19 Aug 2010, 6:29 pm
iamnotaparakeet
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19 Aug 2010, 7:38 pm
Dilbert wrote:
"I dooooon't want to set the wooooorld on fiiiiiiire!"
I'm ready.
I'm ready.
Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!! !
Dilbert wrote:
Israel will bomb Iran because from their point of view they simply have no choice.
Yeah, the Iranians will otherwise use their nuclear weapons on Israel as they said they would.
Dilbert wrote:
No one will retaliate except the Iranians themselves. Russia won't even mount a conventional attack, let alone a nuclear one. Don't sweat it. There will be lots of sabre rattling at the UN, but that's about it.
Yeah, at least the Russians have always been rational when it comes to the usage of nuclear weapons, as evidenced by their not using them on population centers even throughout the Cold War. However, the same cannot be said of the Iranians..... As for the U.N., they are indeed as powerful a committee as was the WWII era League Of Nations.
19 Aug 2010, 9:19 pm
Kelpie wrote:
Invader wrote:
People aren't so stupid that they would destroy the whole world. As senseless as wars may seem to some, they are almost always fought for personal benefit or gain. There is nothing to gain by destroying the world. The people in power have worked extremely hard to get there, and they value what they have far too much to simply throw it away if it can possibly be avoided. That is after all the reason they sought such power in the first place.
World leaders only act dumb, you have to be pretty intelligent to reach and maintain the positions they hold. There is nothing to worry about unless you're in the armed forces, and even then, only the forces of a select few nations. I'd imagine those forces do not include many autists, so generally speaking we'll be fine.
'World leaders only act dumb, you have to be pretty intelligent to reach and maintain the positions they hold. There is nothing to worry about unless you're in the armed forces, and even then, only the forces of a select few nations. I'd imagine those forces do not include many autists, so generally speaking we'll be fine.
Creepy avatar, low post count to fit the creepy response!
What's so creepy?
Kelpie wrote:
I understand this, however, the reason they're senseless to us is because while the big guys are getting their toes polished, the rest of are nothing but an evolved version of egyptian slaves. And those who have knowledge are pretty much keeping it behind closed doors. Fending off competiton. It's just the lies. I don't give a rats behind if they care to keep it behind closed doors, etc, etc, but they ain't saying anything truthful about any of this stuff. Have to jump fences trying to figure this stuff out, leaving room for major error.
Honest people never reach positions of power. They have to lie and cheat to get there.
Unfortunately that's just the way the world works, since genuinely "good" people are never willing to do the things which are necessary to take control over populations, as they consider those things to be too ugly, unpleasant, and wrong.
You can bet that frogs would complain about the fact that chameleons are camoflaged and hide their presence while hunting, like it's not fair because they catch all the flies and leave none for the frogs, but complaining won't change the fact that hiding is a legitimate tactic in a world where anything goes. A frog will never convince a chameleon to reveal itself no matter how much angry croaking he does, the best he can do is accept that it's the way things are and see if there's anything positive and useful that he can learn from it for himself, either that or just let his frog family go without any flies.
20 Aug 2010, 4:18 am
Invader wrote:
What's so creepy?
I like that avatar very much.
