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[daviator]

I'm not even going to attempt to respond in detail to that ridiculous post.  "Over the top" doesn't begin to describe it.

If you really believe what you write, you need help.  If you're just trying to be provocative, you need to get a life.  And you certainly don't know enough about me to call me (or compare me to) a "white supremacist" (I'm about as far from that as you could ever find) or a "holocaust denier" (after I made a post about the horrors of the holocaust.)  Really, your brain doesn't process.

[nop_90]

Yet as extreme as his words are, I believe his attempts to get people to see beyond black-and-white are largely overlooked.  The approach is to associate something so widely accepted as "evil" with something considered to be beyond reproach, or "good."  In the end though most maintain that the "good" thing in question remains perfectly "good" while the "evil" also remains perfectly "evil."  This is a shame since it forbids us from considering the death of 2 million people as "evil" yet we're honor-bound to agree that the death of 6 is "evil."

I just asked a simple question.  When A systematically exterminates 6 million, why is it evil ? But if B systematically exterminates 2 million, if I question it, why am I being anti-B
You answered the question. It is because we do not want to face the horror that anyone, including myself, under certain types of influence. Are capable of such types of "evil".
To paraphrase churchill, people are sleeping, and they need to be woken up.
The Andes Story is a classic example http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571
Canabalism goes against all human nature. But if push comes to shove, daviator and perks are going to eat me

I'm pretty anti-war myself so you know where I stand on senseless deaths of any kind.  But these are mere tools in attempt to pry our black-and-white thinking out of its endless slumber.  And sometimes not even contemplating immense casualties can do that heavy-lifting 

I am a "realist". I can not find the quote. But to paraphrase Sun Tzu :
If you are forced into a state of war, you have fucked up. But since we all sometimes fuck up, you might be forced into a state of war.

Two other key quotes from the great general
Hence the saying:  If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.  If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
The "Art of War" is a timeless book. Mainly because it deals with 2 facets. Actual logistics.
But also the "mental" thinking of a "general". But the same principles can be applied to one's own life, being a owner of a company, etc.

It is only one who is thoroughly acquainted with the evils of war that can thoroughly understand the profitable way of carrying it on.
Self explanatory.

As I can see from the previous responses to my post I have been "successful"

now.. what about the ipads?

Attempting to distract, good strategy
This post started talking about "herd behavior" when people are purchasing ipad2. Go to the other post about ipad2, or go search on the net

Next two replies are excellent.

Nop you are WAY WAY over the top and being stupid now.
Knock it off.

Comfort zone has been damaged. Excellent. Opens possibility for seeing new ideas

If you're just trying to be provocative, you need to get a life.  And you certainly don't know enough about me to call me (or compare me to) a "white supremacist" (I'm about as far from that as you could ever find) or a "holocaust denier" (after I made a post about the horrors of the holocaust.)  Really, your brain doesn't process.

Avoidance of issue. No you are not a "holocaust denier", but when it comes to other atrocities, you turn a blind eye.
Yes I am being provocative. I am trying to get you to see your own hypocrisy.
My brain does not "compute" Maybe I do not understand the number 6
According to your logic. Systematically killing 2 million is ok, but if it is 6 million, it is wrong
There is always some debate how many Hitler killed. Was it 5.5 million, was it 7 million.
Sorry I get it now, if Hitler had only killed lets say, 5 million, then that would be ok ?
Maybe you are right my brain does not compute. I can not understand the significance of the number 6.
I never could understand why the bible said 666 is the mark of the beast.

 
woops i need my special icon 


And no I am not saying I am infallible. But .....
If I read an article, and I am "happy","angry" etc.
I ask myself the questions, what is causing this emotion ?
In any way is this emotion clouding my judgement ?

I am not saying it is wrong to feel emotions. On the contrary

[lamontagne]

lol. hey nop how much does meth cost in ph?

nobody is out to get you bro. wasn't tryin to distract. i honestly don't really care. this aint my forum. i just wanted to talk about the ipads. lol...

[nop_90]

lol. hey nop how much does meth cost in ph?

In country quite cheap.
But almost all illegal narcotics are made for export.
Kinda like a reverse opium trade.
Instead of British and Yankee traders dumping opium on China, now it is Asia dumping illegal drugs on the west

lol. hey nop how much does meth cost in ph?

wasn't tryin to distract. i honestly don't really care. this aint my forum. i just wanted to talk about the ipads. lol...

Please don't confuse the facts with the truth
It is very convenient to say that you where trying to "distract", therefore that has to be the "truth" 

Or I can twist your "I honestly don't really care".
That is exactly why the world is falling apart, people just do not care 

[lamontagne]

lol. hey nop how much does meth cost in ph?

In country quite cheap.
But almost all illegal narcotics are made for export.
Kinda like a reverse opium trade.
Instead of British and Yankee traders dumping opium on China, now it is Asia dumping illegal drugs on the west

lol. hey nop how much does meth cost in ph?

wasn't tryin to distract. i honestly don't really care. this aint my forum. i just wanted to talk about the ipads. lol...

Please don't confuse the facts with the truth
It is very convenient to say that you where trying to "distract", therefore that has to be the "truth" 

Or I can twist your "I honestly don't really care".
That is exactly why the world is falling apart, people just do not care 

I keep up and up on the drug trade pretty well because SWIM likes taking drugs and SWIM likes synthesizing/growing them even more (PS: Opium is so much more awesome than meth, the chinese did it right). Anyways, Asia provides the precursors to countries with more relaxed laws like mexico, mexico makes the goods and gets them to the US. The way the pattern goes is this: A true chemist figures out new method to synthesize product with common items/unwatched precursors (and method is profitable and scales... this is biggy... lots of things to make meth from, but it wont be profitable or wont scale. this is also the reason you dont see much LSD these days)... Method spreads via word of mouth (and private forums). Precursors (best example is pseudophedrine) get added to the "watched" list and buying large amounts sets off red alarms. Method is ruined for the average US chemist and moves to mexico where the profitability of new method is compared to profitability of old method. If more money can be made they use the new method and get precursors from asia (same place US chemists got them). If not they continue to use the old method. Some of them will take the time to create the precursors themselves and some will simply resell the precursors they bought from Asia to chemists in the US with a heavy markup (it's a lot easier to get off if you're caught trying to import 4 tons of pseudophedrine to the US than 1 ton of Meth, less risk and still money to be made). After this the cycle continues...

But like i said before, what about the ipads?

[isthisthingon]

But like i said before, what about the ipads?

Didn't you get the memo?  iPad owners are rushing to dump old tablets for the new model!!