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My Apologetics - May 2007

Another Image that says it all

May 31st 2007 00:58
What the
This Image is just dying for a tagline.


Can someone tell what is going on here in their own words:
Give this image a tag line:
eg: Screw You I is the president of the whole world.
Please be creative



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Why the War on Terrorism Can Never be Won.

May 31st 2007 00:23
Why the War on Terrorism Can Never be Won.

kinda
Boer War Concentration camp victim. Britain killed 27 000 Boer women and children.
The short answer is that Terrorism is a tactic, not an ideology. This not a hard concept to understand but due to nature of the modern term of the ‘War on Terrorism’ we are being led to believe that that it is some kind of deeply rooted ideology. Some would have you believe that certain religions, cultures and ethnic groups are predisposed toward terrorism. Others have tried to associate only good with what they see as their way of life. They see terrorism in a battle between good and evil (which it is) where one side is good and the other a bad terrorist (not always true).


The naivety of some rhetorical questions shows nothing but a reinforcement of the common assumption that anything that opposes us is terrorism. “Why do they hate us?” was put up on websites around the world and few people even asked if the underlying assumption was true. Was it only pure hate or was there a purpose to the attack. The rhetorical answer went on to list wonderful and pure things that no one could disagree with, finally concluding that, “They hate us because we are good.” The real question is ‘why did the terrorists kill those people?’ The real answer is, “It was deemed (by some person) to be the most effective tactic at the time.” Hate, love, good and evil were not part of the reasoning. There was just an objective and a ruthless tactics.

myKKK
Why are the KKK not being hunted down in the War on Terrorism?
The failure to grasp this has been the biggest failure in fight against terrorist organizations. We have replaced a clear understanding with a mythical monster that can never be killed. Hydras have less heads than terrorist groups and despite being mythical they are easier to kill. A suicide bombing is a tactic with a specific goal to achieve, so too is murder and torture. There is no single ideology of terrorism despite terrorists being ideologues that will to use violence. Violence is not an ideology, it is a behavior. The question of why a group will resort to violence is not hard to understand. They use violence because they believe that violence is the tactic that will work. It is not even a deep concept. A child can understand it.

We may see from time to time groups that pop up and are vanquished with ease. We may also see groups that seem impossible to stop and take decades to slowly wear down. Yet to see every enemy as part of the same set is a mistake. If we fought the Nazis in one war does it mean that will we fight the Nazis in every war? If we fight one group of terrorists do we defeat all groups of terrorists? So long as violence is used as a tactic we can never defeat terrorism as a tactic. Ideologies come and go but we are never free of terrorism because we are never free of violence.

The definition of terrorism is more complicated than what it does. We all know what terrorism does but how many people actually know what it is? Is it the intentional targeting of civilians or is it the ideological belief in violence itself? The later is non-sense because I am yet to see an ideology that worships violence for no reason. Yet there are plenty of ideologies that justify violence as a tactic to achieve their goals. There are even nations that use violence to achieve their goals but who suggests that they are terrorists? Even war uses violence as a tactic. No one has proposed that a War on War be declared as that would be the ultimate oxymoron. Yet war produces war criminals that would make many terrorists look like boy scouts. Napalm, cluster bomb, fire bombs and landmines are often used with absolutely no regards for civilian casualties. Holocaust and ethnic cleansing are just as terrifying as car bombs and assassins.

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The tactic of using landmines?
Dressed up in any form, or mystified by any ideology terrorism is no different than any other premeditated violent criminal act. A criminal that resorts to violence does so for an explicit reason. Violence is the tactic that will be used to ensure the crime is committed. There is no question over the operation of the universe and those that try to control it. There is only a purpose for the crime and way to fulfill that purpose. In terrorism the ideology is what has brought the group together but the act of violence is the actual crime.

Believing that violence is the correct tactic to achieving an objective is not unique to terrorism. Nor is the targeting or punishing of civilians. The Western World has been guilty of both in its history. The first concentration camp in history was a British invention designed to bring the Boer War (1899-1902) to an end. (So much for the claims of western moral superiority.)

The morality of using violence to solve the world’s problems is the root of the crime and terrorists are just groups of violent people. They should be treated as criminals on the same level as criminals, rather than elevated to the level of an ideological but repulsive equal and opposite to the West. The hypocrisy is obvious when images of Western injustices come back to haunt us and inspire them. Forget trying to destroy the ideology because modern western ideologies can be accused of being just as violent. Is Eugenics and forced Euthanasia less violent and repressive? In whose judgment do you make that conclusion? The answer either way is debatable.

In fighting a war on terrorism we are fighting a myth. It is a shadow that cannot be destroyed as long violence is seen as a viable tactic. It is impossible to destroy as long people hang into the notion that killing enough of any enemy will give you what you want. It is impossible to destroy if people are seen as expendable or as ‘collateral damage’ in an operation. We cannot kill a myth with guns and bombs. We can only kill people by blindly following that myth and follow it we have. It is pity that the results of this war on terror are not equally mythical.
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Finally what we all need is a Blog Adjudicator.

May 30th 2007 00:38
Finally what we all need is a Blog Adjudicator.

cndl
The flame of hope is in knowing who is right.
You can blog to the left, you can blog to the right, you can blog in favour of something and you can blog against. You can even blog until the cows come home but who decides who is wrong and who is right? In short: nobody.

So why put up opinions if they can easily be countered with other opinions. You have spent ages researching websites and finding expert opinions that support your post only to have some upstart wipe the floor with it. Don’t they have any respect for true genius and the fact that I write facts? Ah, but this is a world where free speech resides just beyond the conditions of entry and diverse opinions are part of that world.

How many people form an opinion that they believe is wrong, give up, the answer is nobody. It goes like this, “Dear Blogger, I ready your post with utter disappointment. Rather than counter your claims I will call you an idiot until my anger goes down.”
Response: “Dear Angry Ignorant Person, you write like a sissy and you were probably molested as a child. That is why you cannot see the point.”

As you can see these are both valid arguments and it is impossible for me to choose a side if I am involved in the intellectual debate with someone who writes like a sissy. We argue and argue like members of tennis club with no end in site. There must be an end to the argument so that we can all move on with our lives. We need to know who is right about every issue from Climate Change to Immigration to the War in Iraq to GM food and GM Cars. (GM must be bigger than I imagined) We need the answer to the meaning of life instead of this constant questioning and lack of resolution. We need to know how many angels can sit on the head of a pin. (A real pin, not these oversized pieces of crap) We need to know whose opinion is right and whose are the ramblings of a jelly fish brain. In short we need an adjudicator.

An Adjudicator and Oracle to all the wild opinions that float around and have not been resolve is needed now. This person would be able to step into the heated arguments about the validity of Fly Saucers and Probing and give the final decision. The fore and against arguments are put and not it is Judge Judy time to bring order to the messy universe. “The Adjudicator has spoken the case is closed,” or “Thus Spark the Adjudicator,” or “I am the Adjudicator, so respect my authority.”

We can look forward to a day when debating an issue is no longer required because once everything has been discussed and decided by the Blog Adjudicator it is decided forever and ever amen. Eventually every possible discussion will have been discussed resulting in adjudication in every case. We would be free to never worry or think again and can go back to Blogging knowing what opinions are correct and should be supported and what opinions are forbidden.

I promise that this will bring forth a golden age where no one will ever be able to disagree with anyone ever again.

As such I propose that this Blog Site, nay the entire world needs an adjudicator.
Until one is available I propose that I fill in and tell everyone what to think.

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Living in Fear is Unnatural and so She goes off to Colombo

May 29th 2007 13:34
Living in Fear is Unnatural and so She goes off to Colombo
blas
Regretable twist of fate for the dead but luck for the living

I just heard the news today that another bomb has gone of in Colombo city. Six or seven dead and numerous injured. It is just another day in an unofficial end of the ceasefire. Both the Sri Lankan army and the Tamil Tiger are killing each but why should we let that ruin our day. In fact as I write my wife has already booked a ticket to visit the island once more


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The Polls, the polls, the polls.

May 29th 2007 05:15
The Polls, the polls, the polls.

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the polls
The Hunchback of Notradame used to live in the bell town and swing on the bells. “The Bells, the bells, the bells…” he used too sing. These days we have similar socially alienated people who live in their tower and sing, “The Polls, the polls, the polls…” Yes I am identifying the Australian politician. It seem like our hunched over friend they are hunched over a computer screen trying to find a new meaning in what is obvious. What are the polls telling you about the latest development or what do the polls tell about this social change. Could the polls be wrong or could they be telling the truth? Where do think the polls will go over the next few months? Does this mean that it is the end of that person, proposal or country? “Polls, Polls everywhere and not a dancing girl in sight” So what is this fascination with polls and polling about ever banal issue known to humanity? Are we suffering from poll envy? “My poll is bigger than your poll,” or “It’s not the size of the poll but how you use it


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Amnesty International is now Pro Abortion but who did they tell?

May 28th 2007 00:09
Amnesty International is now Pro Abortion but who did they tell?

Q: When is a major policy shift meant to go unnoticed


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America's Army Video Game vs Dead-in-Iraq

May 24th 2007 01:35
America's Army Video Game vs Dead-in-Iraq

stats
AA-statistics of registed players.
In the world of video games the line between reality and fantasy is often blurred. That is the intention of many 3d shooter games. They want to offer an experience that takes into a virtual world and lets you enjoy yourself. So what happen if such a game is accused of manipulating reality to the point it has inspired violent crimes? After every campus shooting where a lone gunner starts killing people, the question of video game violence is raised. Yet no such warnings are raised about a video game called ‘America’s Army


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What Thinking cannot do: Gaps in Clear Thinking as a Tool

May 23rd 2007 06:01
What Thinking cannot do: Gaps in Clear Thinking as a Tool

I have written several posts on the subject of clear thinking from Prejudice to Inductive thinking. Deductive Reasoning will be coming as soon as I can deduct enough of it to fit into a single post. Yet at this point I now realize that a most basic issue has not been discussed. What can’t you achieve with Clear Thinking or (Critical Thinking) alone


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Why I Love the Paranoid

May 22nd 2007 01:33
Why I Love the Paranoid

mousy
JUst can't escape no matter how fast I run.
The most paranoid person I ever knew used never read Orwell but was always afraid of Big Brother. What is in the water? What is the history we are being taught? How come the clouds are streaking? There was a whole series of reasons that he just knew were out there but had yet to find the crucial piece of evidence that would blow the whole thing wide open. He was without doubt an entertaining person. “That’s what they want you to think


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The ANS Nazis are back: Here is what they are posting

May 21st 2007 08:33
The Post I created to announce the departure of our Nazi friends has had a visit from an Anonymous coward claiming to represent the group.
Is anyone eslse privaliged with their presence or is it just me?

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Carrot or Stick: Which one are you?

May 21st 2007 01:22
Carrot or Stick: Which one are you?

angrycarrot
Here's an idea
The job interview process is often a fascinating examination of the mentality of the interviewee as much as it is of the candidate. Particularly at the professional level where you will be facing less questions about what you know and more about how you are going to apply that knowledge. Within a few questions you will know what attitudes the management has toward staff supervision. “We run a tight ship, we are tough but fair.” Or “We reward effort.” Instantly what comes to my mind is the ultimate social conflict of Nature verses Nurture. The unspoken ideology of this company leans toward either using the Carrot or the Stick to manage its staff. So when it comes to scenario questions about how to motivate staff an honest answer may seem correct but if it is opposed to the current management attitude you will fail that question. “What do you with a staff member that is tardy?” Dressed up in any complicated ‘corporate speak’ eventually you will indicate whether to use the Carrot or the Stick. “Sack the fellow” (Stick). “Offer the fellow concession and help to get to work” (Carrot). “Chastise the fellow”(Stick). “Promise a reward for coming in time on regular basis” (Carrot


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Who’s Afraid of the Dalai Lama? Coming to Australia.

May 19th 2007 08:42
Who’s Afraid of the Dalai Lama? Coming to Australia.

Almost everyone


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World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz Has Resigned

May 18th 2007 02:03
World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz Has Resigned

Falling on his sword rather than be sacked Wolfy has left the building. It was perhaps the greatest public scandal of the World Banks history when he used his influence to promote his own girl friend to a pay packed higher than the US Secretary of State. Yet after days of meeting and negative findings things started to change


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My Posts for the next few days were ruined.

May 17th 2007 02:22
My Posts for the next few days were ruined.

pink
What would Pink Floyd do in my situation?
We I knew it was just too easy. I was delivered a gimme, an easy shot and suddenly I had a theme for my next ten posts. You don’t get those too often. Yet like everything that comes easily it went just as easily. The speed of exit was so fast that it left only scorch marks behind. Suddenly I was faced with reality that show had moved on and my editorials were no all wastebasket material


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The Australian National Socialists Blog is Now Deleted: Man that was fast

May 16th 2007 01:42
Check it out for yourselves.

It may be too soon to declare the NAZI invasion over but this has to be one of the shortest lived blogs on Orble


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Time to be rid of "Little ANUS"

May 15th 2007 10:04
anus
ANuS


Or better still read this goes here
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the Australian National Socialists blog deleted my comments: What a woosy Nazi is he?

May 15th 2007 01:41
Welcome to the Australian National Socialists blog

Check your comments


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The Hitler Diary Extract #1

May 14th 2007 22:58
The Hitler Diary Extract #1

Dear Diary


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The Militant Mouse that Roared.

May 14th 2007 00:33
video
If PMW edited the video and subtitled it should we take it on face value?
The Militant Mouse that Roared.

In times of media confusion and misinformation, where something sensational is in dispute, what should the sensible person do


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The World Needs Stupid People

May 11th 2007 04:09
The World Needs Stupid People:

fluge
Senior Executive of AWB in Iraq. It is not the fact he went to Iraq and played with guns it is the fact that he let himself be photographed.
Hang out in any Bar or Café and you meet them. Mind your own business on a train and they seem to congregate. Hold an election and they multiply. Park a nice car and they appear from nowhere. Who are they? They are the stupid people and I am convinced that the world needs stupid people


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The Fox is an Animal that will Chew off its Own Leg to Survive: Foxtel Going Green?

May 10th 2007 00:05
The Fox is an Animal that will Chew off its Own Leg to Survive: Foxtel Going Green?

Rupert Murdoch is the self appointed monarch of the media world and Foxtel is his Excalibur, his sword of authority. Without the continual pushing of his private agendas across Foxtel Murdoch would actually be mistaken for a real news producer. Well perhaps the page three girls in the London tabloids may beg to differ but that was only part of his influence. His ideological stance in favor of the Iraq war set the tone for the stations editorials and news selections. He is known to be the most hands on driver of the news agenda that there has ever been. If Foxtel has an agenda then for good or bad it is Murdoch’s pet agenda


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Howard’s Nuclear Option - What do you think?

May 9th 2007 03:34
Howard’s Nuclear Option - What do you think?

Bullwinkle: Hey Rocky watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat


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