I'm with you Fltsfshr.

What does your name mean?? (I got the fisher part at the end). As I read it in my head, filts fisher ---I say Gefilte Fish

 

It started out as flatsfisher, a hobby of mine. then i discovered fltsfshr is really hard to type. Kind of like a typo tonguetwister.

But really what happened was I was out flatsfishing one day and got really really consonatapated. It was a long way back to shore so I hung my alphabet over the side and had a vowel movement.


most respectfully

fltsfshr

 

Rob, I think we are quite different than the terrorists. Please say you think so too. I think screwing around with their heads to get information that will save lives is a LONG way from removing their heads with a sword.

 

I have never heard of a flatfish. Just looked it up. Learn something new everyday.

 

You don't get nothin' but a constant stream of abuse, subjected to any and all whims that flutter through my head, and you get to donate ten percent of your income to me.

 

Did not. Life belongs to the living, and the white zone is for loading and unloading only.

 

Hey, there is some serious controversy over in the "Concealing Your Pistol" thread. Aussie's and Americans duking it out.

 

Yes, I too think that we are different than the terrorists, or at least I'd like to think we are. Still, these actions are a form of torture to people whose religion prohibits touching women, and especially touching and being soiled by women before prayer.

The point is we say that we believe in human rights and civil liberties. We are offended when our soldiers are captured and tortured, humiliated and denied basic human rights, yet we find no problem when we do these sorts of things. A double standard at the minimum, hypocracy to be sure.

In every war and military action that we've been involved in, we've agreed to the basic rights of prisoners. For some reason, which I haven't figured out, this time we've let our elected leaders convince us that we no longer have to abide by the Geneva convention rules or any other rules concerning the treatment of prisoners. Why? Worse still, there are people, some of whom you've heard here, who think that this is perfectly alright.

As I've said before, what separates us from the terrorists is our belief in human rights and civil rights. Once we abandon those beliefs, even with the improper reasoning of "well they are trying to kill us", or "they did it to us first", we have lost our way and lost what makes us and this society special.

I am, and have always been against the war in Iraq. I think it is a fool's adventure that was started for all of the wrong reasons, and without any concept of where it was going to end up. That said, I am appalled at what I see and hear. I am appalled by the types of actions such as the torture and using sex and sexuality to interrogate prisoners, but I am even more appalled by the fact that people think it is acceptable. Like it or not, the terrorists have won, they have made us less human, and more like them.

 

The CIA tried to take the "high road" a few years ago, by not associating, getting information from (with $$$), or employing "bad" people. The net result is that we have no good information coming from some of the worst places on earth, and we end up finding out about their plans the hard way.

THERE IS NO MORAL EQUIVALENCE between chopping off heads and a wet t-shirt contest. It's silly talk, and should go out the window when innocent lives are at risk.

 

Dean,

You're not getting my 10% tithe until I get a patch or a cap!