83 Forum Posts by "Dig-the-Man"
"Soon it will be a sin for parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease." - Bob Edwards
At 8/2/06 04:39 PM, Der_Pandar wrote: Correct
Fantastic! The world, once again, rights itself.
At 8/2/06 01:54 PM, WHATEVER132 wrote: Actually its not that simple. If we pull out now without a proper government set up all of Iraq could plunge into a civil war and another terrorist dictatorship would rise from the ashes. I think that we have to stay their at least untill a proper government is set up, One that can defend its self, and its citizens.
Yes, just like Lebanon...
At 8/2/06 02:06 PM, MoralLibertarian wrote: You know what else is a good rule? Be outraged about things that happened about a year or two ago, like the Fred Phelps protesting at troops funerals. That always makes a relevant, intelligent topic.
Odd, I was under the impression that Politics is the accumulation of politically related events - past and present.
I guess what happened in Europe in the 1940's has no bearing whatsoever on the Political Culture of today.
This website is about good Flash movies, and the kind of crap that we see everyday still keeps getting through. For example:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=152456
This submission has a score of 2.99 last time I checked.
2.99!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This is crap, it's BS.
And then, the BLAM WHORES that wander this site don't even give this submission a chance past the funny stickman at the beginning and don't watch it all the way through:
http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view.php?id=152459
Get real people and start voting right. I say that there should be a higher limit for letting in crappy Flash and a better way of saving goodies!
It isn't about free speech, and it isn't about the media.
It is about IGNORANCE.
Free speech can't make you kill someone.
Media can't tell you to not go to school.
Rap Artists can't make you pull a gun on your fourth grade teacher.
IGNORANCE breeds stupidity. What we are seeing are the offspring of the ignorant generation.
At 11/25/03 12:05 PM, Admiral8Q wrote:
Yeah you are correct. Jean Cretien really made an ass of himself overall. He introduced the GST (Genereal Sales Tax) meaning that you have to pay 7% tax on anything you by in addition to PST (Provincial Sales Tax).
Thank God for that, otherwise we would still be in a deficit!
then he promissed to get rid of it, which he didn't. He also promissed to lower income tax, which he didn't.
Point. He did promise to lower income tax among many other promises he never kept.
:He cut funding to schools and hospitals and millitary.
Ah, just so you know and all of our American readers know, our Federal Government does not control health care or education, only our provincial governments (like state governments in the US) control those areas of policy determination. Though the military is a Federal responsibility.
He want's to leave a legacy, be all he leaves is a big blunder. But to be honest, I don't really trust this Paul Martin either, but we'll see if he's any good
I guess the point that I want to make is. You can't get somethin' for nothing. As a typical Canadian, you want every social program under the sun and want it to be perfect without paying for it. You whine and complain that taxes are too high, Then pay for education and health care yourself, or better yet, move to the States where that is the situation right now. I'm not defending Jean, and I am Canadian, but we need to start paying even more taxes than we are now to improve everyone's standard of living.
At 11/6/03 12:10 PM, bumcheekcity wrote: Have you got a link to a news article for this? Were the strippers democrats?
Baahahaha.... demo...crats... he he... too funny!
Alright, studying International Relations at University may not sound like fun for some, but it does raise interesting questions like such: Who will be the next world leader? Will there be a decline of American Hegemony (superiority)?
The world system has gone like this since the 1500's...
1494 - 1579 Leader: Portugal... Challenger: Spain... Successor: Netherlands.
1580 - 1689 Leader: Netherlands... Challenger: France... Successor: Great Britain
1689 - 1792 Leader: GB... Challenger: France... Successor: GB
1792 - 1914 Leader: GB... Challenger: Germany... Successor; United States of America
1914 - ? Leader: US... Challenger: USSR/Russia Successor:?
Every century there has been a change over (except for the Brits). So who will be next? Japan, Germany, Canada, China? Or will the Americans rule for an extra century like the British? Or longer?
Wow, you really need to chill out.
There is a reason why feminism is still alive and that is because women are still not equal to men in many regards, not just in pay or hours of work, but also in the way society views them.
True, it is time that radical feminists get their heads out of their rears and get with the times. I mean, enough with "man" hole and "his"tory.
But you remarks on the new Reality TV stuff is interesting and I will leave you with a thought. Men have never been discriminated against until recently and some would argue that men are not even discrimated against at all. What is the harm in women getting a little piece of the discrimination pie since we have been doing it to them for over a thousand years?
Everyone is assuming that we will still be on planet Earth in the next century. Realize that a mission to Mars will only take three years, and in that time we may make a new home among the stars. Also, with the advanced rate of technology, it might not be long before we discover how to fully turn around the harmful effects of fossil fuel usage, or how to reclaim food from waste. Everyday humans get smarter and smarter and when it comes down to it, right close to the end, we will learn.
In the mean time though, a cap on human population would be a good idea. Stop people from having kids and lower the population slowly and that will help the Earth out a lot! Who knows if it is moral though!
The Political Forum is probably the best place to talk politics rather than having a forum just for Religion. Politics as we know it today, and much of our legal and moral presedents are from Religion (Treaty of Westphalia and the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire lead to the creation of states).
But, religion should be totally seperate from all politics including the law (do you swear to tell the truth, so help you God?)There is no place for God amongst men, lest he leaveth a place for us to rest where we may lie.
Okay, how about this. Instead of sending a whole bunch of poor innocent (okay some are not so innocent) soldiers off to war, how about we send the Politicians who start them?
Yeah, give Bush a Glock 18 and send him up against all the other baddies in the world! Give Congress a bunch of 9 mms and let them go nuts in North Korea!? Tony Blair can take a Machette and go hunting in Iraq for friends and family of Saddam!
Hey, hey?!
Crazy, I know, why would we sacrifice professional politicians?
Hello?
*echo*
Helllooo!!
*echo*
*long pause*
DAMN!
I think Easton has a great idea.
At 4/2/03 06:55 AM, Ted_Easton wrote: I say that the next time there are a dozen or so of us online, we sally forth into the general forums and do battle with the idiots.
Aaahhh... the NG Political Crusaders fighting a "holy" war with the "infedels" of the general forum? Sounds fun no? We should organize a little field trip...
At 4/2/03 06:54 AM, Ted_Easton wrote: Let's have something NEW to discuss on here.
How about.......
Are ponies pretty?
Mmmmm ponies... I mean... ahhh yeah, sure, they're pretty...
At 4/2/03 09:20 AM, Judge_DREDD wrote: Honestly, 100+ year olds can vote, so why not 10+ year olds with superior cognitive ablility?
Too funny!
I just found a fine example of MOD hatred here on Newgrounds...
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=60785
Quite funny actually, too bad he/she is probably mentally unstable....
In Canada and the United States, voting is allowed at the age of eighteen. However, in the United States most people cannot begin to consume alcohol or smoke until the age of twenty-one. Also, in a court of law, most adolescents in both countries are tried as adults at the age of sixteen. This raises an important moral, ethical, and political question. If people are responsible enough to vote at the age of eighteen but at the age of sixteen are held accountable for their actions legally, then shouldn’t those adolescents be allowed to smoke, drink, fuck, and vote if they are held accountable by law?
The idea of electronic democracy is not a new one, however, it certainly isn't a well discussed idea. Firstly, some background on what electronic democracy might look like.
First, forums like this would litter a webpage solely devoted to providing information on candidates and also allow some "discussion". Second, the webpage would be home to online voting from possibly anywhere in the world. Thirdly, these online votes would be registered electronically and available to the personnel at the voting booth stations to ensure no double-voting occurs. Possible problems include hacking, power surges and other such natural catastrophes related to computers and the internet.
What are your ideas and how would you feel if they offered online voting?
I'm not so much worried about demonizing this week as I think Syria has already won that coveted award. North Korea's horizons certaily are bright as well as the many countires in the Middle East who are either Anti-American or Anti-Iraq War. I'm more worried about after the Iraq war. Where will this stop? In World War II, after the Germans it was the Japanese, and after the Japanese it was the Russians... will there be an Arabic Cold War? Enjoy your Arabica coffee while you can before it goes out of fashion Cuban style!
At 3/30/03 08:08 AM, NEMESiSZ wrote: Someone didn't stay up all night making up stereotypes, they're based on facts. Think about it.
Ignorance is the bliss that will destroy the world. Please evolve.
I hope that no one is going to assail this thread with anti-war sentiments. I am just trying to rectify some of my previous threads, posts, replys, and overall statements. Extremist thought is one of the reasons why this world is the way it is today.
At 3/31/03 01:59 PM, Ted_Easton wrote: It may seem to be uneccesary work for the mods to state a reason, but I think it would go a long way towards battling anti-mod sentiments.
I wasn't really aware that there were anti-mod sentiments here... I mean this is a fairly open forum. Is there any examples of people posting anti-mod threads (may be redundant).
It was quiet up to the point where he started talking... then the rhetoric, discourse, and allegories of progressive liberalism began to assault my mind. Thousands of images split into frames entered through my eyes and permeated my brain… and after watching this famed movie awarded by it’s peers could I ever look upon the United States of America the same way?
Bowling for Columbine has tempered my beliefs, particularly when it comes to this war in Iraq. Drawing attacks from many a crowd, my ideals for this war before seeing this movie were hotly contested by my friends and by people here in the Politics forum. However, now that I have seen the movie, thoughts have pervaded my every waking moment on why I support this war in Iraq.
I don’t want to see anyone except Saddam killed… but is that because I am paranoid that a possible threat may become true, or am I simply falling into the mass propaganda circulated by the United States government and the media that supports it?
The movie has opened my eyes, but has not totally changed my mind… I must now say however, that my opinions are certainly more open than they were before this weekend. Now, however, I raise some important questions… where does it stop? Who will be the last bad guy? Everyone can agree that Saddam is bad and so is Kim Jong Il, but where does it stop. Now the United States would like to inform us that Syria should be the next target on the hit list for supplying weapons and equipment to Iraq prior to and during this new “Freedom War”. Exactly who are we liberating in Syria? Who is the bad guy now? Where does it stop? How does it stop?
It is doubtful that the United States will stop with Iraq and people have to wonder what next. I can promise everyone who reads this thread that if the United States attacks Syria; it will draw a world outcry that would deafen even the staunchest supports of war and conflict in this world. But more than that… I will be the first to use my freedom of speech, proclaiming loudly my anti-war sentiments, because I will not support Bowling for Syria, or the rest of the Middle East.
At 3/28/03 04:08 PM, Crack_Smoker wrote: I suppose since you think killing civilians in a war is ok, you won't villify terrorist groups for killing U.S. citizens in the "War on Terrorism", right?
If they have formally declared war against us, dressed in military clothing and gave us 72 hours to prepare... then that's the way it has to be.
But they didn't, they gave no warning, there is no formal war! That is why terrorism is different than conventional war and that is why you cannot correlate the two.
At 3/28/03 03:58 PM, House_Of_Leaves wrote: Does that mean I, or anyone, should lose the HUMAN COMPASSION that we have inside us?
No and I never said that....
Is it HURTING anyone to be appologetic?
Yes, the soldiers who are being killed because of these suprise attacks by Iraqi soldiers in civi's
To be sorry for civilian lives taken? Is it taking any energy to say, 'We're sorry'? No. And what I don't think you realize is that while our government might seem far away and cold to us regular civilians, they're human, too. With hearts, and feelings, and OH MY GOD! Maybe they actually ARE sorry for taking human life?
We can be sorry all we want, but it's not going to get the job done. Be sorry, cause I am sorry that civilians, people who want nothing to do with this war are being killed. But it is time to buck up and realize that people die in wars. Not a hard concept to understand.
Jeezus. Are you THAT desperate to argue about this war? You're attacking America for being SORRY for killing innocent people. It's not about whether or not it's going to happen. OF COURSE it's going to happen. Everyone knows that. That's what pisses some people off.
Now tell me...if it's not hurting anyone for saying 'I'm sorry', what's the harm? Why argue against it? Do you have that much disrespect for human life?
I have every ounce of respect for human life and that is why I support this war. How many were going to die if we did nothing? How many ordinary Iraqis would Saddam deliberately starve to death? How many innocent people would disappear into Saddam's prisons never to be seen again? What if we went all the way and left the no-fly zones and removed the sanctions? We can't keep them indefinitely you know! How many tens of thousands of Kurds would Saddam eradicate? Then how many people would die when he inevitably invaded another nation?
How much respect do You have for human life and DIGNITY. There are many people on Newgrounds and around the world who have friends serving in the army, navy and the Marines, and GodDamnit they are being killed too!
At 3/28/03 03:54 PM, Dig_the_Man wrote: Here is a wonderful pic... send this to gun toting Iraqis
Here is a wonderful pic... send this to gun toting Iraqis
At 3/28/03 03:41 PM, Kazuo_Kiriyama wrote: WE DON'T WANT TO LOOK AS BARBARIC AS WE HAVE TO!!!
With the vast majority of the planet against us, it would be in our best interests (and everyone else) for us to look as sympathetic and apologetic as possible.
It doesn't matter anymore man! The Iraqi's are killing their own civilians and blaming it on the Americans... or at least that is what is going to happen. As soon as two Iraqi "civilians" get killed who gets the blame and the blam? The United States of America God Bless Her. So instead of taking the bum-rap that America is already getting, get it over with, kill anyone with a gun shouting "Allah Ackbar!" or whatever and call it quits. This is a war God Damnit! and if you are stupid enough to be toting around a gun in the middle of a war-zone cause you think it's cool then you deserve a Darwin award for eliminating yourself from humanity's genepool! This is a WAR not a democratic party luncheon!
