Dark Moth

Well geez, Hilde. The very first thing you posted in response to the article I linked wasn't outrage over the act or sympathy for those who died. It was just one of your dismissals of us handing out teddy bears being propaganda. How callous do you think that looked? Regardless if it's propaganda or not, we still do it, among other things to help the Iraqis, and you don't seem to want to hear any of it. It's all proganda to you. You may think of it as just a big sugarcoating of the war, but I don't think that's the case. Rather, I see us helping the Iraqis and the innocents killed in our operations as two sides of the same war. Neither of them are the "true face" of our soldiers, but both deserve to be shown. You just don't seem to want to hear the positive. As for your comment about the foreign fighters, I fail to see how that changes the situation in any way. It's an atrocity, no matter how you view it. And I don't think the article even meant to make it sound like the insurgents attacked us because we were handing out teddy bears. In an article, you have to to describe the events, and that is what they did. I think the fact that they chose to do it while we were handing out teddy bears makes the attack a little more poignant, though. And about your last part, why so, if you don't mind me asking?

Happy Birthday, finger and fighter.

Really? HMM...

We're not the ones killing the country right now. Granted, we didn't help it by boming the heck out of them and disbanding the army. But right now, the terrorists are the reason things in Iraq are so bad. Either they target us or Iraqis working with us. Regardless, it's always the innocents who suffer most, as shown in the linked article. They're the ones killing the country. If they really wanted us out, they'd stop setting car bombs all over the place. The fact that they're willing to sacrifice so many innocents in the process shows they really don't care about helping the Iraqi people, just killing us. But you see, it's a cycle: they blow people up in hopes of getting us out, but we stay there because they keep blowing things up. As for the whole "democracizing" of Iraq, I have no problem with Iraq being a democracy, I just think the entire thing was handled poorly. We jumped in too fast, didn't really bother to think about the repercussions, and didn't prepare ourselves for a long, hard-fought occupation. And worse, we did it almost alone. I just don't think we were really prepared to keep the peace. And sadly, Bush may be too idealistic for his own good. To put it bluntly, I'm not sure the Iraq or the Middle East is really ready for democracy.

I suppose I gotta do someone, too. I'd do Darkside since she did one for me, but CoF already gave her one. Hmm...

Augh! It begins again! Evil, by the way.

Personally I admire the way Hilde is so blatantly biased and damn proud of it. He's so quick to crucify the U.S. for any action, even a little mention of them bombing al-Jazeera. To him, it's the true face of the U.S. And yet, when insurgents literally blow up children outside a hospital, it's pro-America propaganda b.s. to him. What a hypocrite. ^_^

Toys? Heaven forbid! I just think it's most sad how they're willing to sacrfice 40 of their own people, children too, if it means two of our guys will die. How on earth do they hope to win support that way? All that shows is that they really have no concern for their own people.

They have to resolve it somehow, or the writers of K2 are gonna look real stupid.

Why does this remind me of the Rolling Stones? Actually, people still do go to their concerts.

Me too! (w00t) Just got the DVD. I thought the entire movie was sweet up to the ending. It just felt rushed. Also, just saw "HP and the Goblet of Fire" today. While it's good and better than the third movie, it's still no LOTR. Also, I think the way Voldemort was depicted was a little disappointing.

OMG! The "spoilers" section is being overrun by polls!

Silence, both of you. You will not disrespect Bastila in my presence, lest I summon a legion of demonic fanboys.

Oh shut it. Do your realize how hypocritical you're being? And I suppose all your attacks on America and religion aren't biased? And this actually had nothing to do with your articles. Believe it or not, the newspaper is actually pretty left-leaning, too. I suppose with you, it makes no difference, huh? If it has anything good to say about the U.S., it must be propaganda. " Now can we please be on-topic, people?

Alright, fine, you bunch of whiners. *snip* Better? Now how about cutting back on the spam?

Link to article Just plain sad. Those "freedom fighters" strike again.

No it's not. Rock is just a form of music. Those who say it's the "devil's music" are a bunch of mega-ultra right-wing conservative nutjobs.

Yeah right.

^^What LadyCrimsonsaid. Don't forget about religious music. What's so weird about it? Besides, these things will most likely be an educational tools more than anything else. Now if they wanted to make some sort of Jihad simluator, that might be a little weird.

Nice. Is that you in the photo?

Okay children, knock it off. Hey thanks, Darkside! I love it! :D (w00t) :"> It's Thanksgiving here in the States so I couldn't check it out until now. Happy thanksgiving to all you Americans, BTW. Yup, only the g-men know... :ph34r: Yipes! Did I really flame you for a Southern Christian remark? I can't seem to recall... Oh well. I'm Northern, anyway. Regardless, I'll be sure to send you some calamine lotion for those nasty burns.

Google no help? Sorry, can't help you, either. BTW, happy Thanksgiving to all Americans on this board.

Change it back, kotorkyle!

Why, thanks. By all means go ahead, if you dare. Hmm...I thought pixies just got one from julianw (albeit it's a not a third-gen one). Besides, I don't think pixies is ever lonely as long as he has himself around.

Treading the line between touching and disturbing... Oh hell, you only die once. Might as well do it in style.