And then the skies wept... - Page 3

curtsibling · March 9, 2003, 10:58

I blame both sides of the conflict. There are no good guys.

Pity the innocent have to pay the price.

Comrade Tribune · March 9, 2003, 11:01

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Originally posted by BeBro
So when terrorists blow up an Israeli bus, we should blame the Israelis right?

Sounds great

We are all supposed to blame Iraq for an American War of Aggression, no?

The actions of the PLO are 100 times more justified than those of Bush.

curtsibling · March 9, 2003, 11:04

Killing is never justified.

That rationale is a load o' crap.

Sorry, Comrade.

BeBro · March 9, 2003, 11:06

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We are all supposed to blame Iraq for an American War of Aggression, no?

The actions of the PLO are 100 times more justified than those of Bush.

Mwhaha, changing the topic for little US bashing to avoid arguing...

You know, there is this concept called "differentiated view" without simplified black and white statements - you could at least try it

Comrade Tribune · March 9, 2003, 11:32

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Originally posted by BeBro
Mwhaha, changing the topic for little US bashing to avoid arguing...

No, this is all connected, but, for you, I´ll spell it out once more:

1- Israel´s occupation of somebody else´s territory is the cause of Palestinian terror.

2- Israel wants to get rid of the Palestinians altogether, by 'transfer' = ethnic cleansing.

3- Expelling all the Palestinians is only possible among the chaos of a major war.

4- An American war against Iraq, or perhaps against the entire Middle East, is exactly what Israel needs and wants.

Now this is not so hard to understand, or is it?

curtsibling · March 9, 2003, 11:33

Depends how skewed your view is against Israel, then doesn't it?

There are two sides to every coin.

BeBro · March 9, 2003, 11:36

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Originally posted by Comrade Tribune
1- Israel´s occupation of somebody else´s territory is the cause of Palestinian terror.

2- Israel wants to get rid of the Palestinians altogether, by 'transfer' = ethnic cleansing.

3- Expelling all the Palestinians is only possible among the chaos of a major war.

4- An American war against Iraq, or perhaps against the entire Middle East, is exactly what Israel needs and wants.

Sure you can prove this all...

Comrade Tribune · March 9, 2003, 11:38

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Originally posted by curtsibling
Depends how skewed your view is against Israel, then doesn't it?

Sure, it´s all a matter of subjective opinion.

Ming · March 9, 2003, 11:46

Comrade Tribune... see you in a week, you're toast.

Ming · March 9, 2003, 11:55

As posted by MtG after Albert Speers showed the same lack of taste...

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Not in this thread, Speer. If you want to post on ME politics, do it in one of those threads, but political comments of any type won't be tolerated here.

If you don't like it, I can give you (or anyone else who wants to politicize this thread) a week or two off to think about it.

And I agree with MtG 100%

Shi Huangdi · March 9, 2003, 11:57

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Originally posted by Ming
Comrade Tribune... see you in a week, you're toast.

Thank you!

Eli · March 9, 2003, 12:06

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Comrade Tribune... see you in a week, you're toast.

Drogue · March 9, 2003, 12:07

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Originally posted by curtsibling
There are two sides to every coin.

Very much so. I think this was the point he was trying to make. Siro's post was beautiful, and made me realise that there is another side (I tend to be far more pro-Palestine) but all this flaming, editing and banning of people because they want to point out the flip-side of this. I would never condone the terrorists, as I'm sure CT wouldn't either, but we should look at the underlying reasons aswell.

About keeping politics out of this thread. If you're going to talk about the issue, the bombing of a bus by Palestinian terrorists, it is inherrantly political IMHO.

I think what happened was awful. A terrible act, that not only killed many people, but that put back the peace process. I think, while condemning terrorist acts such as this, we should also look at the cause. I feel exactly the same about the IRA. Yes they commit horrific atrocities, and they are not justified IMHO, but they do have a reason for doing it. I think the world should look at the underlying reasons for an act, before unilaterally condemning it. I'll stop before I go too off topic, I'll leave that to politics threads. Just my opinions, i felt there needed to be some voice in support of CT, even if I disagree with what he said.

Ming · March 9, 2003, 12:10

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Originally posted by Drogue
About keeping politics out of this thread. If you're going to talk about the issue, the bombing of a bus by Palestinian terrorists, it is inherrantly political IMHO.

I disagree...
There are many other ME threads where you can discuss politics.. This is a thread about a Friend of a MEMBER of this site who died. Show the proper respect or don't bother to post at all.

Drogue · March 9, 2003, 12:15

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Originally posted by Ming
I disagree...
There are many other ME threads where you can discuss politics.. This is a thread about a Friend of a MEMBER of this site who died. Show the proper respect or don't bother to post at all.

OK. I am sorry if I offended anyone, that wasn't my intent.

Boris Godunov · March 9, 2003, 12:23

That CT crap is only worth a week?

Siro, my sincerest condolences on your loss of your friend. If more people could express their grief and frustration with eloquence and dignity rather than lashing out with hate and reciprocal violence, the world would be far better off.

Ming · March 9, 2003, 12:25

As I sent him via PM... it's only a week if he edits his posts and apologizes... If not, it's two weeks.

I expect nobody will see him for two weeks...

curtsibling · March 9, 2003, 13:28

Siro,
I am truly sorry I helped encourage this 'Comrade' individual.

Some people have no sense of decency or perspective.

Sirotnikov · March 9, 2003, 16:04

Bah, silly flaming.

While flaming increases the rating of TV shows, it really decreases the rating of Apolyton threads, since most people are better than that.

I can't imagine how could a &*&^% like tribune actually post a caricature of an exploding bus in this thread.

He maybe doesn't believe in god, but he'll have alot to answer for when he meets his... Lenin... or something.

Sirotnikov · March 9, 2003, 16:16

curt - you did fine. thank you for trying. CT is a lost cause.

Drake Tungsten · March 9, 2003, 16:41

I hope Laz sees this...

Good work, Ming.

Ozz · March 9, 2003, 16:52

A young life destroyed is such a waste.
the fact that it will be repeated is tragic.

chequita guevara · March 9, 2003, 17:30

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Originally posted by Comrade Tribune
Tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands Iraqi casualties expected...

Each one will be a single, precious human being who will never go on to do anything else in this world, never experience anything new, never bring joy to others. Multiply the pain of this murder by tens of thousands. Only then will you understand. This is why we want a better world. This is why we want an end to all violence. CT, if you can't understand how the loss of a single life diminishes us, you can have no undersanding of how the loss of many lives diminishes us.

Lefty Scaevola · March 9, 2003, 18:26

The worst part is no end in sight, there are many in the region to whom killing and revenge is the BEST thing they got going. There is so much pain and anger on all sides, and so little in the way of constructive outlet for them, leaving only more violence as the release of choice. Many of the two side and their various factions view the other as evil incarnate. Is so sad. Hope for peace is forlorn, particularly for the Israelies faced by such fanatisim, that I would not invest major resources of my country in the vain pursuit of it. The populations there have my pity, and an occaisional prayer, but I can offer them no hope, only condolences. The burden of waiting all the time to hear of the next violoent death that affects you must take a terrible toll on your life.

On a different note, those who find managing their ignore list a tedious subject, I have a shortcut for you
put comrade tribune on your ignore list

Jaguar · March 9, 2003, 18:52

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Originally posted by Ming
As I sent him via PM... it's only a week if he edits his posts and apologizes... If not, it's two weeks.

Mikhail · March 9, 2003, 19:45

Siro, I'm very sorry for your loss. I can empathize, as time after time throughout history people have been trying to wipe out my race.

I'm so sick of hearing of death. Such a waste.

Shi Huangdi · March 9, 2003, 19:48

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Originally posted by Lefty Scaevola
The worst part is no end in sight, there are many in the region to whom killing and revenge is the BEST thing they got going. There is so much pain and anger on all sides, and so little in the way of constructive outlet for them, leaving only more violence as the release of choice. Many of the two side and their various factions view the other as evil incarnate. Is so sad, hope for peace is so forlorn particularly for the Isralies faced by such fantisim, that I would not invest major resources of my country in the clearly vain pursuit of it. The populations there have my pity, and an occaisional prayer, but I can offer them not hope, only condolences.

On a different note, those who find managing their ignore list a tedious subject, I have a shortcut for you
put comrade tribune on your ignore list

CT is now the second person on my ignore list. I encourage other Apolytoners to do the same.

Jaguar · March 9, 2003, 20:52

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Originally posted by Mikhail
Siro, I'm very sorry for your loss. I can empathize, as time after time throughout history people have been trying to wipe out my race.

I'm so sick of hearing of death. Such a waste.

It seems like every race has someone trying to wipe it out.

Tiamat · March 9, 2003, 21:40

May I say what an eloquent tribute to your acquaintence.

And once again we are reminded that no matter how hard we try and how hard we overlook the morons like CT will always try to express their own personal brand of shite

Just remember CT what goes around comes around and you will certainly get yours for those comments on a thread meant to praise someones life not destroy it all over again. SHAME ON YOU! You're a very bad man. You kiss your mother with that mouth?!??

Siro~ you earned your universe points and then some with this fitting tribute. It brought tears to my eyes. So many times we over here don't see how good we have it until something like this gives us pause and an opportunity to be greatful for our lives and the lives of our familes. I will be extra careful to remind the people in my life how much I love them and care for them thanks to you and your reminder of the fact that we never know. You may be in your car or on a bus as this poor child was........but you just never know.