bass4funk's past comments

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    bass4funk

    @bertie

    But then if your conviction is so shaky, you probably don't have the stomach for it.

    I'm completely fine with it and sleep perfectly well at night.

    Take a good look at what your country is doing in Guantanamo.

    I have and proud of it.

    These people have been held without trial for 11 years. They have been tortured in various ways and there have been NO trials. This is no better than Soviet Russia under Stalin.

    Yup, that's what you get when you wage a Jihad war against us. That they are still alive personally boggles me, but I do think for THESE people for what they were involved in, they should rot and NEVER get out. As for the alleged torture you and I don't know that and cannot personally verify that or do you have documented info to prove it. Any legal State dept. document? If not, then you are going on pure speculation.

    @molenir

    Who decides someone is a terrorist? If an American goes to the middle east, hangs around with some bad people, do they automatically become terrorists?

    Like, Anwar Al Awlaki, YES

    If they make inflammatory comments, do they then become terrorists?

    In Anwar Al Awlaki's case, YES

    Whats the line? And can the President order the murder of people inside the US as well as outside, simply because they are, according to his definition, terrorists?

    If they are deemed a threat to National security or to the American people, then by the order of congress, YES.

    You see the problem?

    No problem, it's a clear Black and White.

    Where is the line, where are the limits?

    Bottom line, don't join up with these radical Islamists groups and you never have to worry about being targeted from the government. What's so hard to understand.

    @bertie

    Someone points a finger, yells "terrorist!" And the guy's hauled off to years of solitary confinement, sleep deprivation, waterboarding, etc. at Guantanamo.

    If it can be verified that the individual is, in fact, a TERRORIST, then by all means, do whatever you have do in order to extract any important intel that could save lives.

    Posted in: Obama lays out guidelines for drone strikes, Guantanamo

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    bass4funk

    So little gay scouts are magically transformed into big straight scouts, America sure is a screwy place. Glad I live where sexuality isn't a discriminatory factor.

    And where would that paradise be? Where do you live where sexuality isn't a factor, please tell us? I would really like to know.

    Posted in: Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys, but not leaders

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    bass4funk

    @bertie

    What happened to justice and "innocent until proven guilty"?

    For civilians, absolutely. Terrorists, NO.

    People have been held without trial and tortured to the point where they would rather starve themselves to death in Guantanamo for 11 years.

    That's their own fault for wanting to join a jihad and thinking that attacking the US, they will get away with it and that we'll bow down, grovel and give in to them, sorry. No sympathy here, they should rot IMO!

    http://www.aljazeera.com/humanrights/2013/05/2013523924640987.html

    Oh, now you are quoting Al Jazeera???? ROFL

    If North Korea did this it would be condemned.

    Sure would. NK is a rouge nation that is not even part of the world, alone, isolated, needs foreign aid and food, ready to attack the South or any country if they have a temper tantrum and can't get what they want to feed their soldiers, Gulags and working concentration camps. Yes, it would be condemned in the strongest terms.

    Why is no one silent about the fact that the so called Land of the Free is doing this?

    Many people are in agreement, but don't want to be isolated or bear the repercussions, if it were known that many of these countries support Guamtanamo. I know liberals hate to hear that, but yes, there are a bunch of nations that agree with the US on this.

    And the right to murder with drones?

    That's the NEW Obama policy, because he doesn't want to be like Bush( whatever the hell, that means...) instead of arresting these thugs and properly interrogating them in Guantanamo, worrying about the fallout, because to them, its important that the world likes us, the Obama admin. Decided they would rather step up the drone program. Makes NO sense to me, because instead of detaining and getting the vital info you need to thwart off a possible future attack and to know exactly who the enemy is, Obama decides to obliberate them instead. Personally, I support him in this, but it would be helpful every now and then to snatch some of these thugs and to find out their plans.

    This is insanity!

    That he wants to close Guantanamo, I definitely think so!

    Posted in: Obama lays out guidelines for drone strikes, Guantanamo

  • -1

    bass4funk

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    I don't support being tolerant of other people's intolerance. If you want to disallow gays in this day and age, pay the price for it.

    Pay the price for it? You mean organizations like the BSA HAVE to be forced to adopt a policy that THEY feel uncomfortable or that conflicts with their personal morality? Why do they have to conform to accept gays if they choose not to, that's their policy their right. If they want to force feed people that don't want it, they should then start their own version of a similar BSA and if heterosexuals want to join, then let them. This is going to have a lot of bad repercussions coming.

    americans are funny... it's okay for them if a gay soldier protects them from terrorism, but not okay if they join the boys scouts. enjoy your cheese burgers.

    What an idiotic analogy. Being in the trenches of war and the soldier next to me are fighting for the same thing. He/she are doing their duty as a soldier, so I would protect them, the same way they would protect me, but the BS are NOT soldiers going off and fighting in a war. It's totally voluntary, they can leave anytime they want and they don't have to worry about someone firing a RPG at them. I also don't get what a cheeseburger has to do with your childish comment, but...whatever...

    Posted in: Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys, but not leaders

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    bass4funk

    @gogo

    I see. So let's Take the rights of people and collectors that might want to purchase these guns because its their hobby or because they have an imterest in guns, since Japan doesn't allow guns, buying a replica is a bad thing, so I guess, playing war games, paintball guns, toy soldiers should all be banned as well too, I assume? Has nothing to do with America and everything to do with taking the rights away from people to make their decisions in life.

    Posted in: Tokyo Marui comes to play with replica sniper rifles, pistols and grenade launchers

  • 0

    bass4funk

    In other words, we reserve the right to assasinate "enemys" without due legal process as we see fit...

    Terrorists have NO rights, therefore there is NO need to arrest and use tax payer $$ to feed and keep them happy and healthy while they are incarcerated. I rarely agree with Obama and his admin. on anything, but on this issue...100%!

    Posted in: Obama lays out guidelines for drone strikes, Guantanamo

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    bass4funk

    @jojo

    So you are in favor of limiting peoples rights?

    Posted in: Tokyo Marui comes to play with replica sniper rifles, pistols and grenade launchers

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    bass4funk

    No we are not. For the last 10 years our boys and girls have been doing America's bidding and terrorizing anyone or anything who doesn't follow the US Middle East party line (Isael can do wrong, extra judicial drone killings are OK and democracy is a privillege afforded only to non-muslims).

    If that is indeed true than that would make the UK a colony of the US and its not a sovereign nation that can think or do for itself or decline to stand with the US. That is what you ar implying??

    Utter nonsense!

    Anyway, the only thing I can say to this tragic incident, it is very scary when these things happen on your own soil, I don't have any answers as how to fight homegrown and raised radical Islamists, but I think maybe the government needs to inact stricter laws in dealing with hate crimes and or radical Islam. One thing I do know, you can't kick them out or ban their religion, so I think there needs to be some sort of social outreach to these communities and see if people can live together.

    Posted in: Anti-Islamist protests flare after British soldier butchered near London barracks

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    bass4funk

    Come off it... Israel's just looking for the right excuse to attack.

    So, basically, the Israelis should just allow groups like Hezbollah attack them and just sit back, kick back and do absolutely nothing? That's what you are essentially saying. So when is a good time for them to fight back? Punch me in the mouth and walk away, nice, very nice.

    Unbelievable.

    Posted in: Israel warns Syria of 'consequences' if Golan fire continues

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    bass4funk

    Uh, if she needs to apologize to ANYone then it should be to her husband? She doesn't owe me or the public one. None of my business. I could care less what she does in her private life, doesn't affect me and I don't personally know her.

    Posted in: Yaguchi apologizes for illicit affair

  • 1

    bass4funk

    Have to admit, he is kinda packing on some serious weight, starting to remind me of Val Kilmer a bit.

    Posted in: Keanu Reeves makes directorial debut with modern kung fu film

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    bass4funk

    @Zurcron

    Yea, the liberals got it all under control, riiiiight. Clueless?? We see how Obama is fairing with these latest scandals. He and the liberals thought the way they would run the government would shake the Earth and put them in the history books and it will, but NOT because they are doing a fantastic job, quite the opposite. As for the Gay issue, most Conservatives don't care, really don't care. Many are against it and there is nothing wrong with that. Each to his own. As long as they don't attack, threaten and injure these people, they can live how they want to. No one is thinking that they are better, that is a ruse that constantly liberals come up with when they have nothing of substance to do a rebuttal. Me, being a Conservative, I don't have to accept the gay lifestyle as the norm and a gay person does not have to accept being treated as a second class citizen. I think it becomes more problematic for me when gays try to force or pressure me into thinking that if I don't accept their way of life, I am a bad person. To me, forcing me to adopt that position is bad. I wouldn't do it to them and I think they should not do it to anyone else.

    Posted in: Britain's gay marriage bill passes major hurdle

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    bass4funk

    My heart goes out to those people. I'm sure the death toll will rise. I hope and pray for those people that they can get all the help they need. Tornadoes are scary things, if you have never been in one, be thankful for it. Been through one once, that was enough for me!

    Posted in: At least 91 dead in Oklahoma City tornado

  • 0

    bass4funk

    WTH, at 1,900yen a can?!! Miso???? Forget it, they can keep it! Doesn't sound that good anyway. Who would eat bread in a can. But hey, they have meat in a can, so what do I know.....

    Posted in: Canned bread with flavors of 6 Tohoku prefectures

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    bass4funk

    @Bertie

    It's amazing that you would actually believe that lie that "Sectarism" was NOT the real issue for all the turmoil that has been happening in Iraq. We're you there? Did you fight amongst the Shiites and the Sunnis and the Kurds? We're you stationed there?

    You want to place the blame of innocent women, children and the elderly being killed, but you never said anything about insurgents hiding behind children and women disguising themselves as women or cohersing children to sacrifice themselves to kill coalition soldiers. Saddam using gas to kill the Kurds, Saddam's two notorious boys, rapping women, torturing their Olympic athletes. You concentrate solely and only alleged lies, but the real turmoil, the suffering that was inflicted largely by Sectarism for some reason eludes you each and every time!

    Don't make it as if Bush's search for WMD's were the real reason for the attacks on Iraq. A small part perhaps, but predominantly, NOT. It never crossed your mind that maybe the Shiites would want a little payback for what Saddam did to them?

    Posted in: Iraq violence kills 25 as PM blames sectarianism

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    bass4funk

    @probie

    Ever notice that if you are a FIRST CLASS customer, you can add an extra luggage for FREE, never saw anything about weight, just the word FREE.

    It's a scam, at least the airline industry shouldn't call it what it's not.

    @Daniel

    Right, I agree, but because you pay for FIRST CLASS that allows you to add an extra bag for FREE? I didn't read anything about limitations on weight when it involves the people sitting way in the front! Impose some of the more reasonable rules if you must, but treating people different because they carry more class is IMHO opinion outrageous! Whether I pay $1500 or you being FIRST CLASS (going to the same destination) paying $5200 shouldn't make ANY difference on how I should be treated. Paying more doesn't make you better! Regardless, this is all a lot of money, period! And for that amount of money, I want to be treated like royalty, literally. If I'm going to get screwed, at least kiss me, don't ask me to pay more for anything else extra on the plane! And at the airport, allow me to have access to a decent lounge or at least make a nice lounge and give the option to the people should they choose to stay in one. Sorry, I have absolutely ZERO sympathy for the Airline industry! Bunch of Mafioso's in the sky. Oh, and don't get me started on how they treat their pilots. It's a wonder why we don't see more plane crashes, but at this rate, you never know. But they are often treated like dirt. If anyone should be treated like royalty, it's the pilots. They fly us back and forth, often little sleep. These men and women are amazing, but alas, they too, suffer in this careless industry.

    Posted in: Do you think airlines are sneaky about fuel surcharges, fees for extra baggage and other charges for various services?

  • -1

    bass4funk

    We obviously have different tastes and we will never agree, but I will say some of you really scraped the bottom of the barrel for Syfy flicks.

    I personally would go "more" with Chronic's selections. Space 1999?? Holy crap forgot about that one, but it was a darn good show. I also liked Outer Limits, Kolchak-The Night Stalker Original Predator but those are my selections, don't expect ya'll to agree, I understand, tastes are subjective, but I like a lot of the classics.

    Posted in: What are your five favorite science-fiction movies?

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    bass4funk

    Who cares? Blaming bureaucracies for extra charges is mindless. The cost is the cost. Example: I leave Victoria BC on May 21 and arrive in Sendai May 22; the return from YYJ/YVR/NAR/SDJ is $1600. Who cares how they divvy it up? I'm flying halfway around the world, in the air for about 14 hours, and at a cost of about $120/hour??? Get a taxi for that, I dare you!

    That's beside the point, if you don't care that they stick it to you in the...then fine. NO one here is complaining about the cost of the plane, but the rising surcharges, yeah, I get it all, they can and your point, but there is NO reason that the airline industry has to be mafia like and over the top greedy. Some people like probably don't care, but NOT for the majority of travel goers. You are kidding yourself if you think otherwise and accept it as OK!

    Posted in: Do you think airlines are sneaky about fuel surcharges, fees for extra baggage and other charges for various services?

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    bass4funk

    The reason they can get away with it, is because they know, no matter what, you need to fly. I can't go to California by ship! It would take me a few weeks, therefore, the only other way is to fly and that's where they get you! So they monopolize the industry and can charge you whatever they want. Either way regardless of the cost, we will have to pay. It's a combination of bribery and extortion. These people are NOT looking out for our best interests and if anyone thinks that, they are a fool. By the way, I heard recently that the surcharge is going to go up and remain high, even after the summer season. It's all about profits. Even after all that money spent, they still give you crappy food, long lines, airline staff with funky attitudes.

    Posted in: Do you think airlines are sneaky about fuel surcharges, fees for extra baggage and other charges for various services?

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    bass4funk

    I patiently await the folks that are now going to tell me that all that changed after 9-11, and that having principles is for pansies.

    Wouldn't say for pansies, but it is good to see Obama tapping into his inner Bush for once and I for one would support him in this.

    Posted in: Obama to go public with his counterterrorism strategy

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