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You passionately defend Catholicism while at the same time are afraid to admit if one religion is right or wrong.  It bothers me because I don't really know where you stand.

Were you raised Catholic, or are you just argueing for the sake of arguement?

Whatever... go get a blowjob on your madeup fantasy island, but don't take me along...

MAD.  It's why North Korea is such a threat.  2000 nuclear weapons ensures your ashes get really finely charred, but 10 nukes ensures you just get hurt really bad.

It's all fundamentals, soph.  All I need to know are the fundamentals about how to get where I'm going, and the rest is purely speculation.  My faith's most important teachings are all within the books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, and Acts.

Wait... let me get this right.  I say one over-read thing about the pope and child abuse and get a harsh reply from Clark, but Alt says the most sacreligious thing I've ever heard and scoots away unscathed?  Shame on you, Alt. 

Who says we don't have good evidence right now?  Who says we're not sharing with the inspectors and waiting for them to find it?  Why would the government need to have the public on its side with information about the war when the majority of the public is already okay with war?  It would be a sensless uncovering of sensitive information.

As much as you hate to admit it, the CIA does have a very broad reach, and has the best intelligence in the world.

The mass media is fundamentally flawed.  Its purpose in our society is to regulate the government, but at the same time its a private industry that needs to make a profit to survive.  It can't just provide fair-and-balanced news if that type of broadcast doesn't sell.  It's a sad fact, but the only way to get "sane" news is if the public actually likes normal, decent news.  Unfortunately, we're a nation of Jerry Springer type people, and I hope that changes soon.

This is a point I've been wanting to bring up for a long time.  Yes, we can't attack without a basis for it, but at the same time there is a window for when we can feasibly attack in the middle east.  If Iraq can hide their weapons until April at least, what are we going to do?  Send our bio-hazard protected troops in thick rubber suits into the desert to fight?  All they have to do is hide their weapons until the desert heats up and they're safe until September.  How can we possibly fight a war of this type in 120 degree temperatures?

And let's keep that bet at $20 Alt... just to remain friendly.

Yes, exactly.  Wouldn't North Korea have a TREMENDOUS amount of influence in the Western Hemisphere (aka USA) if they had the means to deliver a nuclear weapon to a west coast city?  That sure puts us in a bind if we ever want to deal with the North Koreans.  And we've all acknowledged that North Korea doesn't have the economy or political risk to play in the MAD arena, so they do pose a significant threat.

Why do I have to PROVE my God's existence to you?  If I had conclusive evidence that my God existed, then there would be no point in believing.  You have to have faith, because God, at this point, isn't a tangible being.  I can't take you to where God is sitting and make you talk to him, soph.  And as bad as it sounds, you just have to believe.

I don't think people that hold beliefs other than mine are bad, or "lower" than me, but I do know that I will be rewarded in the afterlife, according to my beliefs that I hold as a truth, and the others will go someplace I wouldn't want to visit anytime soon, and it isn't Abu Dhabi.

Because I don't know that the holiday's historical accuracy is all that important.  Sadly, Christmas is kind of a sheperded holiday.  If everyone celebrated Christmas in April, I would probably celebrate it then too.  I think the creator of the universe isn't too picky about when we celebrate the birthday of our Savior.  It's fundamentals that matter to me.

Don't you feel special...

You're kidding, right?

I don't see how you can just let North Korea sit there, ignoring them, and allowing the advancement of their nuclear and long-range missile capabilities.  You think being able to launch a nuke at Tokyo provides some political leverage, what do you think about being able to hit Los Angeles?  Or Seattle?  Or San Francisco?

Let's act now, end their nuclear program (or call their bluff) and remove the threat that North Korea poses to our friends in the Orient and to peace in the Western Hemisphere.

And a high-power rifle

Why?  I just said that I (and every Protestant) don't accept the authority of the pope.  It's not being "rebellious", it's just a part of our doctrine.

And you're right, I can't PROVE that your god is any more right than my God, but I still know that mine is right.  I have to in order to accept it as my truth.

WE DO HAVE A LOT TO LOSE!  You forget that the North Koreans will have a missile capable of hitting American targets by 2005 (if they don't have it already, god forbid).  Right now, those countries listed above have the most to lose, but if we don't act now, WE will be added to that list.  ???

And who says we could fight another Korean war the American way?  Everyone wants a strategic-bombing-then-the-tanks-drive-the-red-white-and-blue-into-Pyongyang kind of war.  No.  We will either have to fight the bloodiest war in years coming across the DMZ, or carpet the country with nukes.  Plus, this war won't be as easy as Iraq was as far as strategic bombing goes.  They have a WAY better air defense than they did, and we'd better be prepared to lose some fighters as a result.

This will be a real war, not one where we can sit back and let technology do the work.  And while Israel was seperated from Iraq, South Korea is just a hop skip and a jump away...

I'm glad somebody finally said it.  China is a bigger player in this theater than anybody wants to admit.