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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
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 Posted - 12/29/2006 : 20:46:02
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Interesting news coverage - seeing people dance and sing in celebration and thanking god gives me the creeps.
Not sure what forum to post this in, so feel free to move it to the proper venue.
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by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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Edited by - pleco on 12/29/2006 20:46:37
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
 Posted - 12/29/2006 : 20:54:45 [Permalink]
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Oh, shit, my well-researched Moonscape News article about how Saddam made a plea-bargain at the last minute to save his life in return for showing where he'd hid the WMDs is probably no damned good now.
People here in the US probably cheered Hitler's death, too. And to them, at the time, it seemed anything but creepy.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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pleco
SFN Addict
USA
2998 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2006 : 20:56:34 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by HalfMooner
People here in the US probably cheered Hitler's death, too. And to them, at the time, it seemed anything but creepy.
Oh I agree, just seems creepy to me. |
by Filthy
The neo-con methane machine will soon be running at full fart. |
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Randy
SFN Regular
USA
1990 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2006 : 21:17:08 [Permalink]
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Strange Halfmooner you mention Hitler, I was just throwing this rushed cut and paste together...
"President Bush reacts to news of Saddam Hussein's execution".....
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"We are all connected; to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, to the rest of the universe atomically."
"So you're made of detritus [from exploded stars]. Get over it. Or better yet, celebrate it. After all, what nobler thought can one cherish than that the universe lives within us all?"
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2006 : 21:57:44 [Permalink]
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Rummy looks good in gray.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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GeeMack
SFN Regular
USA
1093 Posts |
Posted - 12/29/2006 : 22:26:04 [Permalink]
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Yes, there are those who seem gleeful. My non-expert opinion is that those who would celebrate the intentional killing of another human being pose a potential danger to self or others, one criteria which is often applied to deciding whether one should be committed to a mental health institution.
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Neurosis
SFN Regular
USA
675 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2006 : 13:53:25 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by GeeMack
Yes, there are those who seem gleeful. My non-expert opinion is that those who would celebrate the intentional killing of another human being pose a potential danger to self or others, one criteria which is often applied to deciding whether one should be committed to a mental health institution.
Now you got my conscience going, and after I bought all those streamers! |
Facts! Pssh, you can prove anything even remotely true with facts.
- Homer Simpson
[God] is an infinite nothing from nowhere with less power over our universe than the secretary of agriculture.
- Prof. Frink
Lisa: Yes, but wouldn't you rather know the truth than to delude yourself for happiness?
Marge: Well... um.... [goes outside to jump on tampoline with Homer.] |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9688 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2006 : 14:48:29 [Permalink]
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...and now he is a martyr for "his" people.
It would have been better if he got to rot away in a prison for life. |
Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2006 : 15:14:43 [Permalink]
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Despite rhetoric there, I don't think martyrdom really has much impact one way or the other in Iraq. Martyrdom is just a way of putting a happy face on defeat. Too many dead already, and one more means little. As evidenced by things continuing pretty much as before Saddam's hanging.
One thing I read: The US refused to hand Saddam over to the Iraqi authorities until just immediately before the execution, because they were afraid the Iraqis would go to elaborate effort to abuse and humiliate him. Still, they danced around his body when they cut him down.
My only surprise in all this is that they gave the body back to his supporters for burial. This sets up the possibility of a shrine for him in Tikrit. I don't object, merely register surprise.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2006 : 20:11:48 [Permalink]
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I channel surfed much of the night past those main news channels....for crying out loud, this was literally breaking news-constant coverage for 24 hours plus.
And those twenty or thirty street revelers in Dearborn...you'd think the whole of the USA was out in the streets all night over this.
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
3834 Posts |
Posted - 12/30/2006 : 20:15:16 [Permalink]
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I confess, I wanted to see 'the drop' but only for morbid curiosity, not for any personal satisfaction. This guy was bad, deserved what he got, but I can't say I exactly cheered when Nikolai Chowchesku and his wife were shot either.
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McQ
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 12/30/2006 : 20:31:53 [Permalink]
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I stayed up until 3 am waiting for "The Drop". Shit! I think I'm so smart and then I go and do a stupid thing like that! LOL!
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