I also think the people should be upset to discover the truth


Jesus you are retarded. The original link is from off topic.

Being told someone was raped when in fact they were saved is NOT cool. Being lied to is NOT a debatable topic. Don't give me this bias crap. You want lies and false reasons as to why our country should kill people?

The only political opinion I'm pushing is that being lied to is not ok. Anyone who thinks otherwise seriosuly does need help.

Ok, you are right the link goes to Off-Topic. My complaint is that because you linked to a non-political thread in Off-Topic, it's somehow ok for you to undermine P&N with a political thread here.

Well, I can see that you are a mature and open-minded individual. There are any number of reasons for me to consider this fruitful discussion with you. Please show us all the truth! Save me, MAME!

*edit* I suppose the one thing MAME and I can agree on is that the news-media machine in this country sucks; sensationalist style news pisses me off to no end. We're all in agreement that the news exaggerated her story, where I think we disagree is the military's role. You have quoted several people who disagree with the military's version of events and perhaps with their handling of the events (example: recording the rescue). I have seen no evidence, nor any convincing arguments that would make me believe these people's opinions (and this is what they are, just opinions, not facts) over the military's version of events and handling of the situation. For example, Jessica Lynch says she has no recollection of being sexually assaulted. Why didn't she just say that she knew for a fact that she wasn't sexually assaulted? The two doctors who saw no evidence of sexual assault. Here, U.S. sources say that she was, Iraqi doctors say that she wasn't. I see no real reason why someone would choose one version of events over the other (at this point in time), but perhaps there is a reason: because some people are so eager to believe that the U.S. is lying, they will believe what they want without being objective. These are the kind of people who have no problem using Al-Jazeera news stories as a source for their arguments. To speculate about why the military filmed the rescue is pointless, and thus to form an argument based on the implication (by Jessica Lynch)that the filming was politically-motivated is unjustified. In my opinion, the foundations of your argument (we are being lied to) are merely the opinions of people who are not sources of authority on the matter they are discussing.
 

MAME

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Originally posted by: oLLie
Ok, you are right the link goes to Off-Topic. My complaint is that because you linked to a non-political thread in Off-Topic, it's somehow ok for you to undermine P&N with a political thread here.

Well, I can see that you are a mature and open-minded individual. There are any number of reasons for me to consider this fruitful discussion with you. Please show us all the truth! Save me, MAME!

Perhaps you guys don't understand what I am trying to emphasize?

The people have been lied to. If it is not taken seriously, the people who are responsible will do it again and again. What if no one comes forward like Lynch and we are fed more lies in the future? What if, in order to get higher ratings, the media spews whatever they see fit?

It's not ok for this sort of thing to happen. When I say "it's not debatable" I am SOLEY refering to being lied to. Not whether or not we should go to war, or if Bush is good or bad. I am ultra non-political and as such I do not attempt to tell people how dumb they are if they don't agree with me.

I did not make this thread to argue about politics ergo I did not post it in the P&N forum. I definately respect everyone's view point about many things but I think everyone can agree that this SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.

Yes, no?