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Originally posted by TheCommentator
reply to post by nenothtu
Not going to bother quoting your two other posts above because for the first you just compared two random pieces of information not related and the second you completely twisted my words out of context.
I’m surprised you didn’t get a star for that lack of intelligence
Ah yes, ok then
Originally posted by nenothtu
Originally posted by TheCommentator
reply to post by nenothtu
Not going to bother quoting your two other posts above because for the first you just compared two random pieces of information not related and the second you completely twisted my words out of context.
I’m surprised you didn’t get a star for that lack of intelligence
I don't blame you.
I wouldn't quote anything I was afraid to answer, either - ESPECIALLY if I were going to level accusations unsupportable with the material I was afraid to quote!
For being a guy lacking in intelligence, I can sure enough see through YOUR game!
There was no proper question to answer. Ok yes tell yourself you won if that makes you happy
Originally posted by nenothtu
reply to post by TheCommentator
Still no answer, nor indeed any meaningful response. I suppose this is the point where I should rest my case and claim victory in that debate, then.
How did you come to the conclusion that this was what I was refering to and how is this a proper question when you just picked a random thing I had said and tried to make it look as though I had compared it to the latter.
Originally posted by nenothtu
reply to post by TheCommentator
How do you equate:
Your government is removing your rights bit by bit as we speak and the public want do a thing about it.
with:
A common delusion fostered by the illusion that the government issues those rights to begin with. they don't, and they can't take what they haven't given. One can fail to exercise his rights, but they cannot be "taken away" - he's just not exercising them.
You are only as free as you allow yourself to be. No one else has any say in it.
How is the second a "restatement in different words" of the first? By what twisted logic does "your rights are being taken away" add up to "your rights cannot be taken away"?
When did I ever say it had to be superior? Once again you have just taken what I am saying out of context.
Originally posted by nenothtu
Originally posted by TheCommentator
Well we could argue this all day but there is nothing that makes your country superior to any other.
Superior?
Why does it need to be superior? I thought the question was "Why do you love the USA", not "why do you think the USA is superior"? That is two different questions.
I love the US because it is my home. that also makes it superior to the rest of the nations to me. It has been said that if I had a mansion in Shangri-La and a home in Hell, I'd sell that mansion and go home.
"Superior", I suppose, can be in the eye of the beholder.
Originally posted by TheCommentator
There was no proper question to answer. Ok yes tell yourself you won if that makes you happy
Originally posted by nenothtu
reply to post by TheCommentator
Still no answer, nor indeed any meaningful response. I suppose this is the point where I should rest my case and claim victory in that debate, then.
Originally posted by nenothtu
Originally posted by TheCommentator
Well we could argue this all day but there is nothing that makes your country superior to any other.
Superior?
Why does it need to be superior? I thought the question was "Why do you love the USA", not "why do you think the USA is superior"? That is two different questions.
Originally posted by TheCommentator
reply to post by nenothtu
Not going to bother quoting your two other posts above because for the first you just compared two random pieces of information not related and the second you completely twisted my words out of context.
I’m surprised you didn’t get a star for that lack of intelligence
Originally posted by nenothtu
reply to post by TheCommentator
How do you equate:
Your government is removing your rights bit by bit as we speak and the public want do a thing about it.
with:
A common delusion fostered by the illusion that the government issues those rights to begin with. they don't, and they can't take what they haven't given. One can fail to exercise his rights, but they cannot be "taken away" - he's just not exercising them.
You are only as free as you allow yourself to be. No one else has any say in it.
How is the second a "restatement in different words" of the first? By what twisted logic does "your rights are being taken away" add up to "your rights cannot be taken away"?
Originally posted by TheCommentator
How did you come to the conclusion that this was what I was refering to and how is this a proper question when you just picked a random thing I had said and tried to make it look as though I had compared it to the latter.
Haha at the fact this gets stars because the first half is basically what I said in different words.
When did I ever say it had to be superior? Once again you have just taken what I am saying out of context.edit on 16-2-2012 by TheCommentator because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by TheCommentator
Well we could argue this all day but there is nothing that makes your country superior to any other.
Originally posted by nenothtu
Superior?
Why does it need to be superior? I thought the question was "Why do you love the USA", not "why do you think the USA is superior"? That is two different questions.
Originally posted by TheCommentator
reply to post by nenothtu
Ok keep making out stuff and taking words out of context
It is not the same thing because you have compared two completely different things.
I won't ask again how it's any sort of "same thing in different words" since I perceive your extreme discomfort in trying to wiggle out of answering that
Originally posted by TheCommentator
Well we could argue this all day but there is nothing that makes your country superior to any other.
Where did I say it had to be superior?
14. Simply put, for all of its faults (and all nations have them), it's still the best nation on Earth, and I'm happy to call it my home.
Originally posted by TheCommentator
reply to post by nenothtu
So because I said one thing you think it makes sense to compare that to something completley irrelivant?
It is not the same thing because you have compared two completely different things.
I won't ask again how it's any sort of "same thing in different words" since I perceive your extreme discomfort in trying to wiggle out of answering that
This:
Originally posted by TheCommentator
Well we could argue this all day but there is nothing that makes your country superior to any other.
Was in response to this:
Where did I say it had to be superior?
14. Simply put, for all of its faults (and all nations have them), it's still the best nation on Earth, and I'm happy to call it my home.
I didnt say they compared, I was refering to other stuff I have said in this thread.
No, YOU compared them, here I am asking how do they compare, and you seem to be telling me they don't, so why did you say they did to begin with?
I have nothing to answer because your asking questions on false pretences.
If you can't answer, you can't answer, and that's all there is to that.
Originally posted by TheCommentator
reply to post by nenothtu
I didnt say they compared, I was refering to other stuff I have said in this thread.
No, YOU compared them, here I am asking how do they compare, and you seem to be telling me they don't, so why did you say they did to begin with?
Haha at the fact this gets stars because the first half is basically what I said in different words.
I have nothing to answer because your asking questions on false pretences.
If you can't answer, you can't answer, and that's all there is to that.
Originally posted by TheCommentator
reply to post by nenothtu
Right but I still wasnt referring to that.
Perhaps you should ask before making assumptions.
Your false pretence for 95% of that post was that I said that it had to be superior
Hey the post wasnt even to you and no one asked you to reply.
I assume you are referring to that which you directly quote as being referred to. If that is in error, the fault is not mine. I'm not the one who quoted it.
Originally posted by TheCommentator
reply to post by nenothtu
Hey the post wasnt even to you and no one asked you to reply.
No, I did not say what you said I said.
I have answered every other resonable question you have asked and will be happy to answer more.
We all know the US war machine has gone into countless nations and cities, and targeted general civilians by bombing residential Ares and such.
Are you saying that every single Iraqi, Libyan, Vietnamese etc.. was a terrorist?
Yes I have given much consideration to the murders by other countries but right now the US and Israel are the biggest threat to the world and peace.
I never said humanitarian work was bad.
My country does a lot of humanitarian work but It is probably just as bad as the US in the big picture.
What is it that makes your country so much more lovable than mine?