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  • March 2, 2013 at 4:44 pm in reply to: Brazil getting a nuclear sub #28290
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    Brazil just want to stay a developed and sovereign country. Why can't they do that ?

    March 2, 2013 at 4:12 pm in reply to: War death tolls through history: what does this tell you? #28229
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    Want to know what genocide is ? One day you wake up and everyone is looking down at you.  Your neighbours hate you, they wish to kill you.  The government is randomly but regularly checking you : where do you go, who do you meet or talk to, you are barred of theatre, restaurant, public places, your job is suppressed, your phone is under control.  You did nothing against the law, you are just a teacher. You are a citizen, you pay taxes, your fought for your country, you didn't do anything wrong. That's not the reason. The reason is you. Only you : who you are.  And not only you because your 2 children are also like you and your pregnant wife as well so they must die as well.The next day your friends, colleagues are chasing you, you are going to die, you must die : everything gonna be better for them, for the country.One thing you didn't know is that it was planned a long time ago and now it's on its way but you couldn't believe the warning signs : you are a true citizen. You can't escape, you are trapped. Don't expect to get a quick death, bullets are too expensive, there are other ways to get rid of cockroaches like you.After your death, officials will say it was only a popular reaction, casualties of war, collateral damage, they didn't know but were obeying orders. Not guilty, your Honor.I was in Rwanda in 1994 and went back there 1 year after. Nothing was destroyed but people were gone. I'm still far away to really feel and to know what it is to be the target of a genocide but enough to get an idea.

    March 1, 2013 at 6:41 pm in reply to: War death tolls through history: what does this tell you? #28220
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    Donald, what do you think about genocide ?

    March 1, 2013 at 5:06 pm in reply to: Washington or Lee #28259
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    Echoing Magellan and Columbus : apples and pears

    March 1, 2013 at 5:02 pm in reply to: Photos of the Dead Cities #28256
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    That's more like a situation in sci-fi movies when aliens invade.  They always destroy the major architectural monuments of civilizations first (White House, St. Peter's Basilica, maybe the Eiffel Tower, etc.).  I guess they're not fans of architecture. 🙂

    Phid … 🙁

    March 1, 2013 at 3:56 pm in reply to: Photos of the Dead Cities #28254
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    Well, the walls of Ancient Samarah are now about three feet tall in most places.  In order to chase insurgents we often drove over and destroyed walls thsat had been standing for somewhere in the neighborhood of 4,000 years.  I did not like doing it but I was not going to eat a bullet to save a world landmark.

    you didn't know ?ModifyMonte Cassino is another example about war situations, I don't blame you.

    March 1, 2013 at 3:54 pm in reply to: War death tolls through history: what does this tell you? #28215
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    If so there is no genocide except the one perpetrated by the nazis ?

    March 1, 2013 at 3:09 pm in reply to: War death tolls through history: what does this tell you? #28213
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    The Rwandan Civil War of '94 should be on the list at a minimum.  The media and bleeding hearts like to call it a genocide but it was in reality a short, extremely violent Civil War.

    Are you sure about your statement ?

    March 1, 2013 at 1:41 pm in reply to: Photos of the Dead Cities #28252
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    It's all dust in the end, anyways.

    Just like in Bamiyan

    March 1, 2013 at 12:36 pm in reply to: War death tolls through history: what does this tell you? #28212
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    I am surprised there are no African wars on the list.  I think the wars in central Africa post-colonialism have had a pretty high death toll, the problem there is nobody really knows what the African population was to begin with.  I believe the Algerian War of Independence cost over a million lives as well.  The Rwandan Civil War of '94 should be on the list at a minimum.  The media and bleeding hearts like to call it a genocide but it was in reality a short, extremely violent Civil War.

    In your list : Second Congo War (1998-2003)  Congo is in Africahttp://www.ducksters.com/geography/country.php?country=congo,%20democratic%20republic%20of%20theAbout Rwanda, the estimated death toll is around 800,000 killed (within 100 days)http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14093322

    February 20, 2013 at 7:38 pm in reply to: My exam #28160
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    @ Don & Scout: Giving up ?

    February 20, 2013 at 4:44 am in reply to: My exam #28156
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    Yes you can !  8)

    February 15, 2013 at 4:38 pm in reply to: Pope Benedict XVI to resign, first since 1415 #28099
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    Beware ! Donald is part of the cardinals on line !  8)

    February 13, 2013 at 4:41 pm in reply to: Pope Benedict XVI to resign, first since 1415 #28095
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    All bets are off ! Archbishop Christoper Schoenborn from Austria seems to be a serious candidate according to the conservative trend in the Vatican.I don't think that Archbishops Dolan and Ouelley will be “chosen”.

    February 13, 2013 at 12:42 pm in reply to: Pope Benedict XVI to resign, first since 1415 #28093
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    First to resign in 1500 years ??  I thought the last one was Pope Gregory XII – who reigned from 1406 to 1415 or  Pope Celestine V in 1294?!AD 3000 already …  ???

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