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Originally posted here by FrameWork
I dont think religion does nothing but harm. It's only the fanatics that do most of the harm. ;)
You're just reitterating what I said. Religion, in theory, is good. In practice it's usually abused and corrupted, I'm sorry but that's what I get from "I kill in the name of God!" No matter if a Muslim is saying it or Christian. ;)
In theory religion does absolutely no harm but when men try to "practice" it, it becomes a horrible mess and all of the ideals truly do get thrown out the window.
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Sorry about that KD, i must have misinterpreted your comments. My brain must have caught something in the phrasing i guess. Sorry about that. :rolleyes:
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Originally posted here by FrameWork
Alaska was a great bargain. :p
I'm with you on that darkes, the French will probably veto that one. It wouldnt matter though if we(U.S.) had Japan and India anyway, because of the mighty "veto".
As for re-establishing the UN's credibility, that will never happen. The UN's credibility has gone straight out the window, and has landed on the lap of the EU :( (I'm no fan of the EU), but this is the reality of the situation.
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I'm not sure about this. The difference with a security council of 8 permanent members (more or less representing the G8) plus 10 other random states, would be to look at any votes it took. Even France would find it hard to dismiss a 17-1 vote.
I suppose it has sorted of landed in the EUs lap, but if you look at the NATO vote on Iraq you can see the difference when France is excluded. The whole of the rest of Europe (yes, this includes Germany, Belgium etc.) were able to come to a compromise proposal, which France was threatening to veto :mad: - only passed because of the constitutional ploy used by the president of NATO.
Even the EU itself agreed on a compromise proposal, as France couldn't veto that either, although France did complain very loudly about an open letter signed by 9 European states, stating they were in favour of the US position on Iraq, claiming this undermined the position of the EU.
Speaking from this side of the pond, what we need is an EU that represents the views of its member states, rather than pandering to France (and to a lesser extent Germany) all the time.
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I see your point darkes, but with the way the French have been acting lately, it doesnt seem like they care very much even if they are indeed the minority.
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maybe they subscribe to the maxim that a creaky hinge gets oiled.
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Yeah, i just saw on the news where the French have rolled out a new video advertisement thingy called "let's fall in love again" aimed twoard's the American people. It's where they are wanting us to travel there again etc etc..... :p Pretty catchy i guess.
I'm finally over it, but the poll's still show that people are fairly upset with them. :)
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Another visit to Paris is not on my schedule at this point. Let's see if they change ways and not just words.
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I'm very curious of what you say. In France I never see Anti-American people, discourses, etc. If you have this in our News I think it's an invention of newspapers and TV. We have no boycott America or US product. American are always welcome.
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Your right in a way Ghostdog, where i live, i don't see anyone pouring out any wine, but you do hear jokes.
I'm sure no american is dumb enough to show discourse while in another country surrounded by those he was upset with.
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Originally posted here by KorpDeath
Look, we'll still be political friends, that as far as I can see was never in joepardy. But I happen to know that many American's have chosen not to do business with the French for whatever reason and that in the long will hurt France.
That seems like a typically "redneck" attitude....
<bubba accent>"Y'all don't agree with what we think so ya'll can go take a flying jump.....Think like us and believe what we tell ya all or we don't wanna play..."</bubba accent> :)
