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Tuesday Open Thread | 119 comments (119 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

After all, this is a book burning organised by a self-denominated "Outreach Center" so the irony count should be off the charts.

By laying out pros and cons we risk inducing people to join the debate, and losing control of a process that only we fully understand. - Alan Greenspan

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Sep 7th, 2010 at 12:32:05 PM EST
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They want to reach out and smite the infidel!

Let's have a round:

"Onward, Christian Soldiers,
"Marching off to War,
"With the Cross of Jesus
"Going on before....

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."

by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Tue Sep 7th, 2010 at 02:38:46 PM EST
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if they're so keen, why haven't they volunteered and gone to Afghanistan?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.

by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Tue Sep 7th, 2010 at 04:26:06 PM EST
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Yeah, loud-mouth cowards do that a lot.

In the end, might makes right. Nothing has changed since the caveman.

by THE Twank (yatta blah blah @ blah.com) on Tue Sep 7th, 2010 at 04:49:29 PM EST
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