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jhrobbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:34 PM Original message |
Bill Maher said something once that has stayed with me ever since |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:42 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hard to say... |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
2. Let's just say that if Taliban men are tortured and killed, I'm fine with it. |
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jhrobbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:51 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. I agree (to a point), but my point is that it is the culture and not the |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
3. Who would be the judge of morally good? |
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jhrobbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. Isn't what is morally upright and morally repugnant sort of like |
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katsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:27 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. A standard of ethics or morals? |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I think the ruler to use is the freedom of INDIVIDUAL CITIZENS to make their own decisions, run |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've heard that argument before, and unfortunately... |
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jhrobbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:56 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Certainly not Bill Maher - he is as critical of us-U.S.- as anyone else |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. he's like Capt Kirk -- to hell with the Prime Directive |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
6. All cultures contain stuff that needs to be.... |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
7. I am pretty convinced.. |
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jhrobbins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:45 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yeah, but the end result is still 'chocolate cake'. |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:21 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. yupper....it's only life.. n/t |
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Catchawave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
8. Yes, cultures are important to understand.... |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
9. To paraphrase Winston Churchill's comment on democracy... |
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Warren DeMontague (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
15. I say fuck Theocracy- whether it's one run by the Taliban or Pat Robertson. nt |
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etherealtruth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
16. I agree with Kofi Annan |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:06 PM Response to Original message |
17. I think I remember him saying this. And I remember being |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:37 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. Some man called into one of the radio talk shows last week |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:46 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. RAWA has done important work. To tell truth, I've been afraid |
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Cleita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Dec-30-06 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. So I guess we should invade everyone whose culture is |
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