Internment camps. Yep, they used the word.

That was what? A decade and a half ago? WTF!!!

At any rate, all I was interested in was control of strategic areas to promote the military and economic security of the United States. I had no interest in oppression much less brutality.

I let the pieces fall where they may and deal with the aftermath. I don't try to construct a version of reality that suits my biases. A common way of thinking, but an error nonetheless.

Edit: With regards to what you do.

Oh, oh, you've evolved???
When did this happen?
I missed that episode!
Was it during May sweeps?

Yeah, because taking countries typically happens by rolling in, flexing your pecs, and going, "I'm in charge now", and the former leader goes "*sigh* ohhh...okay. ", and then the populace throws rose pedals at you.
Yep, that's a thing.
That's how it goes over.

Liar. You wanted to human centipede people. Oh wait... Hi Diacanu!

if they are career criminals specifically for violent crimes? I never thought of it, but damn dumping them off in the sandbox does sound pretty appealing not to mention entertaining as well.

No, this

And this:

(Which really seems like something Kim Jong Il, of North Korea, would do.) Are "outrageous."

Oh, and yes, I can point to related things that "lefty-types" would do, which are equally outrageous. Bill Gates, for example, seems to think that the solution to the lack of proper sanitation is a $15K+ toilet, while other folks seem to think that it can be done for a lot fucking less.

I am sorry no one reported your mother to CPS.

Oppression doesn't automatically follow victory in war. The United States did not oppress Mexico after the Mexican War. Spain after the Spanish/American War. Germany or Japan after World War Two.

For that matter after the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq the U.S. bent over backward to be accomodating to the Iraqi population (probably way too much so).

Mind giving me the tl;dr version?

There's also a staggering amount of difference between OJ murdering Nicole Simpson and Brock Turner raping a woman who was passed out. Does that mean neither should be in jail? Or that since Brock didn't kill anyone, he shouldn't have to face jail time?

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You do realize you are agreeing with me, right?

Why? What I posted should be common knowledge to anyone who pays attention to US politics. Just like the Republicans should have tried to impeach Obama after the Snowden leaks, but instead, decided to back him.

Just above his asshole, but not too far, as he also likes to keep a close eye on his interests.

Your real nature revealed...

This coming from the guy who stands by his Starlog letter some 24 years later?

Drop them off outside the gates of a US base in Afghanstan. The dual nationals can go back to where they have citizenship while others can go where their families are from. The first step is getting rid of the noncitizens.

Yes, obviously. But the thing is I know what those differences are (for the most part). Because I used to think like you.

And thus...

I did. Then I considered an even higher perspective. was born.

I tend to think reevaluating your beliefs on foreign policy might be a tad more important than ones opinion about a science fiction series.

Don't you?

His is the "superior intellect."

Coming from the guy who basically argued that it's better to be consistent than right? Nope.

Still obsessed with killing your enemies?

"Mess with the best, die like the rest." -- garamet

I've never made that argument. In fact quite the opposite.

And this, ladies and gentlemen, is @Soma's definition of "objective truth."

Keep telling yourself, and maybe someone will believe it. The truth is, and you know it, that you rear-ended a little old lady, tricked her into thinking that you were going to pull over, and then drove off. Instead of saying, "Hey, guys, I fucked up..." you bragged about it here for years, and then claimed that you knew it was wrong all along, but thought that it was better to say it was a "cool" thing you did, than to admit you fucked up. None of us would have known anything about the subject if you hadn't admitted it. If someone here had accused you of doing such a thing, I might have accepted your denials of the subject, but that's not what happened. I know it, you know it, and everybody reading this post knows it. So, why don't you come clean on the subject?

I'm not the one gloating about the deaths of WFers who found you distasteful.