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Re: Chomsky: protecting US "security"
Reply #15 - Jul 8^th, 2014 at 11:30pm

polite_gandalf wrote on Jul 8^th, 2014 at 11:28am:

The US may or may not be the best option for a sole super power.

You make it sound like a tough question.

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But that has nothing whatsoever to do with whether we should submit to a patently false version of history, and ignore the lessons from that.

Strawman.

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Chard Gold Member Offline Mein Führer! I can walk! Posts: 1077 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: Chomsky: protecting US "security" Reply #16 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 12:14am freediver wrote on Jul 8^th, 2014 at 11:30pm: Quote: The US may or may not be the best option for a sole super power. You make it sound like a tough question. Again, can you think of a better alternative? I mean one that's actually viable.
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Re: Chomsky: protecting US "security"
Reply #17 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 1:20am

Chard wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 12:14am:

freediver wrote on Jul 8^th, 2014 at 11:30pm:

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The US may or may not be the best option for a sole super power.

You make it sound like a tough question.

Again, can you think of a better alternative? I mean one that's actually viable.

We don’t construct global superpowers. They construct us.

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In a hundred years we’ll all be asking what better alternative there is to.China.

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Re: Chomsky: protecting US "security"
Reply #18 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 7:32am

Enquiring mind wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 1:20am:

Chard wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 12:14am:

freediver wrote on Jul 8^th, 2014 at 11:30pm:

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The US may or may not be the best option for a sole super power.

You make it sound like a tough question.

Again, can you think of a better alternative? I mean one that's actually viable.

blah blah blah

That's nice. Now, could you answer the question? Can you think of a better alternative, yes or no? If yes, let's hear it. If no, then why are you wasting my time and this board's bandwidth?

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Reply #19 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 12:08pm

freediver wrote on Jul 8^th, 2014 at 11:30pm:

You make it sound like a tough question.

Not a tough one, just a stupid one. Personally I'd prefer Australia to be the dominant world power.

freediver wrote on Jul 8^th, 2014 at 11:30pm:

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But that has nothing whatsoever to do with whether we should submit to a patently false version of history, and ignore the lessons from that.

Strawman.

You seem to consider it a valid rebuttal to the completely unrelated arguments set forth in the OP.

Actually, it was your reply that is the strawman - no one is debating whether or not the US would be the best superpower. In any case, I think most people here are only too familiar with your spineless apologetics for the brutality and suffering that has been part and parcel of US hegemony.

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Reply #20 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 12:09pm

Chard wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 7:32am:

Enquiring mind wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 1:20am:

Chard wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 12:14am:

freediver wrote on Jul 8^th, 2014 at 11:30pm:

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The US may or may not be the best option for a sole super power.

You make it sound like a tough question.

Again, can you think of a better alternative? I mean one that's actually viable.

blah blah blah

That's nice. Now, could you answer the question? Can you think of a better alternative, yes or no? If yes, let's hear it. If no, then why are you wasting my time and this board's bandwidth?

Karnal believes that the Murdoch press has stolen his ability to think for himself. Obviously he is not going to be able to come up with a better alternative under such circumstances.

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Chard Gold Member Offline Mein Führer! I can walk! Posts: 1077 Alabama, USA Gender:	Re: Chomsky: protecting US "security" Reply #21 - Jul 9^th, 2014 at 10:37pm freediver wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 12:09pm: Karnal believes that the Murdoch press has stolen his ability to think for himself. Obviously he is not going to be able to come up with a better alternative under such circumstances. Ok, that's Karnals excuse for not answering a direct question. What's yours?
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Re: Chomsky: protecting US "security"
Reply #22 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 12:40pm

Chard wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 10:37pm:

freediver wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 12:09pm:

Karnal believes that the Murdoch press has stolen his ability to think for himself. Obviously he is not going to be able to come up with a better alternative under such circumstances.

Ok, that's Karnals excuse for not answering a direct question. What's yours?

You didn't ask me a direct question, Mein Fuhrer. But given I think Rupert Murdoch has stolen my ability to think for myself, you might want to ask FD.

He can answer for me.

FD, you see, believes in Freeedom.

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Re: Chomsky: protecting US "security"
Reply #23 - Jul 10^th, 2014 at 5:24pm

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Ok, that's Karnals excuse for not answering a direct question. What's yours?

It was my question. That would be like laughing at your own joke. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

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Not a tough one, just a stupid one. Personally I'd prefer Australia to be the dominant world power.

Good choice, except for the Queen bit of course.

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You seem to consider it a valid rebuttal to the completely unrelated arguments set forth in the OP.

Your entire opening post is a strawman.

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Actually, it was your reply that is the strawman - no one is debating whether or not the US would be the best superpower.

You are. You seem to think Australia would be better.

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In any case, I think most people here are only too familiar with your spineless apologetics for the brutality and suffering that has been part and parcel of US hegemony.

Why don't you remind them, just in case?

People who can't distinguish between etymology and entomology bug me in ways I cannot put into words.

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