Sam Edney

Reply to Israel and Palestine in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Helix - Re. The sending of the money. If not withdrawl, Stricter terms could be set as to what the money goes on. Threats to pull out funding could / should be enforced if they dont comply. As for US harrassment - as todays international court ruling on "the wall" shows, the international community may not have the exact same views as America. The only vote against ruling the wall illegal was the American judge, Thomas Buerghenthal. Unless t

Reply to (whisper this) VP Cheney Says, " Go F**k Yourself" in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Regardless of what Joe Public's banners and emails are saying, he is not Joe Public, he is the vice president of the United States. Even I would never tell anyone to "go fuck yourself" in a business meeting - of any kind, even if it were with people I work with every day and might even go drinking with, and they had just personally insulted me. To bring down the tone of government like that is pretty bad - but it does show that politicians a

Reply to KERRY COULD BE GOD'S PUNISHMENT TO AMERICA in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Surely a good way to get America to "CHANGE THEIR EVIL WAYS" would be at least to get a new President. Lets face it. A lot of the bad things that "America" have done at least internationally, have been in Bush's - and because of the way he makes his speeches - God's name. You really are on a "better the devil you know" type tip here, and it really doesnt make sense with what you are saying. I think America has already had enough punis

Reply to Ethics: A Test in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Yes, you are right - they are thought provoking. Shouldnt have got on my high horse so quickly, however, the weird thing stays... I certainly wouldnt have ever called you dense for putting those questions up.

Reply to Israel and Palestine in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I really dont know - hence this post. As I said earlier, I don’t wish to simply defend the Palestinians, and slate the Israelis. I am open to argument and persuasion here. What I think is that under those conditions (withdrawal from the settlements), the rest of the world would feel much more comfortable supporting Israel. I also know that once those conditions were met, the terrorists could be separated from the rest of the Palestinians muc

Reply to Israel and Palestine in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Hmm. Not very constructive comments from either Helix or Madine. Why do Americans feel they always have to defend this issue? Im not blaming America for the problem, but due to their continued support of Israel over the years - and the fact that Israel use their weapons quite openly for offence, they should do something about it - not Germany. A good reason that the rest of the world dont do anything, is that Israel has the full backing of the

Reply to EVOLUTION ICES OPPONENTS in Philosophy JoeUser Forums

Through analysis of the DNA it has been proved that humans evolved from seven different tribal groupings at least 30,000 years ago For the argument - Could it be possible that there were other survivors of the flood, in different parts of the world? However - Can you imagine trying to roun

Weather Channel Docklet in Docklets JoeUser Forums

What settings do I have to use to get the weather channel object to work for me here in the UK. I can get the weather details for me on the UK weather channel site (http://uk.weather.com). Failing that, are there any other weather applets which will work for us here in the UK, by postcode? <!-- Ju-Anchor-Footer-En

Reply to Who Wrote This? in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I thought that it was him as I was reading it. How many people who brand him "unAmerican" have actually seen his films or read his books? I think most are tainted by government and media hypocracy. You are right about the "unamerican" thing though. For asking questions and raising issues (which the media should have done in the first place) he has been ousted by the very people he is trying to help. The press have complete freedom, bu

Reply to Israel and Palestine in Current Events JoeUser Forums

To me, you simply can't make peace with these people. They don't want peace, it isn't in their interest. I think the average Palestinian wants peace, and their hands are tied. Perhaps it isn't possible for the Palestinians to sit down with someone like Sharon, either. Do you think the same could be sa

Reply to Ethics: A Test in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

Are these actually your ideas Steven? If they are, you are a bit weird mate. With regards to: 1) Ethnic jokes - Why laugh at the "racist" jokes? I always feel much better not laughing at them now, though to be honest, I dont actually hear them very often anymore. 2) The Iraq rebuilding money - why do you think there should be a finite amount on rebuilding when the "n

Reply to Israel and Palestine in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Surely, if Israel just gave back the land it seized in the 1967 war, it would get in return peace with its neighbors? Also, with regards to other countries getting aid from the US: ======================= According to the American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise (AICE), from 1949-2001 the U.S. has given Israel a total of $94,966,300,000. The direct and indirect aid from this year should put the total U.S. aid to Israel since 1

Reply to Israel and Palestine in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I know I may have sounded like I side with the Palestinians, but I dont. I do however feel that it is Israel who has to make the first move, as the greater power (mostly thanks to US aid) it needs to kick start the peace process again. If the Palestinians are not going to, which seems fair enough to say, then the only other option is the eradication of the entire Palestinian popultaion - and thankfully that aint ever gonna happen!

Reply to Israel and Palestine in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Iraq stopped being a regional power in the 1990's. I don't think they even had a functional military aircraft prior to the US invasion. So why did we think they posed such a risk recently enough to have to go to war with them a second time? <TABLE cellpadding=8 width="95%" align=center bgColor=#F

Reply to Israel and Palestine in Current Events JoeUser Forums

In reality though, the pro-Israel lobby in the US is extremely strong. Can you explain a little more what these "lobby" groups are, and what powers they actually have? Its not something I am really familiar with.

Reply to Israel and Palestine in Current Events JoeUser Forums

I understand the use of nukes as a deterent (" gentlemen, you cant fight in here - this is the war room! ") but I think its fair to say that the Middle East has not been peaceful just because Israel is there and has bigger bombs than everyone else. In fact, the middle east seems to be constantly at war. Israel is definitley not peace-keeping at the moment. The specific issue with Israel has started much more recently (either since 1923

Reply to Israel and Palestine in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Madine: Thans for the quick reply. I am of the impression that nuclear war is a threat to the entire world, not just to neighbouring countries. As for how the middle east has been weakened: Iraq is no longer a regional power. Many of the Arab states would have joined forces if Israel were to launch a strike. Iran has seen a key threat disappear. It has also seen the Americans triumphant on its doorstep which must at least be indirectly thre

Israel and Palestine in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Over the last few years I have chatted with several people from Israel (mostly on ICQ - though I don't use it anymore) about the conflict there with Palestine. Most of the Israelis I have talked with have said that it isnt a big problem for them. I'm never sure weather it is because they live in the north (which most of them do) and it doesn't affect them s

Reply to Censorship - Who benefits? in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thats interesting. Are they independent of the network, or are they funded by it? Could they effectively be leaned on by their network if need be? Its kind of sounds similar to things here. ITN is a news network which most channels broadcast, though it is not associated with any of those channels directly. I think the channels buy the news from ITN. How does the public radio/TV work over there? Is it state or national, and how is it f

Reply to So you're homeless? Do I look like I give a f.... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

As with any grouping, you are going to get those who abuse the system. They are there in any walk of life, from government down to the homeless. Its difficult not to stereotype, as the ones who stick in your memory are normally the ones who have done the most shocking things.

Reply to EUROPE UNITING AT LIGHTNING SPEED in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Bakerstreet - Maybe a post was deleted in between yours and the original post but... I dont think Marvin is saying that the EU is a 'threat' to the US in a military sense, although quite obviously if required it could be. However, I can only assume that the worlds largest single market and over a fifth of the wor

Reply to Lies in Fahrenheit 911, w/facts to back the claim.. in International JoeUser Forums

I see this from a different perspective. Here in the uk, the film isnt yet out, so I cant comment specifically, but some of the points made seem a little trivial. When you take on board that Michael is a film maker, and the government is the government , who is the bigger liar? I would prefer that Moore didnt have to make these points so aggressively, but as he points out - he is a counter balance for all the cleverly edited segme

Reply to Censorship - Who benefits? in Politics JoeUser Forums

I suppose this was in a way a 'retaliation', but I had no come back elsewhere. My main point in this topic was censorship in general, which seems to have been forgotten now. I may have also questioned his voting habits... :op... Maybe it wasn’t necessary of me to go in to it. If that was the issue, then fair enough, sorry, but I would have preferred to have been told - and perhaps the blog could have been edited rather than censored. The res

Reply to Censorship - Who benefits? in Politics JoeUser Forums

The obvious business advantages to B for getting hits on JoeUser are there, plain and simple. I don’t think it’s slanderous to point that out. We all know that he is a very switched-on businessman. He discusses his business openly in many topics. Is what I said too difficult to understand? I also didnt say that was his only reason, I gave 3 possiblities. If this is the reason, then it re-iterates something else I said in this post about ulterio

Reply to Censorship - Who benefits? in Politics JoeUser Forums

BakerStreet - I was blacklisted, and I was unable to find out exactly what I had said for him to take offence. I didn’t want to drag on the subject specifically, for fear of being reprimanded by all those who love Brad and I dont have the original post, so I cant reprint it here. I felt I had to mention his name personally as he is the highest-ranking member, and has affiliation with the sites owners and obviously with Stardock. I also mentioned this