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True enough, even a superstitious man has certain inalienable rights. He has a right to harbor and indulge his imbecilities as long as he pleases, provided only he does not try to inflict them upon other men by force. He has a right to argue for them as eloquently as he can, in season and out of season. He has a right to teach them to his children. But certainly he has no right to be protected against the free criticism of those who do not hold them. He has no right to demand that they be treated as sacred. He has no right to preach them without challenge.

- H.L. Mencken

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Actually: how Spain was recovered...

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The main source of our collective problem is not recognizing that balanced trade must be the rule for all countries, even if that means that some goods would become more expensive. Such a rule would force deficit countries to increase their production of goods and services, and surplus countries to stimulate internal demand, which would be good for everyone. Balanced trade countries might be richer or poorer, more or less developed, but they would never be in debt.

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If you see no moral difference between

* US bombs accidentally also hitting schoolchildren in a house where Americans believe Taliban troops are hiding after firing at US troops;
* A man intentionally killing a young girl by repeatedly crushing the girl's skull with a rifle butt after killing her father in front of her;

Then you are morally deficient, and I have nothing further to say to you.

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Issue not atrocities, can post lots of by Zionist or indigini .. war IS attrocity, no such thing as gentelman war ..

This not the issue ..

Issue is who is legit and who is not legit ..

The indigini are defending their homes agaisnt European invaders .. First time were the European Christian crusaders, now the European Jewish crusaders .. both crusaders (were and) will be defeated, that is how ME people feel and that is what will count when dust settles ..

For ME people Russians no better than western , in contrary, much much worst ..

Re Arab rulers .. so called Arab moderates .. they either western cronies or between a hard place and a a hard rock .. you thing Amir of Kuwait can dissent even for what he will have for lunch ?


But, relaaax .. Ahmadinejat will take care of the barn .. we will fix it ..


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[Sparky]

It seems nobody wanted to play in the dull Israel thread, so Azari thought he'd export its rabid chunterings here. <waves hand> Shoo. Away with you.

Meanwhile, in Yurp, balding Beaker impersonator and ex chocolate salesman Herman van Rompuy (despite the happy evidence provided by Norway and the Swiss, rest of world).

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Colonel .. you are unfair ..

Debate was about free speech

I asked what is definition of hate and free speech ..

Colonel defined hate speech as "All people of belief/religion/race/creed/economic status Y should be deported/exiled/segregated/placed into special camps/killed/gassed/burnt/hung/etc"

I said hate speech does not need to call for violence to be hate speech ..

"I am ST" .. starts with suicide bombing and other stuff ..

That is Israel issue .. not Azari but "I am ST" brought the free speech issue to end up on Israel ..

So, Azari is innocent ..


Re "It seems nobody wanted to play in the dull Israel thread" .. have to say this your loss .. that is where the next war going to start .. Israeli even said they will drop nuclear bomb on European cities if push comes to shove .. I posted that article on Israel thread .. it is your loss not mine ..

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[Sparky]

Plucky Irish felled by the twisted, self-serving logic of the eurozone

Irish people are known for their fighting spirit. But the Republic of Ireland hasn't stood a chance in recent weeks. The eurozone big boys have decided that Ireland's "insolvency" is now jeopardizing the ability of other bigger countries namely Portugal, Spain and (whisper it) Italy to keep borrowing. So a misguided European bail-out is now being forced upon Ireland.

The Irish government's spending commitments are fully funded until the middle of next year. Repeat: the Republic needs no immediate sovereign financing. Irish government bond auctions previously scheduled for October and November have long since been cancelled. That is the reality and it's because of the tough decisions the Irish government has already taken.

Yet Ireland is now being forced to borrow money from the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) the multi-billion euro war-chest set up after last May's Greek crisis to deal with future euro-emergencies. Why? One reason is that the eurocrats are engaged in a misguided attempt to calm down the markets in the hope that yields stay relatively low for Spain and Portugal, countries whose financing needs are far greater and more immediate.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comm ... ozone.html