The Wow I Can't Believe That News Story Thread

Key · 08-29-2018, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisnaholic

^ Yes, on here there was a debate which I'd hate to re-open about the morality of fighting as a soldier. That's why I didn't mention McCain's military record.

It's a pretty substantial part of his life. That's why a lot of politicians and people on both sides are praising his American values. You don't have to like the guy, but he does deserve at least some respect.

I also find it funny that he instructed Trump not to come to his funeral.

**Frownland** · 08-29-2018, 10:10 AM

Nothing says "I have a spine" like being a war hawk enthusiastically jumping at any opportunity to send our boys to become dead men! "War hero" is an oxymoron but that's beside the point.

Key · 08-29-2018, 10:12 AM

Not everything he did deserves respect obv. But I'm also not surprised that people are praising the good things he did and the things he went through. That's more my point. Like I said, I don't have a lot of respect for him but I respect what he did in some cases.

**Frownland** · 08-29-2018, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Kiiii

But I'm also not surprised that people are praising the good things he did and the things he went through.

Are you talking about when he went into a country to kill its citizens then got captured for it?

(sorry Lisna, I know you were trying to avoid this)

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-29-2018, 10:15 AM

Innocent young men on both sides are sent by the fat cats at the top to go kill each other, blow **** up with civilian casualties to follow, etc. It's just terrible all the way around.
You have to buy into the propaganda that dehumanizes the "enemy" before it can come to seem like there's any heroic glory to be found in war.

Lisnaholic · 08-29-2018, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Kiiii

I also find it funny that he instructed Trump not to come to his funeral.

^ Yes, I thought that was a nice touch too. Right around the world, that's a very unusual stipulation to make about the head of your country.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Are you talking about when he went into a country to kill its citizens then got captured for it?

(sorry Lisna, I know you were trying to avoid this)

^

Couldn't you just post a link, Frownland? Or are we doomed to relive all 1,234 posts on the subject?

How about Devin Nunes? Can we at least unite in laughing at his latest escapade?

**Frownland** · 08-29-2018, 10:54 AM

It's just not surprising anymore, it seems like we pay taxes for them to be wasted with the occasional pothole repair. Without even getting into the cronyism that drives a lot of it, if I got the quotes that government officials accept from contractors and the like, I would spit in their face.

Anteater · 08-29-2018, 11:28 AM

McCain, at least to me, is a really good example of why we need term limits. Dude concealed his cancer diagnosis and still served at least a year. If Trump was diagnosed with something similar, I'd say the same thing: they shouldn't be in office at all. Especially if it's brain cancer.

Chula Vista · 08-29-2018, 11:32 AM

McCain deserves a measure of respect regardless of all of the peripheral arguments.

Plankton · 08-29-2018, 11:38 AM

I'd have probably just skipped this hole:

VIDEO: Disc golf player makes throw over black bear at Anchorage park

08-29-2018, 10:10 AM	#13412 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	Nothing says "I have a spine" like being a war hawk enthusiastically jumping at any opportunity to send our boys to become dead men! "War hero" is an oxymoron but that's beside the point. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

08-29-2018, 10:54 AM	#13417 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	It's just not surprising anymore, it seems like we pay taxes for them to be wasted with the occasional pothole repair. Without even getting into the cronyism that drives a lot of it, if I got the quotes that government officials accept from contractors and the like, I would spit in their face. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

08-29-2018, 11:32 AM	#13419 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	McCain deserves a measure of respect regardless of all of the peripheral arguments. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

08-29-2018, 11:38 AM	#13420 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,766	I'd have probably just skipped this hole: VIDEO: Disc golf player makes throw over black bear at Anchorage park __________________ See location...

08-29-2018, 10:12 AM	#13413 (permalink)
Key . Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 13,153	Not everything he did deserves respect obv. But I'm also not surprised that people are praising the good things he did and the things he went through. That's more my point. Like I said, I don't have a lot of respect for him but I respect what he did in some cases.

08-29-2018, 10:15 AM	#13415 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	Innocent young men on both sides are sent by the fat cats at the top to go kill each other, blow **** up with civilian casualties to follow, etc. It's just terrible all the way around. You have to buy into the propaganda that dehumanizes the "enemy" before it can come to seem like there's any heroic glory to be found in war.