Comments on: Pirates, Fishermen, and Mercenaries http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/04/pirates-and-mercenaries/ Advocating change in a globalized world Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:08:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Mattman http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/04/pirates-and-mercenaries/#comment-39022 Mattman Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:39:03 +0000 http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/?p=685#comment-39022 you're right. mercs would be great at protecting from somali pirates. you’re right. mercs would be great at protecting from somali pirates.

]]> By: nunya http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/04/pirates-and-mercenaries/#comment-32113 nunya Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:07:47 +0000 http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/?p=685#comment-32113 Brother Tim, So the Taliban not allowing the UN to bring in polio vaccines to the Swat Valley because <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/5057026/Taliban-blocks-UN-polio-treatment-in-Pakistan.html" rel="nofollow">they believe that Westerners are trying to kill or sterilize Muslims </a> is not an example of <i> "It just seems like the Islamists are so crazy that all they can do is scream about the evil infidel westerners" </i> ? The negative views that I personally have of Islam are not based on Neocon talking points. They are based on conversations I have had with women who came from countries with Shariah law. They told me things because I am a woman that they won't tell you guys because you are men. You want me to list the countries that these women came from? Brother Tim,

So the Taliban not allowing the UN to bring in polio vaccines to the Swat Valley because they believe that Westerners are trying to kill or sterilize Muslims is not an example of “It just seems like the Islamists are so crazy that all they can do is scream about the evil infidel westerners” ?

The negative views that I personally have of Islam are not based on Neocon talking points. They are based on conversations I have had with women who came from countries with Shariah law. They told me things because I am a woman that they won’t tell you guys because you are men. You want me to list the countries that these women came from?

]]> By: Brother Tim http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/04/pirates-and-mercenaries/#comment-32097 Brother Tim Sat, 18 Apr 2009 21:26:14 +0000 http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/?p=685#comment-32097 Nunya-- I did not 'totally miss your point', in fact, I agree with most all of what you had to say. I was addressing that one sentence only. I did not, nor would not, call you a Neocon/Zionist. I read your comments here all the time and know that is not the case. What I said was, that sentence <i>is a typical Neocon/Zionist talking point</i>. Nowhere did I say <i>that Islamists who encourage suicide bombings are sane</i>. In fact, I stated just the opposite. I tried to qualify my comment to you in the first sentence, but you got your panties bunched in a wad over the second sentence and it blinded you to the rest of the comment. It's a long stretch to say EVERYBODY is blaming ALL their problems on America and Israel. What they ARE blaming is America's hegemonic behavior, imperialism, and raping and pillaging the earth of it's resources. Another Neocon talking point is: We're in the Middle-East to 'protect our oil supplies'. NEWSFLASH --- It's not 'our oil' until we buy it or steal it, and stealing seems to be the preferred method. I never have, nor never will, preach a sermon on birth control, pro or con. And had you ever been to my site, you would see that I have done my homework on global warming, and have posted extensively on it. I have also never preached, <i>“go forth and populate, and conquer the planet”</i>. As for your final <i>ad hominem</i> attack: I may be a fool, but I am a wide-awake fool. The education of women <i>as the answers to a lot of human misery</i> is theoretical, at best. As for <i>their ability to choose how many children they have</i>, I believe Wil addressed that quite adequately in his comment above, and I concur with him. Peace and Grace Nunya–
I did not ‘totally miss your point’, in fact, I agree with most all of what you had to say. I was addressing that one sentence only. I did not, nor would not, call you a Neocon/Zionist. I read your comments here all the time and know that is not the case. What I said was, that sentence is a typical Neocon/Zionist talking point.

Nowhere did I say that Islamists who encourage suicide bombings are sane. In fact, I stated just the opposite.

I tried to qualify my comment to you in the first sentence, but you got your panties bunched in a wad over the second sentence and it blinded you to the rest of the comment.

It’s a long stretch to say EVERYBODY is blaming ALL their problems on America and Israel. What they ARE blaming is America’s hegemonic behavior, imperialism, and raping and pillaging the earth of it’s resources. Another Neocon talking point is: We’re in the Middle-East to ‘protect our oil supplies’. NEWSFLASH — It’s not ‘our oil’ until we buy it or steal it, and stealing seems to be the preferred method.

I never have, nor never will, preach a sermon on birth control, pro or con. And had you ever been to my site, you would see that I have done my homework on global warming, and have posted extensively on it. I have also never preached, “go forth and populate, and conquer the planet”.

As for your final ad hominem attack: I may be a fool, but I am a wide-awake fool. The education of women as the answers to a lot of human misery is theoretical, at best. As for their ability to choose how many children they have, I believe Wil addressed that quite adequately in his comment above, and I concur with him.

Peace and Grace

]]> By: nunya http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/04/pirates-and-mercenaries/#comment-32095 nunya Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:45:49 +0000 http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/?p=685#comment-32095 Oh, and Wil, you might like an interview I left a link for in another comment. Bill Moyers interviewed Amy Goodman (Democracy Now) and Glen Greenwald, and they talked about how Americans are simply going around the mainstream media. More and more people are looking for reliable sources of information and the msm is proving to be an 'epic fail' Oh, and Wil, you might like an interview I left a link for in another comment. Bill Moyers interviewed Amy Goodman (Democracy Now) and Glen Greenwald, and they talked about how Americans are simply going around the mainstream media. More and more people are looking for reliable sources of information and the msm is proving to be an ‘epic fail’

]]> By: nunya http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/2009/04/pirates-and-mercenaries/#comment-32094 nunya Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:41:54 +0000 http://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/?p=685#comment-32094 Brother Tim, you totally missed my point. I'm not a neocon Zionist, but you can't tell me that Islamists who encourage suicide bombings are sane. Even I know that that is against the teachings of Islam. Quite frankly, I'm damn sick of everybody blaming all their problems on America and Israel. Is it Israel's fault that there are no jobs in the Middle East? NOPE. Iran is the only country that provides free birth control, and don't give me some ridiculous sermon. Human population growth is wreaking havoc on the planet. Do a little homework on the loss of glacier water and how it is already causing riots in India. Colonialism has left an ugly legacy all over the planet, and the religious teaching of "go forth and populate, and conquer the planet" endemic to all religions IS a problem. There were 2.3 billion humans on the planet when my mother was born. There were 3.2 billion when I was born. There are now close to 7 billion. Number don't lie and technology cannot overcome and is in fact causing pollution problems that will continue to wreak havoc even after large numbers of people die of thirst, or diarrhea. Wake up, you fool, the answers to a lot of human misery lie in the education of women and their ability to choose how many children they have. Brother Tim, you totally missed my point. I’m not a neocon Zionist, but you can’t tell me that Islamists who encourage suicide bombings are sane. Even I know that that is against the teachings of Islam.

Quite frankly, I’m damn sick of everybody blaming all their problems on America and Israel.

Is it Israel’s fault that there are no jobs in the Middle East? NOPE. Iran is the only country that provides free birth control, and don’t give me some ridiculous sermon. Human population growth is wreaking havoc on the planet. Do a little homework on the loss of glacier water and how it is already causing riots in India.

Colonialism has left an ugly legacy all over the planet, and the religious teaching of “go forth and populate, and conquer the planet” endemic to all religions IS a problem.

There were 2.3 billion humans on the planet when my mother was born. There were 3.2 billion when I was born. There are now close to 7 billion.

Number don’t lie and technology cannot overcome and is in fact causing pollution problems that will continue to wreak havoc even after large numbers of people die of thirst, or diarrhea.

Wake up, you fool, the answers to a lot of human misery lie in the education of women and their ability to choose how many children they have.

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