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Sunday, September 14, 2008 9:55 PM

So...when is our government gonna outlaw 'flea bombs'? 100 of those in a major building's air shafts could do some damage, I'd conjure.

LexLuthorisall

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Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
Yes, Raid is prettymuch Sarin gas, don't believe me, go look it up yourself.


Raid uses pyrethroids, which are only really toxic to Insects.

Sarin has the same mechanism of action as some Insecticides (though I don't think Raid is actually one of them), but that's not the same thing at all.



More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
No one can see their reflection in running water. It is only in still water that we can see.

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Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:47 PM

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Originally posted by SignyM:
I'm sorry Finn, but the plain fact of the matter is that the horror story that the Administration painted was just that: a story. It was far away from the reality of the situation ... a reality readily available to anyone who chose to listen to ground-based evaluations.

And getting back to the original point: That is how I knew that Saddam DIDN'T have WMD.

So you knew he didn’t have WMDs, because we found WMDs in Iraq. No amount of logic can bring you to that conclusion – that is driven by ideology.



Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:54 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by SignyM:

And getting back to the original point: That is how I knew that Saddam DIDN'T have WMD.


Signy, Finn is showing no flexibility in his thinking on this, he has gone all Herbert on us. Your arguments, while magnificent, are wasted on him I'm afraid. Good show, though.

I’m not often persuaded by ideology. I tend to look at the facts. I’ve heard a lot of magnificent arguments about why I’m going to hell, but I don’t buy those either.



Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:56 PM

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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
[ So you knew he didn’t have WMDs, because we found WMDs in Iraq. No amount of logic can bring you to that conclusion – that is driven by ideology.


LOL, yeah, and I once found my son with an empty box of cookies, so I said "Where are you hiding the rest, whelp?"
He said there were no more, that he'd just finished the box that was there, but I knew better- so I tore apart the house. I didn't find them, but I KNEW they existed...perhaps the mice spirited them away.

Finn, your Herbert routine is getting old.

Chrisisall

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Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:58 PM

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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I’ve heard a lot of magnificent arguments about why I’m going to hell, but I don’t buy those either.


Just for the record, I had you as going upstairs.

Cisall

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Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:06 PM

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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I’m not often persuaded by ideology. I tend to look at the facts.


Yeah, but people just blindly following Ideology say the same thing.



More insane ramblings by the people who brought you beeeer milkshakes!
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Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:32 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
[ So you knew he didn’t have WMDs, because we found WMDs in Iraq. No amount of logic can bring you to that conclusion – that is driven by ideology.


LOL, yeah, and I once found my son with an empty box of cookies, so I said "Where are you hiding the rest, whelp?"
He said there were no more, that he'd just finished the box that was there, but I knew better- so I tore apart the house. I didn't find them, but I KNEW they existed...perhaps the mice spirited them away.

That’s an ideologically driven opinion as well, since you can’t know that. I have my doubts that this is a fair comparison to your son, however.




Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:34 PM

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Originally posted by citizen:
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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I’m not often persuaded by ideology. I tend to look at the facts.


Yeah, but people just blindly following Ideology say the same thing.

People who blindly follow ideology tend to claim that know things they can’t possibly know.



Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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Sunday, September 14, 2008 11:38 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
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Originally posted by Finn mac Cumhal:
I’ve heard a lot of magnificent arguments about why I’m going to hell, but I don’t buy those either.

Just for the record, I had you as going upstairs.

Thanks, but that is not a popular theory in certain circles. Some of my more devout friends don’t like my point of view about the inability to “know” unknowable things, anymore then others do.




Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.

Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.

-- Cicero

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