Ben Jack's past comments

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    Ben Jack

    How ironic.

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    Ben Jack

    Human beings sometimes make mistakes. Maybe this is just one of those times.

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    Ben Jack

    However, I was in fact mistaken and Elbuda is correct that Iran has accepted US aid in the past. It was Israeli aid they declined.

    Posted in: Iran steps up relief efforts after quakes kill 227

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    Ben Jack

    The US offered and an Iranian official decline the offered. Iran has also declined offers from other countries (Switzerland and Russia) as well.

    http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-13/iran-moves-to-distribute-aid-after-two-earthquakes-kill-227.html Earlier in the day, Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad- Najjar said Iran had received offers from abroad and had declined them. “We will carry out relief work by relying on our domestic potential,” IRNA quoted him as saying.

    As I wrote, hopefully they can handle the situation and rescue any survivors still unaccounted for.

    Posted in: Iran steps up relief efforts after quakes kill 227

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    Ben Jack

    I also saw the video and this guy was not about to give up. Even when backing away, he was extremely confrontational. At times, he seems to turn around and start running towards the crowds of people that were behind him and in front of the police. Someone cannot be allowed to run amok with a weapon. It just should not be allowed. What would have happened had the police not stopped him and he had killed or seriously injured people? People would be complaining that the police did not do their jobs. Well, they did their jobs this time. The world is a bit safer because of it, too.

    I bet if this homeboy was not black he would not have been killed

    He would have been killed if he were white, he would have been killed if he were black, he would have been killed if he were asian, he would have been killed if he were hispanic, and he would have been killed if he were an alien. This is not about race. This is about a dangerous individual with a weapon running amok in a busy city center. This should never be allowed.

    Posted in: Tourists film New York police shooting

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    Ben Jack

    Headphones are my favorite "infraction". Of course I can hear the cars around me.

    You obviously have good earphones. I've seen lots of people riding with them on who were completely oblivious to the world of sound around them, including the horns honking at them.

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    Ben Jack

    The weather from Taiwan looks fine!

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    Ben Jack

    I hope the USA and many other good countries can send help ASAP to IRAN.

    Sadly, Iran would never accept such offers of help. I remember them turning down Israel's help in another earthquake years back. Hopefully, they can make do with what they have or countries they would accept help from do offer.

    Let's all hope for all the survivors to be found and aided as soon as possible.

    Posted in: Iran steps up relief efforts after quakes kill 227

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    Ben Jack

    The New York Daily News quoted relatives of the slain man Sunday saying that excessive force was used. “It doesn’t take 12 bullets to kill one person,” the dead man’s aunt, Margaret Johnson, told the newspaper.

    I never understand this kind of comment by relatives. Would using one bullet to kill your nephew have been any better? He was running around a crowded place with a knife. Sorry, but it is better to prevent him from hurting anyone, including police.

    “I think it could have been done another way.”

    Yup, he could have not pulled a knife out in public and he could have obeyed the police when they told him to surrender. Amazing the family have no apologies for their relatives dangerous behavior.

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    Ben Jack

    ubikwit,

    You seem to be unaware that Jordan has had its own similar problems in its past. Jordan is also a country in which the minority kept the majority at bay much like Syria has done. Of course Jordan is worried because the King and his Hashemites are a minority in his own country.

    Syria has kept its majority population at bay at the point of a gun and used that gun on its own populations several times in its history. I agree that a political solution would be the best one and the simplest for everyone concerned. However, it may already be too late for Syria to do this. Assad had a lot of time since taking over the reins to find a political solution and never actually went through with it. This is the reality. It is not like he was not aware that political changed was desired by a large section of the population. He knew this and yet did not make any significant changes. Then, when faced with protests about this, he reacted with deadly violence. It is hard to go back from that. It is easy for us to say the rebels should back off and find a political solution. Not so, when your family has been killed by the very government somone outside is telling you to talk with.

    That says nothing of the Christians, Kurds and other minorities, though he mentioned land grabbing, etc.

    ??? You actually think there would be land grabs by these populations in Syria? Really? I find this highly unrealistic.

    seeing as Turkey has already publically stated that it would NOT tolerate an independent Kurdish entity along its border with Syria.

    Have you heard of Kurdistan? Anyway, do you actually think the Kurds in Syria are strong enough to grab and hold an area to create such a place in Syria? I do not think so.

    I don't even know what the details of the Annan plan were, but it seems obvious that a simple majoritarian system would not suffice.

    No one knows the actual details, however you keep writing this as if you are ignoring the fact that the minority in Syria has been forcibly ruling the majority for decades now. That is what got Syria into this problem in the first place. While I agree that a solution that serves all members of the population is best, if we are saying the solution is supposed to be up to Syrian, then the opinions of outsiders should not be relevant in this, right?

    Syria is different from the so-called Arab Spring countries in that its population is more diverse. It is not the case that a homogeneous population is simply seeking to overthrow a tyrant.

    ???? Come on, it is not all that different than Egypt. It is the same type of situation as in Jordan as well. Syria is not a unique Middle Eastern country. It is comprised of a minority attempting to keep its majority at bay with violence and threats of violence.

    Again, I am not in favor of outside military intervention. I do not think it is the answer. I am not confident in what kind of country the rebels want. We share this opinion. However, while it certainly would mean a more stable Middle East and would be more convenient for us and the rest of the world for things to stay as they have been in Syria, it hardly means the Syrian government has been acting correctly all these years. This is where I have a problem with many on here who seem to be touting the Assad government has being something wonderful. I mean really, read up a little on the government of Syria and the history of dissent and what has happened in the past to those who protested the single party rule by the minority in Syria. No, it does not erase the dire concerns I have about the real possibilty of an extremist government in Syria actually being worse that what they have now. By, it does not make the Assad government smell any more like roses either.

    Posted in: Syrian rebels low on guns as regime strikes Aleppo

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    Ben Jack

    I just checked and it seems that the claim was about the tax added to the purchase of the items, something Lady Gaga would not have personally known about. Anyway, she settled and donated that money to Japan, as well. I think someone would be very hard-pressed to prove malicious intent on her part.

    Posted in: Lady Gaga still finds ways to be 'irresponsible'

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    Ben Jack

    Nah, I highly doubt she stole anything. The article is from more than a year ago and the law office that made the claim has yet to give any proof of their claim. Lady Gaga also personally gave millions of dollars of her own money to the Japanese earthquake relief.

    Posted in: Lady Gaga still finds ways to be 'irresponsible'

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    Ben Jack

    How about repatriating the kidnapped Japanese still remaining in North Korea while you are at it?

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    Ben Jack

    Yes, I also do not understand the thumbs down to Elbuda Mexicano. Any human being should hope that the rescuers can get to the survivors as soon as possible.

    Posted in: Rescuers dig for survivors after quakes kill 250 in Iran

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    Ben Jack

    I don't get why people are so down on her. She gaves millions of dollars to Japan's earthquake relief. All she is saying in the article is that she manages to find a way to get some privacy.

    Posted in: Lady Gaga still finds ways to be 'irresponsible'

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    Ben Jack

    Yay, Japan! This has been a great Olympics for us! Lot's of guts and lots of effort. On top of that, great team spirit and sportsmanship! Woo hoo!

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    Ben Jack

    I don't know why you keep on hitting on this alleged comment by NeverSubmit about Hezbollah being terrorists.

    It is not alleged. He called Hezbollah 'ruthless Islamic terrorists' on July 26th, 2012.

    Posted in: Syrian rebels low on guns as regime strikes Aleppo

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    Ben Jack

    The Middle East is probably the area that suffers from the highest degree of religious intolerance in the world, and all I'm calling for are measures that relegate that propensity for intolerance and keep it in check under the watchful eye of the law, that is to say, the constitution, in a future Syria.

    Okay, I agree with this. However, how are you expecting this to come about exactly? I personally never saw this happening with the Assad government. Sadly, even if he were now willing to actually do this now, I am not sure the people against him would believe it.

    Posted in: Syrian rebels low on guns as regime strikes Aleppo

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    Ben Jack

    of any new political model that is more democratically open with respect to decision making processes that affect everyone in the society.

    Did you know you could get shot for saying something like that in Syria under the past and present Assad governments? How's that for irony.

    Posted in: Syrian rebels low on guns as regime strikes Aleppo

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    Ben Jack

    The only thing we heard from him were prepared talking points (in perfect media English, emotive buzzwords included) on the day of his departure and then nothing.

    I don't know what perfect media English is, but what would you have him say now? Are you really surprised he defected?

    Posted in: Syrian rebels low on guns as regime strikes Aleppo

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