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originally posted by: TDawgRex
My solution to all this? Subject them to their own laws. Convert or die.
True believers, Radicals, Extremists, or even die-hards will not conform. If Islam cannot be subjugated, then it must be eradicated. Until then, there will be no peace. All they know is war.
-A. Huxley, 1958
We envy the winged creatures for their power of unrestricted movement in all the three dimensions. But, alas, we forget the dodo. Any bird that has learned how to grub up a good living without being compelled to use its wings will soon renounce the privilege of flight and remain forever grounded. Something analogous is true of human beings. If the bread is supplied regularly and copiously three times a day, many of them will be perfectly content to live by bread alone -- or at least by bread and circuses alone.
"In the end," says the Grand Inquisitor in Dostoevsky's parable, "in the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, 'make us your slaves, but feed us.' " The Grand Inquisitor claims it as a merit for himself and his Church that they have vanquished freedom and done so to make men happy. Yes, to make men happy; "for nothing," the Inquisitor insists, "has ever been more insupportable for a man or a human society than freedom." Nothing, except the absence of freedom; for when things go badly, and the rations are reduced, the grounded dodos will clamor again for their wings -- only to renounce them, yet once more, when times grow better and the dodo-farmers become more lenient and generous.
The nature of psychological compulsion is such that those who act under constraint remain under the impression that they are acting on their own initiative. The victim of mind-manipulation does not know that he is a victim. To him, the walls of his prison are invisible, and he believes himself to be free. That he is not free is apparent only to other people. His servitude is strictly objective. Meanwhile the ruling oligarchy and its highly trained elite of soldiers, policemen, thought-manufacturers and mind-manipulators will quietly run the show as they see fit.
originally posted by: Frith
originally posted by: TDawgRex
a reply to: Frith
And again...I have to ask....what does this post have to do with Tea Partyers?
Now wonder America and the West is going down the tubes. People can't stay focused on the topic on hand.
Did you read your own post, TDawgRex? You just got through saying the war will be fought over ideology and religion. The Tea Party fits the ideology criteria to a T. Some would say its also a religion.
originally posted by: TDawgRex
a reply to: blupblup
And I am not talking from a country level here, but rather a personal level. If some one tries to kill me and misses and I have the opportunity to take them out, I'll do it without a seconds hesitation. That's called survival, and no, I won't feel happy about it either, but I'll be thankful I'm alive. Been there, done that and do not want that cup refilled.
I'm at least honest with myself.
originally posted by: blupblup
a reply to: TDawgRex
originally posted by: TDawgRex
My solution to all this? Subject them to their own laws. Convert or die.
True believers, Radicals, Extremists, or even die-hards will not conform. If Islam cannot be subjugated, then it must be eradicated. Until then, there will be no peace. All they know is war.
Not going to trawl through the whole thread though, looking for every instance of you talking about killing members of another religion.
BTW, I was talking about the ME in that post, not the world. But yes, those fundamentalist do play a role.
Nice try at derailing.edit on 10-7-2014 by TDawgRex because: (no reason given)
originally posted by: TDawgRex
BTW, I was talking about the ME in that post, not the world. But yes, those fundamentalist do play a role.
Nice try a derailing.
originally posted by: TDawgRex
originally posted by: Frith
originally posted by: TDawgRex
a reply to: Frith
And again...I have to ask....what does this post have to do with Tea Partyers?
Now wonder America and the West is going down the tubes. People can't stay focused on the topic on hand.
Did you read your own post, TDawgRex? You just got through saying the war will be fought over ideology and religion. The Tea Party fits the ideology criteria to a T. Some would say its also a religion.
Did YOU read the post?
Some would say it fits others as well. Did ya think of that?
originally posted by: blupblup
originally posted by: TDawgRex
a reply to: blupblup
And I am not talking from a country level here, but rather a personal level. If some one tries to kill me and misses and I have the opportunity to take them out, I'll do it without a seconds hesitation. That's called survival, and no, I won't feel happy about it either, but I'll be thankful I'm alive. Been there, done that and do not want that cup refilled.
I'm at least honest with myself.
But that has nothing to do with you saying that we need to go over "there" and wipe them out.... meet fire with fire, put the "boot on the neck" as you said.
You're now just trying to prove you a good guy, a tough badass who will take out anyone who messes with you.
WTF has that got to do with anything?
How many radical islamists have attacked you recently? How many invaded your property or affected your life in any way... on your own land?
Going and kicking the hornets nest and stirring up **** doesn't help anyone.
originally posted by: blupblup
originally posted by: TDawgRex
BTW, I was talking about the ME in that post, not the world. But yes, those fundamentalist do play a role.
Nice try a derailing.
Sorry what???
So YOU are going to "put the boot" on Islam's neck, single handedly?
And you weren't saying that as a nation or militarily we should do it?.... er... no, nice try but no.
Just man up, admit what your thread meant (it's pretty obvious) and stop trying to backtrack.
sheesh...
originally posted by: TDawgRex
OK...I get it. You're enamored with Islam. Myself am not enamored with any religion whatsoever.
All I know is that if people kill for power, then they should be terminated with extreme prejudice. Sounds pretty naive don't it? But that's just how I feel, regardless of country or government.
And the hornets nest has already been kicked. There isn't anything you nor I can do about it. That's what I am saying. It's time to protect you and yours and your beliefs (because we all have them). I'm not saying it's going to happen tomorrow, we've seen these cycles before, but I don't have a good feeling about this one.
originally posted by: blupblup
originally posted by: TDawgRex
Then go to that thread and whoop and holler.
Translation: I can't answer your points and I have nothing so I'll just be a smartass.
originally posted by: TDawgRex
originally posted by: blupblup
originally posted by: TDawgRex
Then go to that thread and whoop and holler.
Translation: I can't answer your points and I have nothing so I'll just be a smartass.
I like smart asses. They're better than dumbasses, which I don't think you are. It's the web...concepts can be misconstrued. I sent ya a U2U BTW. Nothing nefarious.
YeeHaa! I got to use that word twice this week!
originally posted by: john666
a reply to: TDawgRex
You are doing PSYOP right now, when you are lying that there is going to be WW3.