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mimartin

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Posted in: Alliance Beteween Turkey and USA May Collaspe If Genocide Bill Passes
  mimartin
10-10-2007, 3:21 PM
#8
You don't go and tell them that they are evil. Are we really saying that Turkey is evil? We are saying people in that region were murdered in organized genocide almost 100 years ago. I hardly consider that calling Turkey evil, unless their leaders an...  [Read More]
Posted in: Court rejects alleged CIA kidnap victim
  mimartin
10-10-2007, 8:43 AM
#24
Dude, that happened in 1982. ....not to mention that the guy seemed to have also spouted torture stories too.... But I agree with the last part. Dude, Murat Kurnaz was born in 1982. Mr. Kurnaz was arrested in late 2001 and was not released unti...  [Read More]
Posted in: Court rejects alleged CIA kidnap victim
  mimartin
10-10-2007, 12:02 AM
#15
It seems this isn’t an isolated incident and it is not just happening to people of Arabic decent. We are equal opportunity at detaining the innocent. Christian Science Monitor (http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0213/p03s03-usju.html) Murat Kurnaz (ht...  [Read More]
Posted in: Court rejects alleged CIA kidnap victim
  mimartin
10-09-2007, 4:15 PM
#11
Silentscope has a point. He may be lying. It does happen, you know. Sure he could be lying, but that does not explain this statement from the article. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that U.S. officials acknowledged that el-Masri's detention...  [Read More]
Posted in: Court rejects alleged CIA kidnap victim
  mimartin
10-09-2007, 3:29 PM
#7
However, there is a point at which you gotta cut your losses, unless there is some smoking gun to support that this is no more than a one out a million accident....But isn’t one out of million too many if you are that one?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Court rejects alleged CIA kidnap victim
  mimartin
10-09-2007, 2:31 PM
#5
I found this interesting The administration has not publicly acknowledged that el-Masri was detained So we are not saying we ever had him, but and lower courts dismissed his suit after the administration asserted that state secrets would be revealed...  [Read More]
Posted in: A World Without Superman
  mimartin
10-09-2007, 4:57 PM
#11
Kids and adults from generations past to present day will often tell you that some of their first role models were Superman, Green Lantern, Optimus Prime, Wonder Woman, and so on... Role models that teach people anything from pro-government, anti-gov...  [Read More]
Posted in: Humans: Carnivorous?
  mimartin
10-03-2007, 7:51 PM
#12
Another problem with the video is Chimpanzees are pictured as herbivores, but like us, they are omnivores. Damn Achilles already got my second point about difference between game and farmed raised animals. Weave I admire you for having the will p...  [Read More]
Posted in: Humans: Carnivorous?
  mimartin
10-03-2007, 7:19 PM
#6
I am really going to believe a talking pig telling me not to eat meat. Makes as much sense as a cow telling me to eat more chicken. I’m sorry but the argument that Carl Lewis was a vegetarian and could kick anyone’s butt is insane. Carl Lewis c...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian right looks to rebound
  mimartin
09-28-2007, 12:35 AM
#52
Ahem. Wasn't the Constitution written by men who were Christians? Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you, but.... But what? I’m a Christian too. I was answering Achilles request for my frame of reference for my comment: I have the same problem with these...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian right looks to rebound
  mimartin
09-24-2007, 8:15 PM
#23
Not evidence :D No it isn’t and I feel no burden to present the un-presentable as he must believe or else is really is there trolling for victims. I’m not trying to convince anyone of anything, I am just stating my POV. Or he could go to a late...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian right looks to rebound
  mimartin
09-24-2007, 7:26 PM
#21
So the existence of the soul (and therefore god) would be the fulcrum between this coming down as a moral decision or an immoral decision? Yes. Seems to me that evidence for these things would be of paramount importance in a situation like this. It i...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian right looks to rebound
  mimartin
09-24-2007, 5:10 PM
#18
If we were to put religion aside and examine this from a strictly moral/ethical standpoint, would you say that they made the right choice?From the view point of say a community recreation complex, then no he would not be allow to enter the establishm...  [Read More]
Posted in: Christian right looks to rebound
  mimartin
09-24-2007, 4:15 PM
#16
This reminds me of a debate I heard about recently regarding a sex-offender who tried to join a congregation. It was interesting to hear people struggling with the choice between their instincts and following (what they percieved to be) jesus' messag...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ruling: Former presidents can't withhold records
  mimartin
10-02-2007, 4:23 PM
#6
Johnson said in his memoirs that he pushed hard for the Civil Rights Act of '64 and the Voting Rights act of '65 because he thought people of color should have the right to vote. However, his motives were far more politically motivated than this glow...  [Read More]
Posted in: Whoops! (US Navy to Alter "Swastika" Building Due to Web Maps)
  mimartin
09-28-2007, 12:02 PM
#6
It is a building not a symbol. If someone does not like its shape when looking at it from satellite photos then they should just stop looking at it....  [Read More]
Posted in: Movement to Declare A Chimp "A Person" Underway in Austria
  mimartin
09-27-2007, 11:04 PM
#4
They can do with it whatever they want, but when they teach it to say “no”, I’m leaving. I was half expecting his name to be Caesar. 10 to 1 no one knows what the hell the old fart is talking about. If this succeds, then this will finally u...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ahmadinejad Speaks at Columbia University
  mimartin
09-25-2007, 4:07 PM
#4
Does this demonstrate how much we value free speech in the US?It shows how much those in academia value free speech. Those protesting and those condemning Columbia for giving him the platform to speak say something vastly different. Should Ahmadine...  [Read More]
Posted in: U.S. snipers accused of 'baiting' Iraqis
  mimartin
10-04-2007, 5:19 PM
#52
Good point, but since I cannot honestly say if Russert is lying or not I will not judge him. However, neither he nor any law firm associated with President Clinton was the one that made the convenient memory loss defensive popular. President Ronald R...  [Read More]
Posted in: U.S. snipers accused of 'baiting' Iraqis
  mimartin
10-04-2007, 9:08 AM
#50
The interesting sidebar is that while Tim Russert didn't do jail time for his flagging memory on the issue, Libby did. Some justice.Tim Russert memory stayed the same throughout the ordeal. Mr. Libby is the one that changed his story on 07/10/2003 he...  [Read More]
Posted in: U.S. snipers accused of 'baiting' Iraqis
  mimartin
10-03-2007, 11:14 PM
#46
It sounds like we need to completely eradicate them, don't we? Just whom are you suggesting we “completely eradicate”? If you are taking about al-Qaeda then I completely agree, but it sounds like you are talking about the Islamic people. I’m g...  [Read More]
Posted in: U.S. snipers accused of 'baiting' Iraqis
  mimartin
09-25-2007, 12:06 PM
#14
We've heard this before, no? Not really "different" then, is it? guerrilla: a person who engages in irregular warfare especially as a member of an independent unit carrying out harassment and sabotage. Very true, but forgive me for not bein...  [Read More]
Posted in: U.S. snipers accused of 'baiting' Iraqis
  mimartin
09-25-2007, 10:24 AM
#10
First off Sergeant Evan Vela credibility isn’t the greatest since he charged with planting weapons on an Iraqi that he killed. Still with the information coming from more than one source (not just the three accused in this case) I believe it is fea...  [Read More]
Posted in: Oblivious to the Nines
  mimartin
09-27-2007, 5:57 PM
#75
You're not so bad yourself mimartin, I've learned alot from you as well. :) Much Obliged. Your Welcome, and thank you. I've learned so much from Stoffe's replies to your questions. I've only just begun, but Shivering Isles is visually stunning. It...  [Read More]
Posted in: What are you?
  mimartin
10-05-2007, 12:49 PM
#37
Pretty much everything I think. You've got my vote....  [Read More]
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