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    Quote Originally Posted by Proletariat
    JAG or Soulforged are more than willing to extol Cuba's greatness, I'm sure.
    Wrong on one count so far. Care to try again lol?
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    Wrong on one count so far. Care to try again lol?
    Would you care to go through the archives and see just how many here have praised Cuba. I friggin doubt it.
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    Red herring. Please throw it away before it begins to smell.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
    Would you care to go through the archives and see just how many here have praised Cuba. I friggin doubt it.
    I've got to admit that a forum search for "Cuba is great" may not be comprehensive (especially as the Backroom is not searchable AFAIK) but nevertheless I got zero results.
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    Now, you might try to deny it, but facts are here
    Well youve posted your opinion but you have stated no facts.

    I've got to admit that a forum search for "Cuba is great" may not be comprehensive (especially as the Backroom is not searchable AFAIK) but nevertheless I got zero results.
    Well that settles it then Just like WMDS since we cant find then they were never there even though Saddam used them on his own people. Maybe check all posts made by Jag . That is if you have time to go over 11000 posts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gawain
    Well youve posted your opinion but you have stated no facts.
    You want me to post facts on how the US support the nice dictators of Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Uzbekistan and so on ? How your country supported Irak during the Iran/Irak conflict ?
    You want me to post pics of what happened in Abu Graib (sp?)
    You want me to post a link to the 'US admited to use white phosphorus in Falluja' topic ?
    If these are in your opinion mere opinions, then I guess you should look for 'opinion' in a dictionnary
    Care to explain me where Saddam suddenly hide his WMD ?

    Quote Originally Posted by Gawain
    Just like WMDS since we cant find then they were never there even though Saddam used them on his own people.
    Oh, cause he used WMD of his own people ? That means, something among the lines of White Phosphorus ? :D
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    Nope, even a search for "Cuba" by poster "JAG" yields nothing. Guess we'll have to assume that the original statement was unfounded vitriol!

    Any way. Good guys = no torture because it is bad, bad guys = loads of torture because it is fun. Unless we've been misled and we are also bad guys? Oh the trials and tribulations......]

    As noted before expectations are different. I would not expect my vicar to beat people up any more than I would expect a football thug to hug the opposing fans.
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    Comparing the US favourably to Cuba? "D'oh!" springs to mind; stating that the US is less repressive than Cuba is almost totally irrelevant, since higher humanitarian standards are (and should be) expected from the upholder of democracy.
    Quote Originally Posted by Slyspy
    Nope, even a search for "Cuba" by poster "JAG" yields nothing. Guess we'll have to assume that the original statement was unfounded vitriol!
    Isn't there a lack of a search function for backroom topics, where such a statement may have been posted?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Geoffrey S
    Comparing the US favourably to Cuba? "D'oh!" springs to mind; stating that the US is less repressive than Cuba is almost totally irrelevant, since higher humanitarian standards are (and should be) expected from the upholder of democracy.

    Isn't there a lack of a search function for backroom topics, where such a statement may have been posted?
    Yes there is. I did mention it. JAG has been absent recently I believe. Probably busy smoking huge cigars while driving a classic cadillac through the streets of Havana.
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    So would you like to try and logically explain the "don't ban torture" agenda of Cheney et co, Gaw ?
    "Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. --- Proof of the existence of the FSM, if needed, can be found in the recent uptick of global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. Apparently His Pastaness is to be worshipped in full pirate regalia. The decline in worldwide pirate population over the past 200 years directly corresponds with the increase in global temperature. Here is a graph to illustrate the point."

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    Nope, even a search for "Cuba" by poster "JAG" yields nothing. Guess we'll have to assume that the original statement was unfounded vitriol!
    Yes just like saying Saddam had WMDs when we all know he did. Maybe your memory is failing but most of us know Jags position on Cuba.

    So would you like to try and logically explain the "don't ban torture" agenda of Cheney et co, Gaw ?
    And exactly what torture is he in favor of? You never answer what torture exactly is it that the US supports?
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    Are you asking me to tell you what your own governement is squabbling about ?
    "Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. --- Proof of the existence of the FSM, if needed, can be found in the recent uptick of global warming, earthquakes, hurricanes, and other natural disasters. Apparently His Pastaness is to be worshipped in full pirate regalia. The decline in worldwide pirate population over the past 200 years directly corresponds with the increase in global temperature. Here is a graph to illustrate the point."

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gawain of Orkeny
    Yes just like saying Saddam had WMDs when we all know he did. Maybe your memory is failing but most of us know Jags position on Cuba.
    Thats me convinced. Oh yeah thats the killer argument. Buried under a mountain of proof of one (absent?) member's love of Castro's regime. You got me aargh......
    "Put 'em in blue coats, put 'em in red coats, the bastards will run all the same!"

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