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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: jlallen who wrote (41548)12/24/2001 9:36:39 AM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
LOL!! You phoney!! Using Dither's little cut-outs of my actual posts!! Oh, just your mistake, I'm sure. You didn't know, LOL!!

I have no respect for such phoney behaviour. I said clearly to REPEAT AFTER ME HIS APOLOGY, WHICH WAS ON BEHALF of, etc...

I did not say I was a U.S. citizen. I AM an American citizen, but as I stressed to Dithers, we are human beings first, civilized people second, western society third, and so on.

I have never said I was a U.S. citizen, and anyone who says I did is a LIAR!! THat makes you and Dithers both liars for intentionally, knowingly, and with contrived planning, misrepresenting what I said. I apologised on BEHALF of decent people everywhere, and I chose words that could be used by Dithers in acknowledgement that the apology was a template for his usage as a U.S. citizen. I very distinctly said "ON BEHALF OF" as opposed to "AS A CITIZEN". I could have said "AS A" and still been in the right, as it was a "repeat after me" template; however, I intentionally and thoughtfully chose words which would avoid any lies. This I have always done. I have thousands of posts on SI. I have never said I was a citizen of the U.S. People on SI know where I am from if they have any right to know.

And I demonstrated for his benefit by apologizing on behalf of the U.S. of A. because I knew that he was in the U.S. In point of fact I was apologizing for all people who believe that targeting children in warfare is a policy that should be given some heartfelt thought.

You were not even born when these things happened! You were not a citizen of anything. If citizenship were required to apologize on somebodies behalf then who could do so? How many people were citizens 56 years ago. Not you. So you are not allowed to apologize for anything that you regret in the history of your country or your planet through all of time? What poppycock!! Stop with your phoney set-ups. You are always saying "we" did this or that! HA! You were not even alive!!

I have been extremely careful at all times to use "we" to refer only to the partnership, group, or concept I intended. Generally, I speak of the civilized community, or the western world, or sometimes just Americans which is what I am. If you misunderstand me it is your problem, because I know you are intentionally "misunderstanding" me.

DO WE REALLY HAVE TO BE A MEMBER OF A PARTICULAR COUNTRY TO APOLOGIZE ON BEHALF OF ANYONE OR EVERYONE IN THAT COUNTRY, AND IN THE ALLIANCE, AND IN THE WORLD?? DO WE REALLY, JLA??

You intentionally lied about me, name caller. Why am I not surprised at how low you, Dithers, and CH can stoop?

Now you have delayed my breakfast. Feel better?!

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You have no intention to apologise, do you? You can't even detract from the hatred of your past posts by such a small gesture. How ashamed I am of you, Mr. Dithers.
I apologized on your behalf, and you cannot even open the door to your soul in such a small way? Instead you come back with ugly and inflamatory language , the sole purpose for which is to strut your pathetic little ego. You really think everything is about you and your pathetic ego, don't you?
Get over it, Mr. Dithers. All your posts about this issue are on SI. Some of them are so mean and insensitive they would make a demon weep. Why not just apologize and leave it? I apologised for the entire country. But it does little good for one man to apologize, if people such as yourself only desire to pop your buttons, strut, and mislead. Why not just apologize? First to them, and then to me?
EDIT: and how sincere and honest of you to switch the topic from the fire bombing of civilians 55 years ago to the terrorism we fight today. I will save that as a Phonicon.
The truth is that the United States no longer retains the policy of 55 years ago, as you must have noticed. Maybe it is time for you to look around and realize that western society has made much moral progress. We have a lot to be proud of. Now, if you would simply apologize, it just might gain YOU a little respect in mature company, and something about yourself for YOU to be proud of. Why not just do it?
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Why don't you just apologise to me, and to all the inocent people who have died, and to all the relatives of those innocent people who still live? Some of them might be on this thread. Repeat after me:

"On behalf of the United States of America I, Solon, apologise to all the innocent civilians--men, woman, and children who lost their one chance at life, at dancing, at love, and at walking through the woods. Nothing can give that life back to them. If I could have stopped it, I would have...but I could not."

This latest post to me, Mr. Dithers, is transparent in its vindictiveness and its lack of acknowledgement or concern. Why don't you give your wife a kiss and just let all that hatred slide off your back? There is nothing stopping you from apologising to me, and to them: NOTHING WHATSOEVER.
Just think about it, Mr. Dithers. It is the season when people hope for peace and harmony in the world. I don't think you are as heartless as you try to portray...
Here is my commplete post to you where I tried to give you a little bit of "sensitivity" training, and where I invited you to see the value in other countries, in other people, and especially in innocent children.