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curmudgeon

- 29 Sep 06
- 8:28 am
I won't disagree with Scorp's characterization of Vietnam as Dimocrat debacle, but that does not justify the Bush administration's current actions in Iraq. The US tried to spread Democracy to Vietnam and failed (killing millions in the process), tried to spread Democracy to the Philippines and failed (killing hundreds of thousand in the process), tried the same in Cuba and that didn't go so well. True democracy must be a people's movement; it cannot be imposed upon the people and unfortunately the people of Iraq cannot hear our case for democracy over the rattling sabers. So if a free and democratic …

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- 01 Oct 06
- 9:43 am
scorp, thanks for asking. It's mudge, but if you want to believe it's mud go right on ahead. In fact, it's more amusing as mud. You said, "in a brief post, you have made numerous mischaracterizations and factual errors". Please elaborate. What errors have I committed? Mischaracterizations, perhaps, but that is a matter of perspective. I do not pretend to be objective as that is not possible because to be neutral is to give implicit approval for the status quo. I have no problems with the purple fingers and am quite aware of them. The purple fingers aren't killing people, but …

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- 01 Oct 06
- 4:38 pm
Oh, scorp, what a simple world in which we live! Dims is so cute and it's so easy to see everything as Dims & Repubicons. Every issue has two and only two sides, or at best Dims & Reps are the bipolar opposites and maybe the truth is somewhere in between. Is everyone who disagrees with you a dimocrat or a moonbat? You were right about one thing. The representatives in our gov't were overwhelmingly in favor of firing up the indiscriminate death machine. Maybe it's time we follow the instructions of the Declaration of Independence and get rid of this …

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