A funny thing happened on the way to work today, - Page 5

11-08-2004, 02:32 PM

From the "Insult Thread":

EVERYBODY CHILL OUT!

Clodfobble · 11-08-2004, 02:00 PM

Garnet, can I ask you a question? I'm not attacking, or attempting to put you on the defensive in any way--I'm just trying to understand your outlook here.

Can you definitively say that you like anyone here? Anyone you would consider a friend in a loose sense of the word?

garnet · 11-08-2004, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Garnet, can I ask you a question? I'm not attacking, or attempting to put you on the defensive in any way--I'm just trying to understand your outlook here.

Can you definitively say that you like anyone here? Anyone you would consider a friend in a loose sense of the word?

I like Brianna and Marichiko (mostly because of PMs we've sent back and forth), Cyber Wolf is also very cool. Although I don't know them other than from their posts, I admire and respect many of the posts made by Jaguar, Radar, TW, UT, DanaC and even Bruce on occasion (many others, too).

wolf · 11-09-2004, 02:15 AM

I'm still trying to figure out why we should fawn over a culture that thinks Jerry Lewis and mimes are funny.

11-09-2004, 05:56 PM

We don't have to fawn all over anybody, Wolf. Making an attempt to understand would be nice, however. So the French are stuck up. Are we going to make things any better by being nasty in return? I doubt it.

Elspode · 11-09-2004, 09:31 PM

I don't know about anyone else, but shouldn't the US lodge a formal protest over all that French meddling in the Ivory Coast? It only seems fair.

Cyber Wolf · 11-10-2004, 09:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

I don't know about anyone else, but shouldn't the US lodge a formal protest over all that French meddling in the Ivory Coast? It only seems fair.

By formal protest, do you mean an offical yet ineffective statement saying "I don't like what you're doing over there." or do you mean an offical yet statement authorizing the invasion of the Ivory Coast to Free The People from their Oppressive French Regime?

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Originally Posted by garnet

Cyber Wolf is also very cool...

Awww, now I feel all warm and fuzzy inside

jaguar · 11-10-2004, 11:01 AM

Elspode, they're there are the head of a sanctioned UN mission. Are you suggesting the US lodge a formal potest to the UN over a UN mission it supported?

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On 29 February 2004 the UN Security Council has agreed to send a peacekeeping force of more than 6,000 troops to Cote d'Ivoire to supervise the disarmament of rebel forces and presidential elections due in October 2005. The council voted unanimously in favour of creating the new peacekeeping force on Friday after the United States dropped its earlier opposition to the proposal. The UN Operation in Cote d’Ivoire (UNOCI) formally came into existence on April 4 for an initial period of 12 months. It replaced the existing UN mission in Cote d’Ivoire, known by its French acronym MINUCI, which included a handful of military liaison officers.

France made clear that its 4,000 troops in Cote d’Ivoire would not become part of the UN peacekeeping force, numbering itself 6,000 UN troops.

Elspode · 11-10-2004, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by jaguar

Elspode, they're there are the head of a sanctioned UN mission. Are you suggesting the US lodge a formal potest to the UN over a UN mission it supported?

Sure, why not? The French and the UN disagreed with us over Iraq, shouldn't we then disagree with them over this little dustup? Isn't that how international politics is supposed to work these days?

Note: I'm not making any judgements about right or wrong in either incursion. I'm just saying crap for the pure hell of it.

OnyxCougar · 11-10-2004, 12:04 PM

While I read the article Syc posted, I still don't understand something.

If the Ivory Coast is a completely independant nation, why are the French compelled to send troops in? Because IC was a former colony? I didn't read in the article where the president of IC called up the French president and said, "Hey, help us out here." It wasn't even implied. So I'm still confused.

jaguar · 11-10-2004, 02:18 PM

Yes, you are, it's fairly clear. OC - the french troops are there as part of a UN mandated peacekeeping force between rebels and the government who in theory are in peace talks.

russotto · 11-10-2004, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jaguar

Yes, you are, it's fairly clear. OC - the french troops are there as part of a UN mandated peacekeeping force between rebels and the government who in theory are in peace talks.

Err, no:

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France made clear that its 4,000 troops in Cote d’Ivoire would not become part of the UN peacekeeping force, numbering itself 6,000 UN troops.

jaguar · 11-10-2004, 02:33 PM

hm, I can't read tonight. Not good.

Elspode · 11-10-2004, 06:22 PM

Does that mean that I'm going to get un-condescended to?

No, probably not...after all, I did say I was just shit-talking.

11-08-2004, 02:32 PM	#1
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wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I'm still trying to figure out why we should fawn over a culture that thinks Jerry Lewis and mimes are funny. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-09-2004, 09:31 PM	#6
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I don't know about anyone else, but shouldn't the US lodge a formal protest over all that French meddling in the Ivory Coast? It only seems fair. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

11-10-2004, 12:04 PM	#10
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	While I read the article Syc posted, I still don't understand something. If the Ivory Coast is a completely independant nation, why are the French compelled to send troops in? Because IC was a former colony? I didn't read in the article where the president of IC called up the French president and said, "Hey, help us out here." It wasn't even implied. So I'm still confused. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

11-10-2004, 02:18 PM	#11
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Yes, you are, it's fairly clear. OC - the french troops are there as part of a UN mandated peacekeeping force between rebels and the government who in theory are in peace talks. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

11-08-2004, 02:00 PM	#2
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Garnet, can I ask you a question? I'm not attacking, or attempting to put you on the defensive in any way--I'm just trying to understand your outlook here. Can you definitively say that you like anyone here? Anyone you would consider a friend in a loose sense of the word?

11-09-2004, 05:56 PM	#5
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	We don't have to fawn all over anybody, Wolf. Making an attempt to understand would be nice, however. So the French are stuck up. Are we going to make things any better by being nasty in return? I doubt it.

11-10-2004, 02:33 PM	#13
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	hm, I can't read tonight. Not good. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

11-10-2004, 06:22 PM	#14
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Does that mean that I'm going to get un-condescended to? No, probably not...after all, I did say I was just shit-talking. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog Last edited by Elspode; 11-10-2004 at 06:26 PM.

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