***"To Defeat the Beast, Don't Feed the Beast" | 212 comments (212 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

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"of course the moslems want the good things we have: the tech, the human rights, the sports stars (!).
what they would rather leave off the plate is the porn, prostitution, alcohol-fueled stupidity, usury and whatever else gets their collective goat."

Ha! What do you think is booming in "free" Iraq? Tech, human rights, sport?

The first things that changed in Iraq was the rise of porn, prostituion and booze.

Those are the real universal human values.

Peak oil is not an energy crisis. It is a liquid fuel crisis.

by Starvid on Thu Sep 14th, 2006 at 09:11:01 AM EST
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i hate to say it, but evidence supports your (cynical) contention..

'The history of public debt is full of irony. It rarely follows our ideas of order and justice.' Thomas Piketty

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 05:30:54 AM EST
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You know that home-brewing is a major pastime in Iran, right?

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 05:40:32 AM EST
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"seem to be a major pasttime"

by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 05:41:23 AM EST
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Re: "To Defeat the Beast, (none / 0)

according to unconfirmed sources...

Those whom the Gods wish to destroy They first make mad. — Euripides

by Carrie (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Fri Sep 15th, 2006 at 05:43:49 AM EST
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Re: "To Defeat the Beast, (none / 1)

Well the sources are confirmed, but they're a pretty biased sample.