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Achilles

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Posted in: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  Achilles
12-30-2008, 4:15 PM
#2
Like you I've been following this film for a while and I look forward to seeing it soon....  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Achilles
12-30-2008, 10:57 PM
#71
Who have been fighting thousands of years in that region? Everybody. Who are running the governments currently in that region? Arabs (Palestinians) and Israelis.Fixed....  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Achilles
12-30-2008, 3:25 PM
#64
The people-groups have been there thousands of years, regardless of whatever arbitrary lines get marked on the ground from time to time.We're talking about the actions of a government. If you want to conflate that with a indigenous tribe feel free, h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Achilles
12-30-2008, 1:50 PM
#62
Nothing. Everything.No more Ridley Scott movies for you....  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Achilles
12-30-2008, 12:16 PM
#59
If everyone (and this includes both sides - Arab and Jewish) could have acted like grown ups and agreed to the original plan, without wanting it all for themselves, then Jerusalem would have effectively been neutral ground.Most likely true, but it st...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 10:21 PM
#50
There's been fighting in and around Israel for the last 5000 years.Yes, but the current iteration of Israel has only been around for 60 years. Can we just point out the elephant in the room and note that if we offered to give each of these groups on...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 8:41 PM
#36
You can only be poked so many times until there is a reaction.Funny, that's what the Palestinians say too....  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 4:09 PM
#22
That is a pretty serious problem, one group having that much power. I'm a little stunned frankly, I hope the quotes of senators in their camp were exaggerations, but I suppose it would make sense when you look at what Israel has gotten from us.Pay cl...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 3:40 PM
#20
I don't quite have your flare, I suppose looking at it as playground politics is a good way to illustrate it. Though I think our role would be more of an adult exerting negative influence on the child, perhaps it's condescending but we are a world po...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 1:26 PM
#16
As a citizen of the US it does feel as if were the parent spoiling the child, perhaps that's a bad analogy but it is the best that comes to mind.How about arming the neighborhood bully and then pressuring our friends to threaten any of the smaller ki...  [Read More]
Posted in: Israeli/Palestinian Conflict MEGATHREAD
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 10:41 AM
#14
Stating the obvious: Israel had better hope that the U.S. is never over-extended and thereby forced to fold up shop. What goes around, comes around....  [Read More]
Posted in: Mod of the Year 2008: Nominations
  Achilles
12-27-2008, 4:09 AM
#10
[TSL] Shem's Sith Armor (http://knightsoftheoldrepublic.filefront.com/file/Sith_Lord_Armor;85888) "-You may only nominate mods that have been announced here at Lucasforums." Did Shem announce that here? I don't recall....  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?
  Achilles
12-30-2008, 1:04 PM
#67
How many of us here seriously can call Wikipedia a reliable source? I know that if I were to do a paper in any class and I cited Wiki for it, my teachers would fail that paper right on the spot.Link (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/29/technology/29wik...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?
  Achilles
12-30-2008, 12:12 AM
#64
Story 1Let's assume for a moment that everything here is accurate and true. Now, do you think this helps your argument or hurts it? As has been discussed in another thread, the Israel lobby in the U.S. isn't exactly brimming with godless liberals. I...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 11:42 PM
#62
Don't even go there, cause I've already posted sources for what I've been saying in several threads.Legitimate sources, sir. Legitimate sources. No, they all have a uniform left-wing tilt, look at the schools that teach journalists and look at the n...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 11:08 PM
#57
I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt for as long as you can show me that you deserve it: Well, it's a two part thing, one we are establishing that most media outlets are biased the same way, and Fox News is the dissenter.If we change the b...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 10:37 PM
#52
While Fox News is conservative will you admit that CNN, CBS, BBC, ABC, NBC, MSNBC, and several other News outlets I'm not thinking of at the moment that happen to be on television all have a heavy left-wing tilt.I already commented on MSNBC (as far a...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 10:27 PM
#50
Or better yet, let's all behave like grown ups and admit when one of our favorite media sources has a political bias instead of trying to play the "more objective than thou" game. MSNBC has a liberal bias. Fox News has a conservative bias....  [Read More]
Posted in: Mass Media:Is there bias, perceived or actual?
  Achilles
12-27-2008, 2:23 PM
#43
Actually, it is. The major issue that was used to convince us that the war in Iraq needed to happen was the "fact" that nuclear weapons were in Iraq, and that an attack on the US was imminent. Yep. I still remember exactly where I was as I...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jewish and Christianity Question - Is God all knowing?
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 1:11 PM
#66
I was giving you a hard time if you were giving Yar-El a hard time.Oh. So where the others and I had a legitimate point, you simply sought to harass? I got it now. Further Because it was bothered only to mention the omission, nothing else.What else...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jewish and Christianity Question - Is God all knowing?
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 3:14 AM
#64
Pointing out, said religion was not mentioned, is easy to do instead of bring in examples from that religion. Then disregard it unless you have something from mohammed/the Qur'An. I wanted something analogous from islam. No dice. So this is over.It....  [Read More]
Posted in: Jewish and Christianity Question - Is God all knowing?
  Achilles
12-29-2008, 1:01 AM
#62
Perhaps you would like to define precisely what you think God(s) is (are), Achilles?I would be a poor candidate for this, as I am skeptical to their existence. I would be more than happy to discuss what I know about various mythologies, but those are...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jewish and Christianity Question - Is God all knowing?
  Achilles
12-28-2008, 1:14 PM
#60
Although I agree with you, Achilles, one could argue that these things are all part of god's 'master-plan' (assuming one existed).Yes, this is correct. One could take the argument as far as one wished to do so. I would like to think that at some poin...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jewish and Christianity Question - Is God all knowing?
  Achilles
12-28-2008, 11:56 AM
#58
To subject at hand: Is God all knowing or not? It was thought of enough to be brought up, so, if you bring it up I would think you'd have an example to share. Is that asking too much? (shrugs)As I and others (in the "examples" you quoted) h...  [Read More]
Posted in: Jewish and Christianity Question - Is God all knowing?
  Achilles
12-27-2008, 2:19 PM
#54
Probably because Yar-El simply didn't take Islam into consideration from her vantage point. Are you reading some kind of prejudice into it? No offense nor rudeness intended: Enough with the political correctness. Why not state some examples of islam...  [Read More]
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