Stop the country bashing, and the conspiracy theories or bans will start to be handed out.
Rephrase to ''stop USA bashing''?
Apparently you can say
EU countries follow the US like the sheep they are
and be just fine. Dem double standards.
I guess anything can be taken out of context with the bulk of the quote missing. Nice try I suppose.
Uh okay? The context of the post doesn't change the fact that you called all the countries in the EU ''sheep''.
Yes and there are plenty of posts in plenty of threads all over the place that bash the US much more than using the word 'sheep' calling countries sheep once when that's not even the focus of the post is not serious enough to deserve a ban, and I think it's a double standard to see US bashing all over the place then get worked up over 1 silly word.
Err.. pretty much every post in this thread (that has a note about country bashing at the top btw) that has the slightest hint of anti US wording gets a warning, and worse offenses get a ban.
I'm hardly calling for a ban here, a warning would be 100% in line with the majority of other posts that got warned in this thread, however - but the post bashes the EU, not the US.
Anyway, seeing as im not worked up in the slightest and all im doing at this point is derailing and arguing semantics... laters.
It took this thread to finally give out warnings to the "America bashers". Nearly every other political thread gets derailed, because some idiot mentions US politics. This time it only took 10 pages to give out warnings/bans to all the retards spewing garbage instead of the usual 30-50 pages.
On September 11 2011 14:41 BluePanther wrote: The amount of misinformation that gets spewed on the topics of foreign politics and American government is absolutely mind-blowing.
Also, conspiracy theorists.... instead of watching so many movies, you should get a job in the government sector. You'll realize pretty quickly how utterly ridiculous your theories are.
I've suspected for a while that the 10 year anniversary would be the ideal time to plan another attack. I'm not surprised there is talk about it. 10 years has a lot of symbolism.
I hope today goes off peacfully. When the government says there is a credible and specific threat, they do it for a reason.
Now that there is such buzz regarding the possibility of an attack it won't happen. When the US or other government agencies have had solid, credible intel regarding an attack with enough time beforehand, it has either not happened or was thwarted. Maybe some of the attacks didn't happen BECAUSE of the extra attention authorities were giving to the situation.
When I begin worry about things like "liberties" and "fear" and how each have changed in these past 10 years. I think about the men and women AROUND THE WORLD that are putting their lives on the line everyday making sure that extremists do not get their way. They're real people just like you and I, with families, and some of them even with a passion for eSports. I'm not really so much talking about the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. I'm talking about the Police, Border Patrol, Customs officials, Homeland Security, etc... These people are the unsung heroes of our modern day. Putting all political bickering aside...Lets hope that today these hard working individuals have a quiet and peaceful day.
Still when 9/11 first occurred there was plenty of evidence that a terrorist attack might occur that day and I believe I heard that the intel also suggested planes would be invloved. I seem to remember a 20/20 show or something of that sort doing a special about terrorism earlier that same year and they named Osama bin laden as the most likely candidate for someone capable of a successfull terrorist plot/attempt. Primarily cause of his already known anti-american sentiment and available monetary resources. And still, we all know what happened.
I, however, believe no act of terrorism will occur today, and only thanks to the preemptive action taken by our government agencies, namely homeland security, FBI, CIA.
On September 11 2011 16:50 drumsetjunky wrote: I think about the men and women AROUND THE WORLD that are putting their lives on the line everyday making sure that extremists do not get their way. They're real people just like you and I, with families, and some of them even with a passion for eSports. I'm not really so much talking about the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. I'm talking about the Police, Border Patrol, Customs officials, Homeland Security, etc... These people are the unsung heroes of our modern day. Putting all political bickering aside...Lets hope that today these hard working individuals have a quiet and peaceful day.
I'd prefer to hope that everyone has a quiet and peaceful day everyday, rather than beating my swelling flag-emblazoned chest and yodeling with a tear in my eye about a particular set of people who choose a particular line of work.
EPT
