Originally posted by GigaShadow
In case you haven\'t figured it out - it means the same thing.
Yes, get an education - the US wasn\'t over there fighting Buddhist monks - they were fighting Communist North Vietnamese. You/he or both of you are idiots. I can\'t determine which one of you said what, but since you are posting that mindless babble I will lean toward you misinterpreting what he said. Read...
The first self immolations in regards to the US and S. Vietnamese government happened in 1963 - The first US troops didn\'t arrive in the country until 1965 in Da Nang. What year was this so called Vietnam vet in Vietnam? Secondly, "the Americans were not coming to take him" as you or your misinformed friend claim. These self immolations were a sign of political and religious protest mainly against the S. Vietnamese government due to religious grievences. In other cases they were against the war in general - not because American troops were rounding up Buddhist monks. :rolleyes: Buddhists have used similiar tactics since the year 4 BC when Alexander the Great invaded India.
I really want LIC to answer this one, but I just have to comment - what moron would listen to you? I really am curious. Does MTV Rock The Vote know about you and what mad motivation skillz you have? :rolleyes: Why hasn\'t Kerry called you to be one of his key advisors since you know how to manipulate people with your witty political insights?
Wow funny how much you can see through letters.
You honestly don\'t know anything about my debating skills or how I think other than the fact that I don\'t care to amuse some egocentric couple by posting stuff that would please and encourage a right-wing nut job and a left-wing shame.
No it doesn\'t mean the same thing. I didn\'t allude to Republicans being richer than Democrats. That is what you said I typed and that is what you claim I intended to say.
I know what the Viet war was about. Don\'t try to lecture me. Honestly you know nothing of my intelligence. But we all know how great you are...
The dude was a Viet veteran with a cap and everything. I talked to the guy for a couple of minutes, I\'m not best friends with the guy. It seriously crossed my mind that he was kind of looney but it was an interesting view.
Both of you LIC and Giga go hand in hand in these forums. Both of you consider yourselfs established in a certain level of intelligence that runs through these forums. You have no equal because in your mind all you see is my age and how much I don\'t agree with you. That translates to you automatically judging me as stupid and yourselves as superior. Kind of sad if you think about it.
How do you debate online? Post. Wait a couple of hours. And post again?
I\'m in the debate team and one of their top ones. Debates? How is posting online a debate? You have hours to look up stuff just to prove somebody wrong, in a debate you have to be quick on your feet and come up with something quick.
I\'ve always gone Democrat. I don\'t believe that the government should be run by people who want to tell others how to live. I find it sad that religious groups claim the Republican party because they feel as if that party is the only one that supports whatever it is they feel is right. Religion should stop trying to become politically involved because history shows how much it can screw the people over. Republicans encourage and praise these kind of thoughts by religious groups and take advantage of it.
Republicans view the non-rich as people who need to get up their ass and do something. They don\'t focus on the middle or lower class and would do anything to cut back on the amount of welfare and so on these people get. I stand firm on the believe that the role of the government is to appease and comform to the people, which is what the fathers intended and when government goes too far somebody has to stop them.
Tocqueville once said that this country is unique because all people have the opportunity to become richer and make a better life for themselves. The fathers wanted this country to be that way.
I want kerry to win because I think Bush has led this country in the wrong direction. The situation in Iraq was overhauled as critical and dangerous when in reality it became dangerous the moment our troops got there. Enemies of the US are using Iraq as a battle ground in order to get to US lifes. There had never been so many car bombings and suicidal maniacs in Iraq but now more and more religious extremist are finding a home in Iraq which in turn isn\'t going to help the Iraqi people. It isn\'t going to get any better.
He has also cut ties to other nations. Which in time will come back to haunt us. Russia just went through an extreme terrorist act. And they don\'t feel as if the US is helping them at all. Bush is leading this country in one direction. Terrorism will not end at the hands of Bush. Russia can be a helpful ally on this war but I doubt Putin would want to talk with Bush. Any country which was ridiculed by the Bush Admin. would be too proud to begin anything.
His tax cuts are for the rich and I don\'t think Bill Gates needs the money to put his kids through college.
I think Kerry should win because he will lead this country in a new direction. And that is what we need. We can\'t just keep pushing a mans agenda which hasn\'t worked to expectations over the last few years. A new face in the oval office would hopefully convince other nations to help us in Iraq and overall end the conflict without further deaths.
Kerry can be as any good a leader as Bush. I don\'t view Kerry as a "flip flop" The guy is willing to change with time and with what the people want. Not how he feels about it. If our first president would have been as stubborn as Bush, we would be living in the stone age.
