28-03-2004 20:05									#181
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quote: Wrong again, like usual. 24 hours for you for personal attacks. Oops.

And so the reign of terror continues. Will the powers that be finally step in? Or will this latest outrage be ignored like Tiananmen Square?

And Tiananmen did happen, I assure you...

	28-03-2004 20:09									#182
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Why would someone else step in? Whatever else happened, DD called a mod a "useless bag of crap." Personal insults like that get restrictions all the time, nothing new.

	28-03-2004 20:26									#183
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quote: DD called a mod a "useless bag of crap."

I'm sure he meant it in the best possible way, though.

	28-03-2004 23:31									#184
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quote: Whatever else happened, DD called a mod a "useless bag of crap." Personal insults like that get restrictions all the time, nothing new.

Not on the first offense. Usually a warning is dealt first.

	28-03-2004 23:35									#185
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quote: Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui Not on the first offense. Usually a warning is dealt first.

Depends, but in this instance DD all but dared UR to take action. He was taunting the mod, so he got what he was asking for.

	29-03-2004 00:50									#186
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Crock O' Doo Doo.

	29-03-2004 00:51									#187
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Kind of ironic that it took place in a thread dealing with a lack of sense of humor.

	29-03-2004 01:54									#188
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if a senator made the same comment at the same time, would you be this up in arms?

what if bush had laughed at the senator's comment? upset?

	29-03-2004 04:12									#189
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No I wouldn't.

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I don't think Bush would have laughed or been upset if a senator had called UR a "useless bag of crap" either.

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	29-03-2004 05:41									#190
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Why did Bush poke fun at himself? He could have just shown up and people would have pointed and laughed at him.

	29-03-2004 05:52									#191
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quote: Originally posted by Boris Godunov That is unbelievable. People died for his little "search."

Does this by chance take into account how many people would have likely died under Saddam without his "search"?


I agree the president's statements were made in bad taste, but to put the death toll in an appropriate context so that we may all come to a more salient conclusion at least 200,000 people died under Saddam, about 700,000 americans die each year from heart disease, and 42,000 die each year from car accidents. At most about 600 US soldiers have died so far in the Iraqi conflict, you do the math.

http://webapp.cdc.gov/sasweb/ncipc/leadcaus10.html

I'm not saying that killing 600 people is okay (note that Bush didn't actually kill anyone, they died in combat, which in a sense is "getting them killed" though that term itself is somewhat vague and misleading), but if we look at the number of deaths in comparison to other causes they are pretty insignificant, especiallywhen we factor in the amount of lives probably saved.


BTW, I am not trying to stick up for Bush here, as I am not even voting for the guy. Just pointing out that the constant pointing of the deaths from the Iraqi war seem a bit exagerated.