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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:24 AM Original message |
I'm a pacifist and I'm Okay, |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
1. Good for you |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. How do you determine which life is more sacred? |
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Eryemil (958 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:36 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. It was a joke, I don't really care. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
26. More sacred? |
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BB1 (671 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:17 PM Response to Reply #26 |
55. Life just might be a killing joke. |
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panader0 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm with you |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
3. that ghandi shit only works when your enemy has a heart. |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:42 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. "violence is not a solution to anything. Neither is peace or any other poorly understood..." |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:48 AM Original message |
We could talk. |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
39. many people who posses the courage of their own convictions.... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
49. what does courage have to do with obsession? |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #49 |
54. I'm afraid I don't understand |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:34 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. I was referring to the smugness right here on this thread |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:00 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. One man's smugness is another man's conviction, I daresay. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:59 PM Response to Reply #65 |
69. how cruel of you |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 09:55 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. I don't know if the words share a common entomology. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 12:06 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. snork |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Unfortunately this is a problem |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. You're dealing with micro rather than macro... |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:10 AM Response to Reply #22 |
25. No, Im dealing with macro... |
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JonQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Both operated in nations |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. JonQ is wise |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Yep, pretty physco |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:58 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. Ka-ching. n/t |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
28. yes, and the peaceloving peacenicks are superior |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:01 AM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Semantics |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
48. Hey! Where'd ya go? |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. sigh. |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #50 |
58. anti-violent actions |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:35 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. fair enough |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #13 |
27. Semantics - |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:58 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Ya wanna fight? |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 01:59 PM Response to Reply #30 |
51. oy. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. This thread is worthless without pics |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:47 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Okay... Here you go. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
34. Out of all the pics on the Internet of men in heels and garters . . . |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #34 |
42. (Psst) He's fiction. |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:13 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. I would have gone with Dennis Rodman |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
57. ......... |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
9. While I respect your choice, don't expect me to immitate it |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:50 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Tell that to MLK and Ghandi. n/t |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Totalitarianism doesn't depend on everyone else's wishes |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Thats true |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:00 AM Response to Reply #16 |
21. LOL |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
10. Being anti-violence is somewhat silly |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:54 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. LEAD BY EXAMPLE. |
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Oregone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:59 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Thats not a tool |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It's easy to be a pacifist when you're not being threatened |
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aikoaiko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
15. Violence has its place -- especially in the pursuit of self-defense. |
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Realityhack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #15 |
24. I always liked the quote... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
33. "The pursuit of self-defense" |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
37. I admire the absolute minimum necessary application of violence... |
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mgc1961 (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 09:59 AM Response to Original message |
19. If anyone gives you shit... |
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judy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 10:57 AM Response to Original message |
29. I think there are a lot of misconceptions about Gandhi... |
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mgc1961 (874 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I've endured my share... |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
32. Take it from a lumberjack |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
40. Strange, isn't it |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. No More So |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
44. Holy shit. |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
46. ignore the neanderthals. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:07 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. Imagine |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
66. Please. address where I have been condescending. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:53 PM Response to Reply #66 |
68. neanderthals? |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 07:38 PM Response to Reply #68 |
70. I never said that. Link? n/t |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. it wasn't you that said it |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:35 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. In just about all my dealings with self-proclaimed pacifists |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:02 PM Response to Reply #47 |
52. Visualize Whirled Peas |
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NeedleCast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 03:05 PM Response to Reply #52 |
64. Guess it comes down to a matter of percentages |
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Bake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 12:01 PM Response to Original message |
43. I too am against war and for peace. |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
56. Wow. I never expected such a negative reaction to this here. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. guy, bad example |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:56 PM Response to Reply #62 |
63. Point made. |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 04:52 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. observation and attack are two different things |
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Shardik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-19-08 06:17 AM Response to Reply #67 |
71. As mentioned earlier, I referred to no one as a neanderthal |
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RedCappedBandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-18-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
61. I definitely like to think of myself as a pacifist |
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