Credo of the wife-beater

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Odin — 3/9/2004 12:36:57 AM (archived)

"It may be answered that one should wish to be both, but, because it is difficult to unite them in one person, it is much safer to be feared than loved, when, of the two, either must be dispensed with." -- Machiavelli

A great country should be both.

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Libya Discloses Production of 23 Tons of Mustard Gas . . . - D. Spires - 3/7/2004 7:39:42 PM
- Kahdaffi like Ralph Nader, is secretly supporting George Bush. - DNC Staffer - 3/8/2004 12:51:32 AM
- Blix was certain Libya was clear of WMDs years ago - ebnelson - 3/8/2004 12:08:26 AM
  - "It is better to be feared than loved." Niccolo Machiavelli (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/8/2004 6:45:15 PM
    - Credo of the wife-beater - Odin - 3/9/2004 12:36:57 AM
  - And your citation for that one, ed?? (n/t) - Bowser - 3/8/2004 12:32:22 AM
    - Just seeing if you are paying attention. Actually he just did nothing about Libya - ebnelson - 3/8/2004 12:37:03 AM
      - So that was a lie? - Bowser - 3/8/2004 12:49:53 AM
        
        Yes. Like your claims about US concentration camps for Iraqis - ebnelson - 3/8/2004 4:36:37 AM
        
        I don't know about a lie. But isn't your argument irrelevant? - Scott Evil - 3/8/2004 12:55:51 AM
        
        Well, I believe you don't know about a lie. - Bowser - 3/8/2004 1:07:59 AM
        
        And you don't know about reality. - Scott Evil - 3/8/2004 1:17:47 AM
        
        And your citations on that? - Bowser - 3/8/2004 1:31:45 AM
- re: Libya - Tom Brosz - 3/7/2004 8:24:10 PM
  - John Kerry should send a team to examine these Libyian WMD. - DNC Staffer - 3/7/2004 11:53:43 PM
    - Success in Libya is another area of tasteless political advantage the Republicans should not offend the dems by using. - ebnelson - 3/8/2004 12:10:03 AM

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