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Originally Posted by Gavin
Sunnis and Shiites have been warring for 1,300 years
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Not true, actually - in Syria, to take an example at random, there's a largely Sunni country governed by Shias. There's more than one sort of Shia, too, as well as more than one sort of Sunni. In Iraq, the Mahdi Army (the ones who got the Saddam-lynching contract) are actually quite sympathetic to the non-Baathist, non-al-Qaeda Sunnis, who share a common hatred of the American occupation. A bit of nuance and understanding helps here, I find - not all Sunnis are extremists and not all Shia are Khomeneist fundies, either.
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Originally Posted by budwieser
Nobody in this country of ours today,has the right to protect ourselves or our families without the threat of prosecution and that really hurts me badly
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Slightly wrong. You have the right to defend yourself and your property using reasonable force, which is defined very broadly (for instance, it's not the actual threat that matters legally, but your instantaneous perception of the threat, even if that turns out to be wrong). Don't believe the tabloid rubbish, get the facts. What you aren't allowed to do, and correct me if this is what you're advocating, is premeditated assault or murder. A threat of prosecution in those cases would be in order, I suggest.
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Originally Posted by budwieser
Obviously, i`m not allowed to say my views on things that i feel are wrong, either in the world or in my own country.
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No, no no. You have a perfect right to talk uninformed rot, and swear on a forum where the community agrees that this isn't acceptable language, but don't complain if you get pulled up for it. Or don't you believe in accepting the consequences of your actions?
Saddam? Shows how much the Americans and British have lost the Iraq War, to me. I've seen the future and it puts the mental into fundamentalist. Anyone talking about 'stabilising the democratically elected government' and 'backing the Iraqi forces in their struggle against the insurgency' during the next 12 months should have 'liar' shouted at them.
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