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  1. Originally posted by Yogi:[..]

    Homophobic? Do you know which country has the highest rate of sex change? Oh, wait, it's Iran! Government even pays you if you want to do it.

    And USA isn't torturing Bradley Manning, right?





    It's quite interesting, then, that Ahmadinejad claims there are no homosexuals in Iran.

    Bradley Manning is entirely different case because what he did was essentially an act of treason against the US government. He was detained not as a civilian, but as a member of the military subject to a court marshal, military tribunal, etc. Maximum security prison in solitary confinement isn't torture.
  2. Im afraid that in a couple of weeks, months some of those terrorist organisations are going to bomb something in the USA or Europe and that will lead to another war.
  3. My thoughts this morning when I woke up and I saw the news:

    1 - Wow, they eventually found and killed Bin Laden!
    2 - Oh, well, taking a deep think about it, this is gonna bring up lots more of attacks and terror...
    3 - Damn. The U2start Politics topic is going to need another shutdown again...

    I hate being right.
  4. I'm with yogi about Manning though.
  5. Originally posted by Risto:Studying journalism doesnt give you a monopoly on the truth....

    I study engineering, that doest qualify me to design a stairway to heaven


    Monopoly? Of course not. But if you study something for years then you know and understand some things better.

    Let me give you perfect example. When you think of Switzerland you always think of peaceful little country that was always neutral and rich because of banks.

    Then, I will tell you about the other side of the coin: Switzerland financed 2/3 of Hitlers war plan. When Hitler spent all his money, he had to sell his national gold to get more money. Nobody wanted to buy it. So Switzerland did. They were making war equipment for his army, optics and stuff like that. They closed their borders only for Jews. They blocked bank accounts of all Jewish people.

    When Hitler became short with resources, nobody would sell him any. So Switzerland would buy them for him. SAD sold fuel to Switzerland during WWII thinking it was really for Switzerland. Guess what, Switzerland was buying it for the Third Reich.

    Switzerland is one of the most responsible counties for Hitlers success in killing millions of people. And yet, when you think of Switzerland, you think of, as I said, little neutral country that never went into war and never did any harm to anyone.





  6. Originally posted by LikeASong:My thoughts this morning when I woke up and I saw the news:

    1 - Wow, they eventually found and killed Bin Laden!
    2 - Oh, well, taking a deep think about it, this is gonna bring up lots more of attacks and terror...
    3 - Damn. The U2start Politics topic is going to need another shutdown again...

    I hate being right.


    +1
  7. I must admit i didnt know that story, but everyone can understand you cant be neutral if hell breaks lose all around you without paying the bill one way or the other. In this way nothing has really changed, we still build en sell weapons to questionable people.

    Its much easier to talk about the past than the current though. In this information age we get true and false info all the time. Also there is info that is never shared at all. So mostly i try to avoid picking sides unless really necessary.


  10. Well I'm just trying to say here on this topic (look at Switzerland example above) that you shouldn't take politics too serious. Everything that happens happens for a reason, and it happens because somebody wanted it. It's all like a very bad puppet-show.

    @wtshnnfb01: we should drink vodka together sometimes, like true comrades!


  11. A vodka called Kalashnikov??? So appropiate for the Bin Laden's day...

  12. Originally posted by Risto:Its much easier to talk about the past than the current though. In this information age we get true and false info all the time. Also there is info that is never shared at all. So mostly i try to avoid picking sides unless really necessary.

    Yep, I'm with Chris.
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