Is Obama hurting the Democratic Party by not joining forces with Hilla

[Vandiablo]

Thank you, Jester, for taking the time to make posts on these threads. Your opinions and mine are very similar and it's nice to have someone articulate, uh, articulate them.

I feel that my country, having now abused those in its charge, has sent the signal to anyone who captures any of our servicemen, or diplomats, or tourists, that it is justified to use torture on them. It was a short-sighted action that has done long-term damage.

I find your first link interesting in terms of this subthread:

1 a: anguish of body or mind : agony b: something that causes agony or pain
2: the infliction of intense pain (as from burning, crushing, or wounding) to punish, coerce, or afford sadistic pleasure

You are using definition 1. Occhi is using definition 2.

I might leave it at that, except we've had this sort of definition thing before. I think the term was "bomb" and Occhi informed us that anything that is a bomb has to be dropped from an airplane, things in cars that blow up are "explosive devices". That means of course that the British had planes when they attacked Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. Musta been a secret weapon. Of course, we all know that the real definition of bomb refers to a disagreement between a comic and an audience.

-V