Oh...that movie. I've been gone for a long time...

You missed the popcorn...................again? For shame. lol

Squirrel!

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no the possum does not allow that

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But he can never enforce it.

Banned for tattling. 

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banned for bearing so many arms. I thought Canadians were suppose to be all peace loving.

Yeah, kinda loaded for bear there. Martians are always ready for anything. Much like a cub scout.   

{not you Scoutdog.  } 

Scoutdog is never in this thread

Scoutdog would not resort to weapons. They are illogical... unless mounted on a remote control robot for killing other robots.

there is already on very successful strategy tried out against kill-bots

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keep throwing man after man against them until they reach their pre-programmed kill limit?

what

draak is right.

please feed the possum

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We're just numbers right now folks... Run

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I find it amusing

Right,, I remember now.  

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There was just a little joculation in my previous post, I've actually received overwhelmingly positive response for, quote, "ripping into" the Kony "activists." I suppose it helps that I'm being very logical, reasonable and adequately courteous in my arguments, and all counter-arguments are being gradually refuted on the protest page for my local city systematically and logically by myself and like-minded cynics.

Our ultimate goal is that the "cover the night" event is seen as nothing more than the juvenile excuse for a rampage that it is. Awareness has been raised, just in case we hadn't figured out that Africa is messed up yet, and it has been established that Kony is just part of a bigger problem. Either move on or pipe down, Kony activists.

As for Putin, I have to say that in him I see a cold and logical figure, who does ultimately have the best interests of Russia at heart. He doesn't seem like a very greedy dictator, and he certainly seems to know what he is doing at the helm of a nation. Perhaps he has looked at the frustrating situations of politicians of a similar intellectual calibre in the west and decided that often the masses are better left un-consulted. It's not about what you want, but what you need, after all.

well, Putin does want the best for his country and despite being an old, Soviet hardliner, he's learned to deal with the political situation at hand. I think he appreciates the degree of control that Stalin et al had. I don't necessarily agree with that whole methodology, but it has its time and place. Even still, there are ocassional moments when he plays hardball and I think getting in on the action versus fighting it would better serve him.

You know, looking at it, they say power corrupts, and I would argue that this is even more the case in democracy. If your power is lost at the whims of a fickle populace, even the noblest of intentions will rapidly turn into a fight to win that next election, give in to the reckless short-term whining of the masses for just that one extra term to finish the plan, make that big change.

But of course, you never will, and one day you'll look back and ask "where did it begin?" And then the question will vanish from your mind as you realise that there'll be elections soon, and winning the election is what always mattered, right?