BrainKing - Forum (Politics)

Toezichthouder: Vikings

Politics

Forum for discussing local and world politics and issues. All views are welcomed. Let your opinions be heard on current news and politics.

All standard guidelines apply to this board, No Flaming, No Taunting, No Foul Language,No sexual innuendos,etc..

As politics can be a volatile subject, please consider how you would feel if your comment were directed toward yourself.

Any post deemed to be in violation of guidelines will be deleted or edited without warning or notification. Any continued misbehavior will result in a ban or hidden status, so please play nice!!!

*"Moderators are here for a reason. If a moderator (or Global Moderator or Fencer) requests that a discussion on a certain subject to cease - for whatever reason - please respect these wishes. Failure to do so may result in being hidden, or banned."

Forumlijst
U hebt geen toestemming om berichten op dit forum achter te laten. Het minimaal vereiste lidmaatschap om berichten op dit forum achter te mogen laten is Brain Pion.

Modus: Iedereen kan berichten achterlaten

7. mei 2013, 17:30:07

Mort

toon berichten van deze speler | toon onderwerp | link

I feel the use of the word 'gate' here in recent posts is over used compared to 'Watergate'. There again.. If JFK and the rest of the family were today held upto the spotlight regarding Marilyn Monroe.. ..

..kinda like the use of 7/7 by the UK gov in light of 9/11... the scale and events of 9/11 make me feel the use of 7/7 as being disrespectful to the 9/11 victims.

It's not as if the UK hasn't been targeted by terrorists before. The IRA groups were much more organised then those who now use the brand name of Al Qaeda.

Yes.. Al Qaeda is now a brand name rather than an active organisation. Just like Coca Cola and Mac D's...

Strange though that Coca Cola and Mac D's and the like are linked to more deaths and illness in one year, than Al Qaeda in all the years.

.. apart from the time they were killing Russians possibly.

They were Freedom Fighters of course back then.

8. mei 2013, 06:56:50

Iamon lyme

toon berichten van deze speler | toon onderwerp | link

Onderwerp: Re: all them "gates"

(V): [I feel the use of the word 'gate' here in recent posts is over used compared to 'Watergate'.]

I'll bet you do feel that way. After all, Watergate was a misdemeanor compared to Travelgate and Filegate... and Whitewatergate. And now we have Benghazigate. So now, after all of the fuss liberals made for years following Watergate, I think there may be a few out there who are finally starting to get the point as to why so many Democrat scandals are tagged with the word "gate".

And for those who still don't get the point, it illustrates the double standard hypocrisy of the left.

8. mei 2013, 15:18:17

Mort

toon berichten van deze speler | toon onderwerp | link

Onderwerp: Re: all them "gates"

Iamon lyme: So we should now use 'gate' on all political scandals? I know the Met police got labelled with "Pleb-gate" recently after being caught lying.

I get that there are scandals committed by members of all the parties and various people in the public eye.

... but 'gate' .. .. personally, Iran-gate would be a better example of the right lying, or WMD-gate... but on that we had a Labour PM (supposedly left wing) lying as well.

9. mei 2013, 08:38:57

Iamon lyme

toon berichten van deze speler | toon onderwerp | link

Onderwerp: Re: all them "gates"

(V): "So we should now use 'gate' on all political scandals?"

What do you mean "should"? How would you enforce that?

"I get that there are scandals committed by members of all the parties and various people in the public eye."

Unless they are commited by members of a party or by people you don't particularly like, then it's okay to focus all of your attention on them. Right?

"... but 'gate' .. .. personally, Iran-gate would be a better example of the right lying, or WMD-gate..."

Well there ya go now, that's the spirit! By the way, thanks yet again for proving my point... not that you understand how, but that's okay. As long as you keep validating my points it doesn't really matter to me whether you know it or not.