"Television has attacked us for a lifetime - now we strike back." Nam June Paik

QuantumTrollShroom said:
Since Slowbama is now failing to follow-up with carpet-bombing of the Somalian coastline, I predict the scum will strike back and kill at least one American at sea in the next 6 months.


I guarantee you, if he killed 3 million people in retaliation for the actions of 3 pirates, many more Americans would die from blowback during the next 6 months. You ought to learn from your Führer's mistakes, herr QM.

That lesson is: pissing off the whole world in the pursuit of a self-serving agenda is actually BAD FOR YOUR SELF in the long term.

Why do I feed the trolls?

>> ^quantumushroom:
...I predict the scum will strike back and kill at least one American at sea in the next 6 months.


Well I predict you'll make at least one hate filled, ill thought out comment in the next 6 months.

I'm enjoying this brief interlude where liberal talky-heads honestly support the US military.

48 hours doesn't quite make up for the past 8 years, though, does it?

Obama's bowing to royalty and America-bashing Euro Tour negates one correct (and obvious) decision.

Since Slowbama is now failing to follow-up with carpet-bombing of the Somalian coastline, I predict the scum will strike back and kill at least one American at sea in the next 6 months.

Episode Seven: JarJar Strikes Back

Shitty defence by Lell, Ottl and Breno.

Well, at least the Champions League game versus Barcelona FC on Wednesday should be interesting. Either Bayern gets blown to pieces or "la bestia negra" strikes back in style.

It's not so much the context, as how much he speaks like Ricky Gervais' character from the Office, David Brent. I have no idea who he is or what he's talking about either, but right at the end he channels Brent. Anyway, there's a reason it only garnered 7 votes...

In reply to this comment by burdturgler:
I appreciate it, but I'm really looking for those clips where Brits seem to find a way to control their anger and channel it in a way that lays waste to those that oppose them, yet somehow they remain incredibly composed ..

I have no idea who that guy is or what he's talking about.

In reply to this comment by kymbos:
It probably doesn't constitute rage as such, but I have a clip of a British gent full of righteous indignation you may be interested in...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Bloke-On-Sky-News-Who-Acts-Like-David-Brent

I appreciate it, but I'm really looking for those clips where Brits seem to find a way to control their anger and channel it in a way that lays waste to those that oppose them, yet somehow they remain incredibly composed ..

I have no idea who that guy is or what he's talking about.

In reply to this comment by kymbos:
It probably doesn't constitute rage as such, but I have a clip of a British gent full of righteous indignation you may be interested in...

http://www.videosift.com/video/Bloke-On-Sky-News-Who-Acts-Like-David-Brent

*promote in celebration of my new playlist .. the Empire Strikes Back.

Please send suggestions for additions.

This is a horrible film.

- It makes it seem like a kid can destroy an entire planetary force ALONE.
- It destroyed the entire Jedi power mythos through blood test. Couldn't they just say "I feel something about this child... some power"
- The dialog is stupid and inane because almost everything was a fabricated set behind a green screen.
- It was directed by Greoge Lucas, who knows NOTHING about directing actual human beings. Empire strikes back was the best because it was actually directed by a character director.

I could go on but I don't get paid to do this and I need to do drugs now to forget how stupid Episode 1 was.

>> ^Raaagh:
>> ^residue:
I agree with Xax. It seems childish and petty to me as well. Two wrongs don't make a right here. The people in the video complain that they don't think it's appropriate to put up religious propaganda signs, then turn around and do just that.. "

The atheist banner was not religious propoganda - it was a simple, scientifically verifiable fact.
You moron.


Really? Since when does science have verifiable proof of true/false data to tell with 99.9% accuracy, that it is fact?

The moment you bring science, in to a religious debate, is the same moment, the other guy can use the 'Flying Saucers' and 'Aliens made me do it' arguements. Since the intrusion of space aliens is always possible, one should be wary of using science as well.

That said, it *is* atheist propaganda at work. Its meant to strike at those of the Christian faith. A duel, that can only lead to more, harsh attacks from the other side, and then the athiests, strike back. Sooner or later, it'll be Gaza II: The England Backlash.

To bad, many atheists chide Christians for not being tolerant of other, religious views, when they go out and do exactly the same thing.

Its the pot calling the kettle black.

>> ^bcglorf:

Only replying once, because I really don't care for internet arguments, but here goes:

Yes, it's obvious that they are holding back from their full potential. It's widely understood that they have nuclear arms, and I have yet to see pictures of a mushroom cloud over the strip. Clearly they could do more damage if they wanted to, and they could be less discriminate about civilian casualties.

On the other hand, they've caused injuries to over 1,500 people already. Aside from cost to life and limb, the IDF has caused considerable infrastructure damage to a place that was already in precarious third world conditions.

If you honestly think that Israel does its best to minimize civilian casualties, then please explain this:
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/761781.html

The reason they aren't going farther is because they're playing politics. The world wouldn't be able to ignore it, and the US wouldn't be able to back it if Israel decided to "turn Gaza into a giant glass crater." Without US support, they fall. Therefore, they won't obliterate Gaza in one swift strike because they can't, so long as they too wish to survive as a country.

Killing civilians is deplorable, and war is deplorable, end of story. I have less sympathy for Israel in this conflict because they're the aggressors. Take a look at a few historical maps, and its pretty clear that Israel simply wants more territory. Hamas leaders have repeatedly stated that they could co-exist with Israel as defined in the Camp David Accords. The only problem is that Israel isn't interested in honoring that agreement.

Israel has Palestine backed into such a corner that parents can't properly feed their children, it's unsafe for people to walk their own streets, and unemployment in the country is over 20%. How can you possibly be surprised that parts of the populace want to strike back at their common enemy? Do you think they'd still be firing rockets blindly at towns if they had US-made F-16s of their own?

>> ^misterwight:
This conflict is like watching a fight between a professional boxer and a cripple. Whatever their reasons for hating each other, it is inherently wrong that the boxer not hold back when trading blows, even if the cripple threw the first punch.
To do something like this in the name of peace-keeping is just disingenuous. Everybody knows that causing fear, destruction and death in a populace will only embolden the more radical elements of society to strike back. It seems clear that Israel would rather reignite conflict than work toward a solution.


Um, what gives you the impression that Israel isn't holding back? It is easily within the power of the Israeli army to kill every last person in Gaza with a conventional attack alone, and with limited casualties to themselves. Even that would be holding back because if they really wanted to make a statement they could always just turn Gaza into a giant glass crater.

Sorry, but your comment just seems terribly ignorant. Israeli attacks like these try very hard to minimize civilian casualties, witness the percentage of dead that really are militants compared to the attacks made by Hamas. Hamas kills 3 civilians for every soldier they hit, Israel hits 3 militants for every civilian, that's not nothing. There is also the fact that Hamas' stated intent is the elimination of Israel, and Israel's intent is to simply stop the rocket attacks on itself.

Now even though I clearly think there is no possible way to declare that Israel is bad by comparison to Hamas, please remember how LOW that bar is. There is still plenty of room to criticize Israeli policy. Just don't ignorantly leap to trying to point them out as even worse than Hamas, that's just fighting stupid with more stupid.

This conflict is like watching a fight between a professional boxer and a cripple. Whatever their reasons for hating each other, it is inherently wrong that the boxer not hold back when trading blows, even if the cripple threw the first punch.

To do something like this in the name of peace-keeping is just disingenuous. Everybody knows that causing fear, destruction and death in a populace will only embolden the more radical elements of society to strike back. It seems clear that Israel would rather reignite conflict than work toward a solution.

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