Homer_Rice Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 [url="http://www.lewrockwell.com/bender/bender16.html"]This is perhaps [/url]one of the most thoughtful essays about war, liberalism, and society in general that I have read in some time. Take your time, lots of ideas and enough to keep you thinking for a long while. Homer says: the most practical kind of person you can be is an idealist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 [quote]And so, the "realist" half of the Democratic Party voted to legitimize the crime. These willing patsies leapt in line behind Bill Clinton. His sage strategy: better to mimic the "strong and wrong" crowd than be perceived as "right and weak."[/quote] [quote]"The penalty the realist pays for accepting war is to see disappear one by one the justifications for accepting it. He must either become a genuine Realpolitiker and brazen it through, or else he must feel sorry for his intuition and be regretful that he willed the war."[/quote] [quote]As long as the effective managers, the 'big men' in the staple industries remain loyal, nobody need care what the millions of little human cogs who had to earn their living felt or thought... The government of a modern organized plutocracy does not have to ask whether the people want to fight or understand what they are fighting for, but only whether they will tolerate fighting.[/quote] [quote]Then, as now, critics of war would be tarred with the brush of disloyalty. "The country is still dotted with young men and women, in full possession of their minds, faculties, and virtue, who feel themselves profoundly alien to the work which is going on around them. They must not be confused with the disloyal or the pro-German.[/quote] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//41.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//41.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//41.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//41.gif[/img] [img]http://forum.go-bengals.com/public/style_emoticons//41.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawman Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 [quote]we may end up fighting on behalf of Saddam's "secular" Sunnis before all said and done. Or, alas, we will have set the stage for an Iranian satellite[/quote] Agree, I have been concerned for some time and found it ironic that the ones we are fighting against now (Sunni backed insurgents), may be the ones we should be supporting politically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlackJesus Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 I would add..... [color="blue"][b]The Retarded Bush philosophy of backward circular Logic =[/b][/color] [color="red"][i]If there aren't terrorists somewhere at the moment, invade claiming there are..... then after a while of angering the population by forcing them to make gay orgy pyramids there will be..... [/i] [b]It is a brilliant strategy for War profiteers. Create your own business, Like a window repairman throwing stones.[/b][/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scales Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 [quote name='Homer_Rice' date='Sep 7 2005, 09:11 AM']Homer says: the most practical kind of person you can be is an idealist. [right][post="143623"]<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/post][/right][/quote] This is no shit Homer, my next Avatar Saying was going to be "idealist." The word has been floating around in my head lately, and you just stole my thunder....oh well, i'll still use it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer_Rice Posted September 8, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 [quote name='The Scales' date='Sep 8 2005, 12:36 AM']This is no shit Homer, my next Avatar Saying was going to be "idealist." The word has been floating around in my head lately, and you just stole my thunder....oh well, i'll still use it. [right][post="144214"][/post][/right][/quote] There's plenty of room on the bright side! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Dan_Bengals_FL- Posted September 8, 2005 Report Share Posted September 8, 2005 [quote name='BlackJesus' date='Sep 7 2005, 10:18 AM'][b]It is a brilliant strategy for War profiteers. Create your own business, Like a window repairman throwing stones.[/b][/color] [right][post="143646"][/post][/right][/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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