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Steven Simonic commented on How should the Bible be interpreted? on January 19, 2008, 6:14 AM

The Bible is a book of fairy tales written in the bronze age to keep the people in line.

Steven Simonic commented on How should the Bible be interpreted? on January 19, 2008, 1:14 AM

The Bible is a book of fairy tales written in the bronze age to keep the people in line.

Steven Simonic commented on John McCain: Why do the terrorists hate us? on January 17, 2008, 5:31 AM

If the United States followed a policy of spreading democracy by example. And not violating the sovereignty of foriegn countries by stationing troops, or setting up corporate interests to protect the petrol dollar. And if we weren't over there, would they still attack us?If all of our actions in the past 60 years had been different, no quagmires, keeping the dollar invested in metals not oil, and not picking and chosing which security council resolutions to enforce. Would they still attack?Maybe it is often best to see what it would be like for a Chinese destroyer pulling into port of Norfolk on the way to patrol the Gulf oil fields. Or a air base in Kansas, or whatever your mind imagines.There will always be extremist. But people are naturally not born stupid, if there is no evidence of an occupier. They how are they going to be convinced that America is to blame?The Palestinians are not just attacking the Israelis because they are "evil". There is cause and effect. The best way to end it, is to appeal to the youth of the world. Because you can't change peoples views once they lived a life and been set in their ways. Where we are talking about bombing Iran, it is going to push the young people to their governments.And that is where McCain is right, that the bad guys know how to persuade people. It's so simple its stupid.Be the example.

Steven Simonic commented on John McCain: Why do the terrorists hate us? on January 17, 2008, 12:31 AM

If the United States followed a policy of spreading democracy by example. And not violating the sovereignty of foriegn countries by stationing troops, or setting up corporate interests to protect the petrol dollar. And if we weren't over there, would they still attack us? If all of our actions in the past 60 years had been different, no quagmires, keeping the dollar invested in metals not oil, and not picking and chosing which security council resolutions to enforce. Would they still attack? Maybe it is often best to see what it would be like for a Chinese destroyer pulling into port of Norfolk on the way to patrol the Gulf oil fields. Or a air base in Kansas, or whatever your mind imagines. There will always be extremist. But people are naturally not born stupid, if there is no evidence of an occupier. They how are they going to be convinced that America is to blame? The Palestinians are not just attacking the Israelis because they are "evil". There is cause and effect. The best way to end it, is to appeal to the youth of the world. Because you can't change peoples views once they lived a life and been set in their ways. Where we are talking about bombing Iran, it is going to push the young people to their governments. And that is where McCain is right, that the bad guys know how to persuade people. It's so simple its stupid. Be the example.