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Fresno RJCCC Debate on the U.N. with Drs. Bruce Thornton & Victor Davis Hanson
Stuart Weil

Posted on 06/28/2005 10:47:46 PM PDT by Jim Robinson

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To: ladyinred

Best to you as well ladyinred,
Let me specify, there is nothing wrong with defending ourselves, and by doing so I dont feel we are automatically committing acts of terror. In my opinion some of the tactics/results of the wars in iraq/afghanistan have a quality that is reminiscent of terrorism and could be classified as terrorism. I don't think that in defending ourselves we should become the evil we deplore.


81 posted on 07/09/2005 12:54:24 AM PDT by Brandon_Hill
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To: rafiz101

I am pretty sure that Victor Davis Hansen is a democrat. That doesn't prevent him from writing great conservative analysis. Everybody has a certain bias or agenda when it comes to writing history or about any subject. The only un-biased people I can think of are umpires and referees. Thats why they are little noticed (unless they blow a call). I never heard of a book written called "Great Moderates in History".


82 posted on 07/09/2005 1:01:03 AM PDT by dancusa (Appeasement, high taxes and regulation collects in the diapers of bed wetting liberals.)
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To: dancusa

This is true, which is another reason why holding one school of thought or person as the authority on history is dangerous because it sets them up as the gatekeeper to knowledge and thought production that often serves purposes not intended for or simply misrepresents the truth. Genealogical tracings of history and power relations are much more effective in uncovering the events of history as well as the parties enaged, often secretively, in the event.


83 posted on 07/09/2005 1:05:12 AM PDT by rafiz101
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To: rafiz101
Been there, done that, rafiz, LOL.

Most here have been reading the Chomskyite Manifesto for decades. (along with your other intellectuals/totalitarians)

Chomsky's/yours/Brandon's mammoth amounts of effort and prose that are dedicated to being as unclear as possible, are simply to hide the radical extremism he preaches.

Rantings about the US as a "republic of sin", aggrandizement of totalitarians, infantile slanders, ect, we have all heard before, in our leftwing colleges and public schools. There is no more to debate, we have already won. And you will see that in 20 years.
84 posted on 07/09/2005 9:15:17 AM PDT by roses of sharon
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To: roses of sharon

I'm sorry, I am not hiding behind confusing postmodern jargon to mask my points. I was pretty clear in my posts. Either you have simply too underdeveloped a political mind and vocabulary to even engage in a simple debate or you have no reading comprehension/attention skills.

I am laughing my ass off at how simply stupid each and everyone of your posts have been so far. You resist engaging in dialogue for education or entertainment, and instead create yourself as a jackass.

Maybe if you actually read my posts so far you would realize I am not alligned with either Marxism or Neoliberal governance and/or Chomsky. You lack the will or "wisdom" to investigate history and realize that minds like yours that reject every alternative voice, are swayed by the most simplistic and yet faulty logic, and in the end never make a point worth remembering is a damning final reason why you are the one who should step back for twenty years and then come back when your brain isn't as absorbent as a piece of granite.


85 posted on 07/09/2005 1:28:31 PM PDT by rafiz101
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Again, we should talk when your all grown up.


86 posted on 07/09/2005 1:52:01 PM PDT by roses of sharon
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