Re: Paris Riots

Iconoclast wrote:
> kmr wrote:
> > Iconoclast wrote:
> >>Don't delude yourself. Might makes right, always has, perhaps always will.
> >
> > I'm not deluding myself into thinking that this isn't the case. I am,
> > however, of the firm opinion that might SHOULD NOT make right, which I
> > hope you can agree with, seeing how it is part of the foundation on
> > which America was built. (What with the dislike of putting all the
> > power into one place and all.)
>
> How you or I think things should be is irrelevant. We're talking about
> reality, not utopian fantasy. From first grade recess to the highest levels
> of government, the strongest (or richest) always comes out on top.

And why are you crawling around in the mud on your belly in the worst
of submissive gestures when that should make you stand up and demand
otherwise? Your apathy in the matter is appaling -- and this comes from
the guy agreeing with you on the facts.

> > That said, the bit about French military victories was funny. :> Though
> > I still point out that the quality of life in France isn't impaired in
> > the least by their record of military undertakings. And the "Shores of
>
> Sure it is. The quality of life for the average French citizen is being
> degraded by the riots, right? And usually the military or the police (who
> are themselves just a small domestic army) usually put a stop to things
> like that, right?

The quality of life for the average American citizen is being degraded
by the fallout of Katrina by that same logic. A statement I can agree
with!

> > Barbary" bit is all the funnier for knowing the White House was burned
> > down in 1812 -- which, considering the recent years, could make one
> > think that there is a particular trend in American history about going
> > to fight abroad while unable to prevent disaster at home.
>
> Meh, we still won that war, and we weren't fighting abroad in the War of
> 1812. Pearl Harbor would've been a better example, even though we weren't
> fighting anyone at the time.

The lack of defenses is still disturbing.

 --
Khamura
Jan Willms

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