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Originally Posted by Nikki
As a historian, I keep telling you folks. All of this politico-S..t is just that. Its smoke and mirrors for our consumption to keep us B.S.'d that the the system still works for us. I respect the Comanches because they held out longest against this crap and, unlike too many of my country-persons today, saw through the U.S. Government's duplicity when their agents tried to impress upon the Comanches the "benefits" of surrendering to the White Man. The Comanches were wise and astute enough to realize that the white man's technology and numbers overpowered them, but they never bought into their B.S. Their chiefs mused, "Why don't they just tell us the truth that we're F..d, instead of pumping smoke up our asses about what a great deal they're offering us." WAKE UP FOOLS!
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Originally Posted by smoseley
Nikki, you have a point, but you're missing something important. The truly wise man understands the ways of the world, but values his life, and so learns to work within the immutable rules of system rather than running again and again into a brick wall. 
The Comanches may have been honorable and respectable, but were they really wise? Tell us, what was their ultimate fate? |
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Originally Posted by Greg
Great, then to understand what they were saying, you must understand the context of their statements. Revolutionary war. A completely different situation. Cessation from the crown and independence are a completely different thing worth dying for than imperial occupation of a hostile foreign country in order to control strategic (short term) oil reserves. Hale would probably give one of his other lives for Iraq at this point.
No argument there. The primary tool for the trade, however is binary generalizations and a war of sound bites.
'Greg
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Greg
My post was answering smoseley's post:
Nikki, you have a point, but you're missing something important. The truly wise man understands the ways of the world, but values his life, and so learns to work within the immutable rules of system rather than running again and again into a brick wall.
Some men put their principles above their lives. They believe that the only immutable rules are those given by God. I was not referring to the war in Iraq, just the statements in the above posts.