So, assassination becomes justified when anti-democratic measures are taken, even if they are instituted by nominally democratic means? I'm not...
In China, those guys would've disappeared. As it is, they remain rich and influential. Apples and oranges.
I wish her well. Remind her not to criticize the government.
I had that exact experience in Beijing in 2007. The air smelled like unburned gasoline and was attacking my sinuses. I blew my nose...and there were...
Not to those who shared Booth's beliefs. :shrug: Are you saying that your values are the only ones that can justify assassination if you don't get...
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Ask someone from Hong Kong.
:lol: No.
I did not. Stauffenberg was motivated by sincere concern for the fate of his nation as he saw Hitler was leading the country to not just military...
An opportunity was missed. GPS Coordinates Indicate 6 Feet Below Ground Level.
Your overlords will be Chinese, not American.
Just suppose this would work and a devastating blow was delivered to the U.S. What do you suppose the response would be?
I didn't say acceptable. I said it didn't dissuade the SPD from voting against it. Nope. I accepted the election results and though I didn't think...
If you go back to pre-1941 (that is, before the Holocaust and before the total war on the continent), Germany is merely one of many historical states...
I said no later than the Final Solution, but I'm open to earlier arguments. Before Barbarossa, Germany had been remarkably successful in its...
Certainly, no later than by the time the Final Solution was instituted. Perhaps earlier. I'm listening to arguments.
So, should Hindenburg have been killed even before Hitler?
Not perfectly democratic admittedly, but (1) the KPD had been banned by Hindenburg and (2) the SPD still voted against the law.
My fascism is limited to enforcing long-standing immigration laws. Yours is subjecting citizens to random searches without probable cause.
The pineapple is questionable, but I'm open-minded.
Now who's licking boots?
Red lights don't compel you to submit to a test under threat of imprisonment.
I thought this was fascinating... Karate Kid Rehearsal 1983
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The question is: when would it have become become ethically/morally permissible to assassinate Hitler? Of course it's impossible to forget what...
Bele spent 50,000 years tracking Lokai? That makes Javert's obsession with Jean Valjean seem like a momentary whim.
Whatever the death toll is--and it's certainly very, very high--this regime has got to go. If the endgame here doesn't involve Khamenei and co. at...
The epitome of pragmatic thinking. A presence is not synonymous with military occupation.
Not waffling. My preference is no adventures, but if the benefit is large enough (or cost for not acting high enough), I will support. :shrug: More...
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I don't think I ever said that. Truth to tell, I don't want new military adventures. But if taking down the Islamic Republic is a possibility, I'm...
[ATTACH] Airspace cleared over Iran. Here come da boom!
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F**k Norton. I demand Ferrigno as Old Man Hulk. :bailey:
Without taking a position either way on this particular case, I'd just say that there's a difference between selling a candy bar--which is entirely...
Dilbert creator Scott Adams dead at 68, according to TMZ. Dilbert really captured the absurdities of working in a tech company. One of my favorites:...
Doubt it will be Mexico, Colombia, or Greenland. But it's good to keep them guessing. :diacanu:
Pizza orders from near the Pentagon are apparently exploding. As will be, I suspect, other things soon.
Interesting. I saw Godzilla Minus One and thought it was very solid, and a deeper picture than I expected.
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