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by AbyssalMage
Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:35 pm
Forum: Completely Off-Topic
Topic: Internment VS Concentration Camps
Replies: 18
Views: 18363

Re: Internment VS Concentration Camps

Just look at what happened at Abu Ghraib, and that's in modern times when concentration camps have fallen out of favor with the public. Abu Ghraib was a detention center for suspected and confirmed terrorists. You didn't make it into Abu Ghraid (and remain there long at least) if you were simply Mu...
by AbyssalMage
Sun Sep 25, 2011 10:22 pm
Forum: Completely Off-Topic
Topic: Internment VS Concentration Camps
Replies: 18
Views: 18363

Re: Internment VS Concentration Camps

My .. you managed to read the exact opposite of what I actually said. No, I just pointed out the flaw in your logic. If people have to be killed for it to be a concentration camp, then by your definition all those German camps were at, the beginning, not concentration camps. And the fact that peopl...
by AbyssalMage
Sun Sep 25, 2011 12:02 pm
Forum: Completely Off-Topic
Topic: The Republican philosophy in action
Replies: 21
Views: 21690

Re: The Republican philosophy in action

You mean someone actually believes this? That "trickle down economics" doesn't work? Not sure if that is what your referring to or not :?: Income tax rates on wealthy individuals have absolutely no connection to "job creation". The mantra doesn't even make sense from a logical p...
by AbyssalMage
Thu Sep 08, 2011 1:05 am
Forum: Completely Off-Topic
Topic: New York Silliness
Replies: 10
Views: 11727

Re: New York Silliness

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/nyregion/bloomberg-hid-reason-for-goldsmiths-resignation-domestic-violence-arrest.html?partner=rss&emc=rss “I should have put a bullet through you years ago,” Margaret Goldsmith, 59, screamed at her husband, ... Why the hell are not women arrested when they sta...
by AbyssalMage
Sat Aug 27, 2011 3:39 pm
Forum: Completely Off-Topic
Topic: Buffett Urges Congress to Raise Taxes on ‘Coddled’ Billionai
Replies: 30
Views: 29732

Re: Buffett Urges Congress to Raise Taxes on ‘Coddled’ Billi

So considering what they earn vs. what they should earn and the money they generate for private sector jobs, still going to argue they are the best investment. You seem to be assuming that their salary is the total cost of investment. It's actually a trivial part of the true cost. Example: Afghanis...
by AbyssalMage
Sat Aug 27, 2011 2:14 pm
Forum: Completely Off-Topic
Topic: A Glorius Dawn
Replies: 1
Views: 3660

Re: A Glorius Dawn

Hehe, the music was too distracting (from the techno aspect) but my child loved it. But the soundtrack placed against the slideshow was pretty nice.
by AbyssalMage
Fri Aug 26, 2011 1:17 pm
Forum: Completely Off-Topic
Topic: Buffett Urges Congress to Raise Taxes on ‘Coddled’ Billionai
Replies: 30
Views: 29732

Re: Buffett Urges Congress to Raise Taxes on ‘Coddled’ Billi

And considering that enlisted are the best "per-dollar" investment the Federal Government invests in, I can't think of a poorer return on investment than our military is. Not even welfare, or bridges to nowhere. I agree, we should be annexing the real estate and natural resources of count...
by AbyssalMage
Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:26 pm
Forum: Completely Off-Topic
Topic: Buffett Urges Congress to Raise Taxes on ‘Coddled’ Billionai
Replies: 30
Views: 29732

Re: Buffett Urges Congress to Raise Taxes on ‘Coddled’ Billi

Analogies work because they take something complicated and makes it so you can understand or comprehend something and makes it personal. They are usually lies, disguised as argument. (Like statistics). Statistics aren't lies, they are usually presented in a way that's favorable to one side or anoth...
by AbyssalMage
Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:14 pm
Forum: Completely Off-Topic
Topic: Buffett Urges Congress to Raise Taxes on ‘Coddled’ Billionai
Replies: 30
Views: 29732

Re: Buffett Urges Congress to Raise Taxes on ‘Coddled’ Billi

That analogy is like saying... You poured a glass of water, along with everyone else, into a Texan watering hole. Eventually it still dries and your still left with a drought. Yeah, makes you (and everyone else) feel good, but your not solving anything or doing anything productive. But then again, ...
by AbyssalMage
Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:25 pm
Forum: Completely Off-Topic
Topic: Buffett Urges Congress to Raise Taxes on ‘Coddled’ Billionai
Replies: 30
Views: 29732

Re: Buffett Urges Congress to Raise Taxes on ‘Coddled’ Billi

It's you're, not your. And people who attack other peoples grammar tend to be (A) an English Teacher, (B) OCD to a certain point, or (C) have a superiority complex. Considering I hate spelling (English class in general, I prefer Math/History/any other core class really) and you understood the meani...