Furunculus Maneuver: Adopt a highly logical position on a controversial subject where you cannot disagree with the merits of the proposal, only disagree with an opinion based on fundamental values. - Beskar
"The republicans will draft your kids, poison the air and water, take away your social security and burn down black churches if elected." Gawain of Orkney
"The republicans will draft your kids, poison the air and water, take away your social security and burn down black churches if elected." Gawain of Orkney
Throwing stones... that it? The French have been up to their usual antics with petrol bombs and the like, yet they've not been shot at with live rounds.
If riot police can not deal with stones, there's something wrong.
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An enemy that wishes to die for their country is the best sort to face - you both have the same aim in mind.
Science flies you to the moon, religion flies you into buildings.
"If you can't trust the local kleptocrat whom you installed by force and prop up with billions of annual dollars, who can you trust?" Lemur
If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain.
The best argument against democracy is a five minute talk with the average voter. Winston Churchill
You can tell Israel is a democracy. They don't manage to pursue ANY strategy to its necessary end-state. They continue the usual mish-mash of policies and tactics which, unsurprisingly, beget more of the same.
"The only way that has ever been discovered to have a lot of people cooperate together voluntarily is through the free market. And that's why it's so essential to preserving individual freedom.” -- Milton Friedman
"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule." -- H. L. Mencken
On the one hand Israelis are no angels, on the other hand people often claim it was a peaceful protest when they were actually throwing stones. I wasn't there so I don't know, it's so far away that I don't mind all that much anymore if they keep killing eachother. I just wish all the other countries on both sides would stop their support as well, until the two sides start working on an actual non-violent solution.
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"Topic is tired and needs a nap." - Tosa Inu
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