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WAR...and a lack of respect.

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Canadianskibum1
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'People sleep peacefully at night because violent men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.'
-George Orwell

I read this quote recently and thought of it when kids on here were disrespecting pics of American soldiers.

I certainly do not support war, I am proud to be Canadian, a nation that is known for peacekeeping, but I am sickened by most of the kids in my generation today who are so quick to pass judgement on those attempt to defend their freedoms, and yet these same kids live for nothing drugs and partying and do nothing constructive to make the world a better place.

My buddy's dad died in Iraq. Without getting into the polotics of of war and whether or not the US should be in Iraq, there are people willing to die to defend the American way of life, to allow you to continue to enjoy skiing and mountain biking and having fun. If the terorists had their way, every city in North America would be 9/11 all over again. Its a little hard to enjoy skiing if you are dead.

So instead of trying to be cool and heaping disrespect on the soldiers in Iraq, ask yourself, What are YOU doing to make the world a better place??????


WE TAKE THESE RISKS NOT TO ESCAPE LIFE, BUT SO THAT LIFE DOES NOT ESCAPE US
Jun 4 2004 1:39AM
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smuggs
Posts: 6561 - Karma: 1,375
ski pimp ur a moron. and this thread is useless.

there's a reason its called snowboarding......it's snowing!!!
-dumbass xgames anouncer

now the only thing to make my life complete is to turn ur face into a toilet seat.....im gonna piss on it.
Jun 18 2004 5:55PM
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skipimp_
Posts: 5700 - Karma: 113
good one

you're an asshole.



“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit�

Activism without chaos? or Chaos without activism?


'The problem with today's youth is not that our fathers don't believe in us, but that we do not believe in our fathers.' - Me.
Jun 18 2004 5:59PM
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J.D.
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This is for the people in here saying how great and honourable it is to die for your country. I've posted the poem in its entirety before, so I'll only put the end here.

If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,--
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.

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In a haze
A stormy haze
I’ll be around
I’ll be loving you
Always
Always

Here I am
And I’ll take my time
Here I am
And I’ll wait in line
Always
Always...
Jun 18 2004 6:07PM
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J.D.
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I'm reading this post bit by bit. Sorry if my replies are a bit split up.

''saddham hussein has been directly linked as an ally to osama bin laden.''

Sorry, buddy, you're downright wrong. There's nothing else that needs to be said. There was no collaboration. They hated each other, mostly for religious reasons. No link. None. Got it yet? Come on, I knew this a YEAR ago. Now the 9/11 commission has finally made it official.

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In a haze
A stormy haze
I’ll be around
I’ll be loving you
Always
Always

Here I am
And I’ll take my time
Here I am
And I’ll wait in line
Always
Always...
Jun 18 2004 6:10PM
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J.D.
Posts: 21362 - Karma: 5,144
In fact, to underscore that post...


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In a haze
A stormy haze
I’ll be around
I’ll be loving you
Always
Always

Here I am
And I’ll take my time
Here I am
And I’ll wait in line
Always
Always...
Jun 18 2004 6:38PM
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