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| Displayed name | Sir David |
| Member number | 919 |
| Title | Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! |
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| Registered | Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Thursday, January 22 2004 17:41
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JF is only one sir, as far as I know. *Gives Wise Man credit*, although I think the lowercase "j" and the "yo" are credit enough. Also, Logo != dolt. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Thursday, January 22 2004 17:28
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Alec, I must say that I agree with you on our order of operations; there were, and still are, plenty of other problems we could have solved. Diplomacy does not always work, unfortunately; I know about the African civil wars, and I really wish we would do more about those. As I said, N. Korea should really have been our first target (the African countries I don't count as "targets", since those require peace-keeping troops and care packages rather than invasion forces). But the fact of the matter is that we are now in Iraq, and we cannot simply abandon them to their fate. I believe that the invasion and reconstruction in Iraq were/will be easier than in N. Korea, and we need practice. So I say we make the best of it, try our hardest to establish freedom and democracy (it's a process, don't expect every Iraqi to vote before the year is up), and just do what we can for the Iraqi people. I'm far more optimistic than you are, Alec; I think that the media is casting a shadow on the quiet improvements in Iraq and focusing instead on the violence and bloodshed, simply because that makes better news. I think we will succeed, in the end; we didn't do so bad in Japan or Germany. Alec, please. No matter how much of a liar Bush is, percieved or genuine, he never said anything as outrageous as your statement that American bombs will cause 50% of the Iraqi people to die of hunger and thirst. EDIT: I typed this post while Slith was posting... anyway, I agree with him, and I think I've made that point in other dicussions. If Iraq is a success, it will become a city on a hill, a role model for third world countries everywhere. This "get the hell out of here" attitude is nothing but harmful, but I think that those opposed to the war in the first palce are more supportive of that policy than Bush is. I really don't think he wants out of Iraq too quickly; if so, I'll be totally against that. But I think anything he says to suggest that is really just sucking up to his opponents, and to the more radical citizens of Iraq. Not on what news, Drakey? I've seen very, very few news articles recently that mention Iraq without mentioning civilian casualties. I can't think of any, in fact. On WWI: those problems were hardly caused by America. Peace without victory, anyone? Wilson honestly wanted to stop the fighting; that was his goal. England, France, and the rest wanted reparations. They didn't just want to end the killing, they wanted to punish Germany to the point where the Germans could never fight again. This obviously didn't work; Wilson was disgusted by the European countries taking advantage of a defeated nation. No, we did not join the League of Nations, but the League really wouldn't have been very strong anyway. Wilson wanted America to join the League, of course, but political rivalries at home along with a general isolationist feeling in Americans prevented that. And who knows what would have happened if Wilson, not the isolationists, had gotten his way? Or America, not Europe? Probably not the Holocaust, I can tell you that. [ Thursday, January 22, 2004 17:35: Message edited by: Sir David ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 21 2004 19:09
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I agree with you, Alec and Plah, about our "shoot-and-scoot" attitude to the war in Iraq. If we're going to start it, we'd better be planning to finish it. I differ, though, on the justification of the war. I think that we were right to go to war with an evil dictator. Maybe we picked the wrong dictator (N. Korea would have been my first choice), but we have to take things one-at-a-time as much as possible. I also agree that an American-Saudi alliance is kind of ludicrous. But that is a separate matter, and should be treated as such; if we're going to invade another country, we need to finish in Iraq first, and I'd rather not incense the Saudi terrorists any more than we already have, at the moment. Saddam Hussein's crimes were well-documented enough before the war to justify his removal, in my opinion. And even if they weren't, I think the mass graves found after the invasion give us enough proof that the war was justified. This kind of thing is far from unprecedented; Lincoln wasn't fighting to end slavery, and the Allies weren't fighting to end the Holocaust. Those two results were not the original goals of the associated wars; nor did the uncovering of mass graves inspire this war. But you have to admit, those three results are not to be ignored. Bush went to war to remove Saddam Hussein, plain and simple. I'm sick to death of this corporate crap, all this liberal drivel about "no blood for oil". I would be sick of Bush's WMD crap, too, but at least he was smart enough to drop that. Bush wanted to remove Saddam, support to do so. He thought that scaring the American people with exaggerated stories of existing or soon to be existing WMDs woudl be the best way to get support; he was wrong. I think that, after WWII, at least, the American people are not cold-hearted enough to ignore the suffering of the Iraqis. Bush obviously did not think so; he thought that we would only respond to a direct threat against ourselves, and not one against people we've never known or seen. Because of this assumption, he took the reports of WMDs in the 90's and the suspicions of an existing program and blew them out of proportion. Even with this, though, Bush did not lie. To lie, one must know the truth. Bush did not. Plenty of people, world leaders included, Bush included, honestly thought that Saddam had or would soon have WMDs. He exaggerated the information he had, and certainly should have checked to make sure his information was accurate. But one thing that he did not do is lie to us to get us into the war. Ugh. I have to go, I'll post whatever else tomorrow. Please, people, read everyone else's response to this before typing your own, I really don't want to have to read through the same stuff over and over. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 21 2004 18:39
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You Are Loved by Alter Boys. How ironic. =] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 21 2004 18:33
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Well, Lincoln wasn't exactly fighting for white rights, Alorael. Other than that, I agree. I think that MLK's positive actions far outweight his negative ones. That's not to say that we should forget about his imperfections, just that they should not be focused on. While it is true that people killed in MLK's name, that does not mean it was his fault, not by any means. As Alorael said, people will kill for anything. Killing in King's name might justify the crime to some people. Luckily, they are/were a minority, and not at all supported by King himself. Malcolm X, on the other hand, I do have a problem with. A militant civil rights activist just doesn't cut it, for me. His Declaration of Independance reminds me of today's radical feminism; rather than trying for equality, he went so far as to make his policies almost as racist as those he was fighting. If you're going to get a great injustice changed, MLK's method is far better. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Wednesday, January 21 2004 18:18
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Except for you, of course. jokes yo :P Wise Man is correct. EDIT: Doesn't work as well with the Spiderweb : p graemlin... [ Wednesday, January 21, 2004 18:19: Message edited by: Sir David ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, January 20 2004 16:59
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'Tis, 'tis. I agree about AFI. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, January 20 2004 16:30
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Not in what encyclopedia, Sauron? ...Let's all hope Logo gets a new host before this happens again. I mean, down on a day off from school? *shudders* -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, January 20 2004 16:26
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Obviously. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, January 20 2004 16:20
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Classical. WMHT. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Tuesday, January 20 2004 16:19
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Welcome back. Any other monikers we'd remember? -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 19:19
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Kellen was no fool, he was no rebel; he swore himself into Warderson's service, thereby pledging to obey the orders of whichever Emperor his new master served. A few years and several assassination attempts later, Kellen had proven himself an amazingly good bodyguard; he bore the scars on his face and arms to prove it. He never forgot Gideon Ironclad, though - had he known that his old Emperor was still alive, still weilding the sword against the enemies of another man, he would have dropped everything, and turned the world upside down to find him. There was a reason for this lack of knowledge. As Gideon Ironclad fell from his white horse, sapped of his strength by the loss of blood, he had caught a glimpse of Hugo's helmet. But not Hugo's face. Inside this battered helmet, lying on the ground in a pool of blood, was his own face. Then he had hit the ground, ending the hallucination, and almost killing himself. When he had regained consciousness, surrounded by the anxious faces of the priests, he had shared their elation at the fact that he was still alive. Then he looked past the comforting circle of their white robes, and saw only death. Severed limbs, headless bodies, burnt, tortured corpses - and in the center of it all, General Hugo's head, still inside its helmet, weighed down by the double crown. The vision of his own head inside the helmet, crowned in death, filled his mind once more. Then it was gone. He lay back, drained of energy, and signaled to one of the priests to lean closer. He whispered in the holy man's ear that he was Emperor no longer, that whoever had survived the battle could take that curse upon himself. Looking into his eyes, the priest had understood - he had removed Gideon's armor, switched it for a dead man's armor, and given the 'Emperor' a discreet burial. Days later, when the priests had healed him to their own satisfaction, he had ridden off alone. His last order as Emperor was that none who knew he was alive should let this be known - none ever did. Many years later, an old, old veteran died in his bed - and old veteran with one lung, in fact. A strange priest was there at the time - an old, old priest. No one knew where he had come from; they knly knew that he had appeared as soon as rumors spread of this old soldier's ailment. Afterwards, it was said that with his dying breath the old man had whispered, "Now let there be peace." Why such a fighter would say something like that with his dying breath, nobody knew. But those who saw him always said afterwards that as the old man had slipped away into whatever fate awaited him after life, a smile had softened his wrinkled old face. A smile that made him look positively Imperial. [ Tuesday, January 20, 2004 18:44: Message edited by: Sir David ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 17:44
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Malcolm X ≠ Martin Luther King, Jr. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 17:20
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I love you too, Alec. :rolleyes: I didn't notice any Polaris members tittering when Desp was down... -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 17:18
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...Yeah, that's about it. He was a great man, and certainly deserves Spiderweb recognition. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 17:17
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Depressing music on a Martin Luther King, Jr. documentary. Which reminds me... -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 16:52
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^What he said. Yes, Alec, I do. I'll explain why later if no one else has by then; I'm doing homework at the moment. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 16:27
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I agree with FZ, but I'm sure most of you knew that already. Pulling out now would not be good for Iraq, or for us, or for the world. The war was started to get Saddam out; not for oil, as most liberals say, nor for WMDs, as Bush said. If removing an evil dictator to give the people freedom is selfish, then so be it; I'll try to think of only myself more often. [ Monday, January 19, 2004 16:34: Message edited by: Sir David ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. Incaseofemergency,breakglass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 10:53
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I vaguely remember you too, welcome back. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 10:45
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...Or Polaris is, anyway. WTF^^ mate? -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 10:43
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Bill, get out of there, I'm pulling the pin... EDIT: Oh yeah, happy birthday and all that. Age, Boeing? [ Monday, January 19, 2004 10:43: Message edited by: Sir David ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 07:22
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quote:Hey now... ...anyway, what lack of idiots? -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 07:15
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Arancaytar: it's legalese. It's more an imitation fo himself than of Aloloolalal, anyway, if anyone remembers his piano post... EDIT: I am a spammer, just far less so than many members here. I joined a while ago, and have stayed almost the whole time, and have posted in many topics each day, which is why I have more posts than Wise Man. [ Monday, January 19, 2004 07:17: Message edited by: Sir David ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 07:05
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EDIT: Ugh. [ Monday, January 19, 2004 07:07: Message edited by: Sir David ] -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |
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written Monday, January 19 2004 07:01
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OOC: I was going to have him name either Sol or Warderson his heir with his dying breath. I just couldn't decide which one last night. Too late now... doesn't matter, though. It's just that we all know Ironclad II was the victor, and I thought Gideon was the last Ironclad; I didn't realize there was an Ironclad left to marry. Sorry for godmodding. -------------------- And though the musicians would die, the music would live on in the imaginations of all who heard it. -The Last Pendragon TEH CONSPIRACY IZ ALL Les forum de la chance. In case of emergency, break glass. Posts: 3351 | Registered: Saturday, April 6 2002 08:00 |