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Originally posted by AboveTheRimYo: Though i cant say i agree with people using an RPG board to spout off about terrorism, ive finally buckled & decided to have my 2 cents worth as well, so here it is: Its a fact of life, that if your a bully at school, and you go around bossing people, telling them how to live, and beating up those who disagree with you (your just protecting your 'freedom' to be obnoxious to others right?) then sooner or later some of the kids you've picked on are going to join together & have a go at you, even if its only to prove they dont like being pushed around. Of course, if your by far the biggest, toughest kid in the school then everything that you do is 'right' and 'good' and 'the only way' since no-one can beat the crap out of you (usually all that kind of kid understands) to prove otherwise. an IMPORTANT thing to realise is that sooner or later a new kid will come along who's tougher, and will knock you off the top of the hill. Watchout when that happens, because everyone who you've bullied while you were no.1 is going to take advantage & get theirs back on you, and some people have very long memories. Even the "Holy" Roman Empire crumbled into nothing after 1000 years of glory. No 'bully' ever stays at the top forever, no matter how much self-reighous rubbish he spouts to his followers in trying to keep his gang together. Most bullies (in my experience) never learn this lesson, and continue to victimise, lecture, or provoke whomever they please right up until they are brought back to earth with a broken nose. Then all of a sudden they find themselves being unpopular, and wonder why are other people cheering my suffering? Ive never, ever, hurt anyone else before.........have I? THANKFULLY the world is too big a playground for just one bully (im sure lots of dictators in third world countries would love the job though). On a different topic, ive noticed that a recent terrorist attack on some American buildings has been blamed (not PROVEN yet, just blamed) on a group of Muslims from Afghanistan. Ive also noticed that most Muslims hate the idea of Jews currently occupying Jerusalem, and its also a fact that America gives Israel 100 BILLION dollars a year in 'foreign aid' (you have to love terms like that one) as well as supplying the Jews with the vast majority of their weapons, despite publically remaining "neutral" on the issue. As with most dilemmas, the easiest solution may be to find a scapegoat as quick as possible (who should be publically burned at the stake just like in the good ol' middle ages) , completely ignore all of the issues and moral ramifications involved, and hope that life will go on as usual, because after all- the 'good guys' got their man, or a least someone to blame for everything. Often those who refuse to look inside themselves would prefer to live in fear of what they might find, rather than face the struggle of conquering their own inadequecies.

I think you either don't really understand what a bully is, or else you have no idea of the history of American involvement in foreign affairs. If america wanted to be a bully there would be a lot more soil with the american flag planted in it. What they are is the biggest, toughest kid on the block who protects the little kids from the neighborhood bullies. Any actions we take against foreign contries or in support of foreign countries are never designed to take them over but to protect them from totalitarian regimes. I'll grant that often our reasons for helping are not purely from the goodness of our hearts, but we've never attacked a country for our own personal gain, which is what a bully would do. You want a bully, say hello to Saddam. What pisses them off is that because of us looking over their shoulder they can't unleash the violence, and often genocide, that they would like on their neighboring countries. They don't feel we have any business sticking our nose into their beat down, slaughtering, impoverishing business. But goin back to you bully idea, if you were walking down the street and saw a bully absolutely beating someone to death, and you knew you had the power to stop it, would you walk on by? Could your concience handle that? The US would stop it with as much force as was necessary, clean the beaten kid up, bandage him, take him home and feed him, and be willing to let things end there, as long as the bully quit. If the bully kept up his attacks, the US would take him out, then feed, clothe and help out his family. Is this evil? Truly? Or is this just annoying to evil people because it curbs their plans?