Do Governments Represent Their People?

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Re: Do Governments Represent Their People?

Post by Gawd » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:23 am

Seth wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:Took me about 20 minutes to realise Gawd is not interested in reason, he's a zealot and you guys are wasting your time. Let him dig his own hole long enough and I'm sure his Government will represent his childish arse straight into jail.
Now that's an excellent point. Canada does have a number of laws against inciting ethnic hatred on the books. Now, as to ratting him out...
That's rich coming from you who've repeatedly made racial slurs and direct threats of murder on minorities.

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Post by Seth » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:26 am

Gawd wrote:
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Audley Strange wrote:Took me about 20 minutes to realise Gawd is not interested in reason, he's a zealot and you guys are wasting your time. Let him dig his own hole long enough and I'm sure his Government will represent his childish arse straight into jail.
Now that's an excellent point. Canada does have a number of laws against inciting ethnic hatred on the books. Now, as to ratting him out...
That's rich coming from you who've repeatedly made racial slurs and direct threats of murder on minorities.
Not racial slurs, just slurs against grasshopper-eating, camel-fucking, brother-buggering Arab terrorists. Has nothing to do with race at all.

Then again, I live in the US, where I get to say such things. You live in Canada, where you don't. Watch out, there's the Propriety Police right behind you!
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Re: Do Governments Represent Their People?

Post by Robert_S » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:39 am

Gawd,

Have you ever posted in favor of anything?

It is rather easy to criticize and tear down, since entropy and human fallibility are your allies in such endeavors.

But what are you in favor of? What would you like to see happen once Israel if driven into the sea? Can you build a damn thing?
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Post by Gawd » Wed Sep 14, 2011 1:45 am

I've posted in favor of the downfall of the US & Israel.

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Post by Robert_S » Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:05 am

Gawd wrote:I've posted in favor of the downfall of the US & Israel.
Yes, but that is still pro-anti-US/Israel.

Essentially, it's a position against something.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Post by Gawd » Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:26 am

Robert_S wrote:
Gawd wrote:I've posted in favor of the downfall of the US & Israel.
Yes, but that is still pro-anti-US/Israel.

Essentially, it's a position against something.
The negative of a negative is a positive. Or if you prefer, I'm against American & Israeli systematic war mongering & apartheid. That's a positive expression.

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Post by Robert_S » Wed Sep 14, 2011 2:33 am

Gawd wrote:
Robert_S wrote:
Gawd wrote:I've posted in favor of the downfall of the US & Israel.
Yes, but that is still pro-anti-US/Israel.

Essentially, it's a position against something.
The negative of a negative is a positive. Or if you prefer, I'm against American & Israeli systematic war mongering & apartheid.
But there's one negative and one positive in the top statement there, making it negative.

Being against the US and Israeli foreign and/or domestic policy is a lot different than against the existence of the US and Israel in and of themselves.
What I've found with a few discussions I've had lately is this self-satisfaction that people express with their proffessed open mindedness. In realty it ammounts to wilful ignorance and intellectual cowardice as they are choosing to not form any sort of opinion on a particular topic. Basically "I don't know and I'm not going to look at any evidence because I'm quite happy on this fence."
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Post by Tyrannical » Wed Sep 14, 2011 9:59 am

Gawd wrote:
Seth wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:Took me about 20 minutes to realise Gawd is not interested in reason, he's a zealot and you guys are wasting your time. Let him dig his own hole long enough and I'm sure his Government will represent his childish arse straight into jail.
Now that's an excellent point. Canada does have a number of laws against inciting ethnic hatred on the books. Now, as to ratting him out...
That's rich coming from you who've repeatedly made racial slurs and direct threats of murder on minorities.
Holocaust denial is illegal in Canada too I think :{D

Just imagine who much more he'd love them if he got sent to jail over them :hehe:
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Re: Do Governments Represent Their People?

Post by Ian » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:33 am

Robert_S wrote:
Gawd wrote:
Robert_S wrote:
Gawd wrote:I've posted in favor of the downfall of the US & Israel.
Yes, but that is still pro-anti-US/Israel.

Essentially, it's a position against something.
The negative of a negative is a positive. Or if you prefer, I'm against American & Israeli systematic war mongering & apartheid.
But there's one negative and one positive in the top statement there, making it negative.

Being against the US and Israeli foreign and/or domestic policy is a lot different than against the existence of the US and Israel in and of themselves.
Somebody with a pathological hatred of human beings will never understand the difference.

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Post by Pappa » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:40 am

Ian wrote:Somebody with a pathological hatred of human beings will never understand the difference.
Is that really necessary?
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Post by Svartalf » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:55 am

Tyrannical wrote:
Gawd wrote:
Seth wrote:
Audley Strange wrote:Took me about 20 minutes to realise Gawd is not interested in reason, he's a zealot and you guys are wasting your time. Let him dig his own hole long enough and I'm sure his Government will represent his childish arse straight into jail.
Now that's an excellent point. Canada does have a number of laws against inciting ethnic hatred on the books. Now, as to ratting him out...
That's rich coming from you who've repeatedly made racial slurs and direct threats of murder on minorities.
Holocaust denial is illegal in Canada too I think :{D

Just imagine who much more he'd love them if he got sent to jail over them :hehe:
Is it also illegal to say it was such a botch it could as well never have happened?
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Post by Svartalf » Wed Sep 14, 2011 10:56 am

silly DP, sorry :pardon:
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:10 am

Gawd wrote:
Robert_S wrote:
Gawd wrote:I've posted in favor of the downfall of the US & Israel.
Yes, but that is still pro-anti-US/Israel.

Essentially, it's a position against something.
The negative of a negative is a positive. Or if you prefer, I'm against American & Israeli systematic war mongering & apartheid. That's a positive expression.
You just have two negatives. As if you needed more.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:11 am

Pappa wrote:
Ian wrote:Somebody with a pathological hatred of human beings will never understand the difference.
Is that really necessary?
It is accurate, no?
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Post by Pappa » Wed Sep 14, 2011 11:19 am

Gawdzilla wrote:
Pappa wrote:
Ian wrote:Somebody with a pathological hatred of human beings will never understand the difference.
Is that really necessary?
It is accurate, no?
I don't think it's at all accurate to describe Gawd as having "a pathological hatred of human beings".
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