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Originally posted by quiet
saying, 'nuke em all' (for example) by definition infers killing more than military targets. that's all i pointed out. maybe it's cool for you to talk about nuking countries, but not cool for joe to post a burning flag.
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Well, if you want to get technical, quiet, the statement "Nuke Em All" isn't pointing to anyone specific when taken out of context. The statement in itself can mean anyone... or EVERYONE, including us. Even if you put it in a thread that's talking about Iraq, and someone says, "Nuke em all", doesn't necessarily mean ONLY Iraq. Could mean nuke the planet and get all this bullshit called life over with already.
But that's abstract. Joe consistantly fires up new threads with pictures of burning flags, has at one time had an american flag burning in his sig, etc. Clearly, this is something a little more concrete than a generalized expression of words.
And he claims it's a symbolic protest. Fine. All I'm saying is it's personally offensive, and as far as protests go... weak.