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I'm soooo dissapointed. :( :D

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So long as you're aware that any costs incurred by implementing extensive periodic testing will come from your pocket, I don't have a problem with it. It's an economic decision. How much per year on average are you willing to pay to reduce the chance that the person in the lane next to you...

No comment. :rofl3:

PT, I'd love to see mandatory retesting at regular intervals as well. The big problem is who is going to pay for it? Doing this will require a huge increase in the state employed workforce, and they won't be producing anything that has value in the way of goods or services to benefit the...

:nono: What a sad, sad individual. I suppose your friends have tired of you stirring up shit all the time, so the only option is to come here and do it.

Gato, are you going to require people to get a fishing license before they can buy a fishing rod? Does every gun owner first have to get a hunting license (better watch that one... Constitutional problems there)? More importantly though, you also lumped in insurance. Now someone has to...

I'm not paranoid, and I have no problem with people calling a spade a spade ( :rolleyes: ), I simply misread what you had written, as you did what I had written. That's all well and good, but I'm still somewhat mystified by that remark, seeing as how (1) we don't operate under a democracy and...

The Earth is less than 5 billion years old, and even then if you equate 1 billion Earth years = 1 God day, then the timeline in Genesis is off by a country mile. You can either accept science, or the creation story, but trying to make them agreeable is futile.

I'd be all for repeated testing, but we'd have to quadruple the HP workforce just to accomodate all the extra testing. Perhaps a manatory restest for renewal after a certain age limit would be more practical, but there are some sticky issues to resolve with that one. I have a problem with...

OT, but I just finished watching the movie "The Pianist." Great movie. It reinforced my initial shock at hearing someone compare what Hitler did and what Bush/Bush administration has done.

Obviously. That doesn't diminish your suggestion that Bush took unilateral action, which is what I initially took exception to. Perhaps now you understand why. Threatening and doing are not the same.

I'm sorry that there was a misunderstanding, but I did italicize would and did to make it clear. Hell, I even explicitly stated that he had made comments along those lines. Perhaps you overlooked that part, but the grammar is just fine. And just why do you think I had a problem with you...

C'mon, this is basic grammar here. Perhaps you simply misread what I wrote. Would, in the future, if the situation warrants it, act unilaterally. Did, in the past, act unilaterally. Yes, it's a declraration. About the future. Just as all past presidents have made. Look, this...

Using the term 'democracy' is just the popular thing to do, and avoids the complexities in correcting the "colloquial use" of the word around the globe. However, if you're going to make an argument about our actions based on the form of government we run, make sure you have the right definition...

Again, my statement was addressing PT's comments about our history, such as or treatment of native Indians. I'm pretty sure the UN didn't exist back then. I you want to extend this line of reasoning to the present situation, well, we can, but that wasn't were I was going.

Would you care to point out where I took PT's (or your?) comments out of context?

Let's set the record straight here. The US is not and never was a democracy, nor did the founding fathers ever delude themselves into thinking such a system was workable. What we have is a Republic. Call it a "representational democracy" if you wish, but it isn't a pure democracy by a long...

Well, I suppose so, but with the rest of the world acting just as nasty as we were, who do you figure should have been the police?

When you get tired attacking the action, attack the man. When you tire of that, attack his family. Go back as far as needed to eliminate your boredom.