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kiwiboy_nz_99
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It was not however a form of oppression by any stretch of the imagination and any one who thinks it was oppression needs to check out what the word really means.
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Main Entry: op�pres�sion
Pronunciation: &-'pre-sh&n
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 a : unjust or cruel exercise of authority or power b : something that oppresses especially in being an unjust or excessive exercise of power
2 : a sense of being weighed down in body or mind : DEPRESSION |
OK, so it doesn't qualify as cruel, key word being OR, so it just needs to be an unjust exercise of authority or power. Yep, looks like oppression to me, racially based oppression. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 8:10 am Post subject: |
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Actually Kiwi,
It would qualify more as mild discrimination or misplaced protectionism...
But oppression, hardly.
Then again one's oppression is anothers annoyance and vice-versa. |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
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| Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2003 8:44 am Post subject: |
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| ACTUALLY Homer, read the definition. Is it unjust? Yes. Is it a use of power? Yes. Is it anjust use of power? Yes. Is it oppression? Yes. That's going the the DICTIONARY definition. Maybe you have some other criteria in your head. I'm happy to go with Mirriam-Webster. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 6:44 am Post subject: |
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Like I said Kiwi,
One persons oppression is anothers.... |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 6:51 am Post subject: |
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| One persons oppression is anothers.... |
Dictionary? |
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Gwangjuboy
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Having read this thread I am with Kiwi on this one. I quick check in the Oxford dictionary confirmed Kiwi's stance. I think Homer is just one of those "bored little white guys" he referred to earlier on this thread. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:36 am Post subject: |
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Wow...
Good comeback gwangju...nice way to tack on to another instead of doing things on your own... 
Actually kiwi, you failed to get the deeper meaning here..but hey your right...dictionary....dictionary... |
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kiwiboy_nz_99
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:42 am Post subject: |
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Actually kiwi, you failed to get the deeper meaning here..but hey your right...dictionary....dictionary...
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Oh, so you're deeper than the mirriam-webster now? How can we debate when everyone has thier own personal little enterpretation of the terms? |
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TheUrbanMyth
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:43 am Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
Wow...
Good comeback gwangju...nice way to tack on to another instead of doing things on your own...
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Good to see I'm not the only one who's noticed this about gwangju. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 5:45 am Post subject: |
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Indeed not Urban...he never starts the body checks...he just jumps in when someone else has already laid on the hit...
Kiwi...look closely at the pendulum mate: d-i-c-t-i-o-n-a-r-y....now you feel very sleepy, your eye lids are getting heavy...you want to sleep...
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kiwiboy_nz_99
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 6:31 am Post subject: |
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| now your feel very sleepy |
My WHAT feel sleepy  |
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Gwangjuboy
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| Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2003 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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[quote="TheUrbanMyth"]
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Wow...
Good comeback gwangju...nice way to tack on to another instead of doing things on your own...
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Maybe you should delve into the archives and check out some of my old arguments. Then again I won't credit you with such intelligence. Idiot. |
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Homer
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 2:53 am Post subject: |
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Here goes G-boy...ohhh what a clever retort that was...folks this is big time hockey..he nailed him while he was allready down and then called him a idiot..what will he think of next!
OK time to defuse this little flame war in the making.
Your other posts were at times independently minded. But, you do have a tendency to jump on someone in here but usually after he or she has been "checked" by someone else.
Now, calling into question my intelligence and calling me an idiot in the same post if whats called redundency or overkill. You see, by questioning my intelligence you let be known that you thought I was an idiot hence the nedd to state it at the end of your post was superfluous. |
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waterbaby
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2003 3:29 am Post subject: |
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| Hello... let's keep it nice folks. Sorry I missed the earlier posts and didn't put out the flames. |
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Gwangjuboy
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| Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2003 12:19 am Post subject: |
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| Homer wrote: |
Here goes G-boy...ohhh what a clever retort that was...folks this is big time hockey..he nailed him while he was allready down and then called him a idiot..what will he think of next!
OK time to defuse this little flame war in the making.
Your other posts were at times independently minded. But, you do have a tendency to jump on someone in here but usually after he or she has been "checked" by someone else. |
Well that is the nature of these discussions. I have lost count of the amount of times that I have been 'ganged upon" when making arguments. I expect it. Are you suggesting that I am not allowed to join in the discussion once two people are engaged in a debate? I can't recall anything offensive in my first post. I just pointed out that I agreed with Kiwi boy. I wasn't sure of the precise answer myself so I checked the Oxford dictionary. If the dictionary had come down in favour of you then I would have made the same post in defence of your argument. After all me and Kiwi have been embroiled in strong debates ourselves so it wasn't about sycophancy. |
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