Posted on 06/16/2002 5:32:24 AM PDT by magnum opus dejure
Well, it's been 4 years since I first found Free Republic. I have always felt like I belonged here and have really enjoyed the banter back and forth between us members. I am afraid all this is now over. I am really suprised and shocked at it's suddenness. Before I leave I want to thank a freeper from Michigan who sent me a DVD player last year to give to my kids for Christmas. You reaffirmed my faith in humanity.
I know this thread will be deleted before many people get to read it, but I just can't go without saying a final word. Every since 911 the 'vibe' here at FR has been decidedly hostile. I guess it was a matter of time before the newbie moderator got around to weeding me out for my sometimes unpopular views. So I join the ranks of A+Bert and so many others who gave FR a interesting flavor. I will miss coming here 20 times a day and keeping up on things. But without posting priviledges there is just no point. I must go find another conservative group to try to be a part of.
In the future, when a freeper who has been a loyal member since August 1998 crosses the line, how about a note instead of banning? Would that have been too much? I may have gotten out of line, how is beyond me, but if such a tresspass would have been pointed out I would gladly have refrained from doing so again. It is just not right to just ban an account with no explaination. Especially when the freeper has been here 4 years. I have no idea what I am going to do with my days now that I no longer have FR. Well, I guess I have said my part. It is a sad day when one has to leave family and friends. I feel like some of you were just that. But apparently I am no longer wanted around here. I bid my good day to you all and hope that karma pays it's respects to those who do injustice.
Quit antagonizing. It ain't gonna happen. Sneakypete didn't name himself dummass.
You have a history of that.
I gotta question to you both... (I am not Ex-Military, so I have to ask)... is there any established criteria, in War, for separating Traitors from Enemy Combatants?
It's actually an important question.
Jim, you're a veteran, and I am just asking a question -- who's a Traitor, and who's an Enemy Combatant?
Are there ANY protocols, or do we need to write some?
By the way -- Unless I am mistaken, Congressman Ron Paul did NOT authorize any "war". Rather, Congressman Ron Paul said that the only way to avoid a horrific Constitutional FUBAR was to formally declare War... otherwise, we have our Nationalist Heads up our Constitutional Arse.
On Bush's Illegal Undeclared War: Congressman Ron Paul, 10-29-2001
But wasn't he banned long before 911. ??
I agree. Which is why nothing I've seen posted in this thread bothers me that much. We fought like tigers in my family just about every day - seems perfectly normal to me.
So the thousands of innocent American civilians he slaughtered in the sneak attack don't matter?
They didn't get a trial, they didn't get a hearing and they didn't even get a warning. So much for their due process.
Do you know what the established time-frame is on this? Or even if there is one?
Mercenaries take no oath of allegiance to their employers government. It is more a independent contract thing and each side is free to walk away.
a.cricket
I get it! The only thing that makes a 10 kiloton nuclear denoation stand out from a firecracker is that the nuke has a bigger (i.e., more "successful") explosion.
It's really easy to understand when you think about it!
You are so wise. You have the uncanny ability to place these things in perspective. Like you, I will henceforth no longer be worried about the possibility of terrorist nukes being detonated in one of our cities. Rather, I will only be worried about Bush, Rumsfeld, and Ashcroft "overreaching" as they strive to counter this terrorist threat.
If Jim is the man I believe he is, then sucking up won't buy you points. Butt out.
And I mean that in the best possible way...
Go put your rose colored glasses on. Oh, they are on. Pardon my mistake.
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