On 2002-12-04 14:08, David Migoya wrote:
oh yeah…another thing…
Pakistan is one of the countries supposedly harboring and sympathetic to al-Queda.
Interesting if flute money goes toward…well, the unthinkable.
David, assuming you pay your taxes, what happens to some of the money that people spend on flutes bought from you? It will be spent on armaments. And whom will some of those armaments rain down on? Civilians - in countries like Somalia, Afghanistan, or the next chosen testing ground for US military hardware. Unthinkable… but true.
David, assuming you pay your taxes, what happens to some of the money that people spend on flutes bought from you? It will be spent on armaments. And whom will some of those armaments rain down on? Civilians - in countries like Somalia, Afghanistan, or the next chosen testing ground for US military hardware. Unthinkable… but true.
…Yawn
It never ceases to amaze me how some people take every opportunity to spew their vitriolenvy for the U.S. David simply states we should be careful of where our money goes because it’s possible it could go to those who support terrorism. You take the occasion to imply that Somalia and Afghanistan were just opportunities to test U.S. military equipment on civilians.
Guess if it was up to you..you would leave the Somalis to starvation and gang rule, the Afghans to the Taliban and let Al-Queda continue to terrorize the World.
The U.N needs people like you. You would make a great weapons inspector.
David, assuming you pay your taxes, what happens to some of the money that people spend on flutes bought from you? It will be spent on armaments. And whom will some of those armaments rain down on? Civilians - in countries like Somalia, Afghanistan, or the next chosen testing ground for US military hardware. Unthinkable… but true.
…Yawn
It never ceases to amaze me how some people take every opportunity to spew their vitriolenvy for the U.S. David simply states we should be careful of where our money goes because it’s possible it could go to those who support terrorism. You take the occasion to imply that Somalia and Afghanistan were just opportunities to test U.S. military equipment on civilians.
Guess if it was up to you..you would leave the Somalis to starvation and gang rule, the Afghans to the Taliban and let Al-Queda continue to terrorize the World.
The U.N needs people like you. You would make a great weapons inspector.
Vitriol? Envy? Every opportunity? Give me a break, man.
Actually, there is a strong smell of vitriol around here. I think it’s coming from you, though.
Hey Jens!
here are a few of your fellow country men who might disagree with you
Oh and by the way, those rifles they are using are a very nice M16 variant made by Canada called the C7 with the ElCan red dot scope. Its nice to see that both you and SteveJ are contributing to the war against the Islamofascists mindless murder.
Have you ever noticed how music has the power to bring people together? Music is this unifying force which brings us together and allows us to share in our common humanity. I’ve often wished that our political leaders of the world could get together sometime to run around a field, have some fun and share a few tunes. Folk music transcends national differences and allows to see that were not very different. Deep down we all pretty much want the same thing for ourselves and our families. And I don’t know about you, but when I’m playing music, I’m not thinking about killing anybody.
On 2002-12-06 07:29, shoner wrote:
Folk music transcends national differences and allows to see that were not very different.
True, maybe even more outside of the english-speaking countries. Since I began to play diddley music I met a very international crowd. Ethnologically very interesting. It helps me to understand the american way of thinking, which is still quite mysterious to me, sometimes at least. BTW, it’s also very helpful to improve my language skills.
And I don’t know about you, but when I’m playing music, I’m not thinking about killing anybody.
Well, I don’t know about you, but when I’m NOT playing music, I don’t think much about killing either (???)
It helps me to understand the american way of thinking, which is still quite mysterious to me, sometimes at least.
Some of the European way of thinking is mystery to me as well…and like you I enjoy the diversity of culture and opinion on this board even though I sometimes disagree.
But music and the “other thing” go together well
And speaking of which…Viva la differance! European –n- American.. hehe
One last thought. When the USA was founded as a nation it was written into the Constitution that is our obligation and duty as Americans to be critical of the government when we realize it’s failings. Under that mandate, the most patriotic and “pro-American” thing one can do is to be critical of the country’s flaws.
It is when free thinkers, critics and other movers and thinkers are silenced, persecuted, ridiculed and threatened that this country will no longer be the home of democracy and freedom.
I think that time is nearer than we realize.
Chris
