Are you telling me that the body count determines who is free? I REALLY don’t get the correlation there.

With the current situation, that would make the Iraqis the freest people.

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Cute phrase, but The American Empire may just save your ass one day.

That's almost, but not quite the point, and a classic example of what we were talking about.

If America cannot accept the social, racial and legal diversity of the outside world, we are no better off than in Roman times. So what has America learned?

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Are you telling me that the biggest gun and fastest trigger finger determines who is free?Of course you're not! But it seems our Commander In Chief thinks so.Does body count determine who is the International Authority,apparently he thinks this is the case too since he repeatedly lines up 18-22 year old soldiers in the line of fire around the world.

Unfortunately, nothing.

The WTO and Berne Convention are both examples of treaty organizations which member staes voluntarily join. Nations which are not treaty members of the organizations are not bound by the rules, are they?

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You say "the rules" like it's a religious truth.

The correct term is "our rules".

Other rules have validity, even if we don't like them.

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I am totally lost here jbh3. The question to me and my respose was about international authority. Freedom and sacrificed lives were your contribution. I still don’t get it. What did I miss?

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Nothing to get really...I was simply trying to convey two excuses(yours and mine)to annoint us the International Authority that our President might think are valid .

I think I'll end my political contribution to this forum with this post.It seems to make enemies of friends since the ability to discuss in real time,respond in a quick manner,study facial and hand expressions is not achievable.I'm outa here to go play with the ladies

You better go jbh3. You are totally fucked up now. You used "our President" and "think" in the same sentence.

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Actually, the words he used were, "our President might think"...which might happen someday, but I'm not holding my breath...

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If the theory does not conform to the facts, then the facts must be discarded.

No good deed ever goes unpunished

Never argue with an idiot. He'll drag you down to his level, & beat you with experience.

Oldfart,

No sir. The rules are the legally binding constraints upon the signatory nations. If you follow the links, you'll see what both Australia and the U.S. agreed to when each ratified the Berne Convention. The same holds true for the WTO.

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As I said, "our" not "the".

Enough of this, who's flashing their tits at the moment?

God I hope that's not Scotz.

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Here! Here! Let's move on to something meaningful and silky.

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i have damp cotton panties and no-bra...does that help?

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