tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post5721196881412740842..comments2023-11-01T01:03:14.032-07:00Comments on Braveheart-does-the-Maghreb: Gun Runners R Uslady macleodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-34955009716936721212007-05-29T18:33:00.000-07:002007-05-29T18:33:00.000-07:00maybe i'm the one who's upset. probably so.maybe i'm the one who's upset. probably so.Andres, JCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898354087782485776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-8339591477803585222007-05-28T16:30:00.000-07:002007-05-28T16:30:00.000-07:00i say, as an alternative, give everyone the right ...i say, as an alternative, give everyone the right to vote, absolutely everyone, in jail, just born, crazy, on the death bed. absolutely everyone. abolish all borders. allow people to immigrate, migrate and go whereever they desire. freedom is liberating and chaotic. rule of law don't mean shit when it only applies to the have nots as a way to keep them in-line. there's an alternative. wearisome criticisms is whwere it all begins. don't shut down dialogue, encouarge it. don't get offended because someone doe not agree with you. and something is simply not the best because all alternatives are crushed, discouraged and downtrodden. watch out for the chinese!Andres, JCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898354087782485776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-10217959987071326862007-05-13T23:05:00.000-07:002007-05-13T23:05:00.000-07:00Churchill said many memorable things lady m - but ...Churchill said many memorable things lady m - but as I remember it, what he said about democracy was:<BR/><BR/>"It may not be the perfect system, but my friends, it's the best we've got."<BR/><BR/>It mightn't go down so well today though, might it? I often wonder how Churchill would be handling our present crisis?<BR/><BR/>And before anyone writes in to rubbish Churchill, let me say this: give us your ideas and alternatives, not your wearisome criticisms!I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-48769655943967841202007-05-13T22:43:00.000-07:002007-05-13T22:43:00.000-07:00And your alternative would be, andres carl sena......And your alternative would be, andres carl sena...........?I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-40043103396363174542007-05-13T11:08:00.000-07:002007-05-13T11:08:00.000-07:00Thank you all for your comments on this post. Tha...Thank you all for your comments on this post. That was what I wanted, to see what you thought.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-41038934159063744312007-05-13T10:28:00.000-07:002007-05-13T10:28:00.000-07:00"the best we've got" who says its the best? what..."the best we've got" who says its the best? what qualifies it as the best? the best? what does that mean? its the most dominant. the most oppressive. the most guns. . . does that mean its the best? it's not all we've got. ignore the means, ignore the consequences and gloss over evil with smiles and speeches of freedom and humanity and human rights and democracy. is america a democracy? i think not. only 40 percent of eligible voters actually vote, and what percentage of he US population is actually eligible to vote? about 40 percent. so forty percent of the population is eligiblre to vote and only 40 percent of that populace actually votes. that's not democarcy. thaT'S crap.Andres, JCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898354087782485776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-46034085371110178502007-05-13T03:28:00.000-07:002007-05-13T03:28:00.000-07:00Two cliches spring to mind in response to the good...Two cliches spring to mind in response to the good Woman's comment:<BR/><BR/>One is (to misquote): 'the bad will always be with us';<BR/><BR/>and the other: 'the best way to keep evil flourishing is for good men to do nothing.' <BR/><BR/>What we do may not be all that effective, but so far, it's the best we've got. <BR/><BR/>(And that too was a misquote - from something Churchill once said about democracy. 'It may not be the best system, but my friends, it's all we've got!'I Beatricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671136605194399080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-87525337810807905392007-05-13T02:30:00.000-07:002007-05-13T02:30:00.000-07:00A thought provoking post Lady M. I wonder that nu...A thought provoking post Lady M. I wonder that nuclear arms are often credited as having ended WW2. The end, it is said, justified the means.<BR/><BR/>But is the world as a whole really in a better place now? Or has the violence just been redirected?The Good Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266643682242094342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-89662768082509566462007-05-13T01:28:00.000-07:002007-05-13T01:28:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.lady macleodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830048414719866472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7383306914248068494.post-57962380081730562772007-05-12T20:52:00.000-07:002007-05-12T20:52:00.000-07:00yes, the five security council members fuel the wo...yes, the five security council members fuel the world's wars- all of them, no exception.Andres, JCThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02898354087782485776noreply@blogger.com