I remember claims that the Clock Crew died like 13 years ago, yet here it is.

Hello everyone.

This is an update letting everybody know that I am probably autistic.

You can't ban me.

One time I went to a rest stop cuz I had diarrhea.  I took a huge shit then went back to my car.  When I got back in, I realized I had to go again and started waddeling back to the toilet.  I shit my pants on the way there.

Playing the Yen against the dollar?  That's a pretty smart move.

Quote from: Marlin Clock;1948992Random old people stopping in, the ritualistic torture of scapegoats, it's almost like we're back in the old days.

THIS WAS BIT CLOCK'S FAULT

I demand my awards for clockday 2005, 2006, the harmony award, and a shasta ++.

OK I never earned the Shasta, but I'd like it anyway. kthxbi

I just came in my pants.

Quote from: PatriotClock;1948644tbh i liked both roman and romancollar.

welcome back and stay.

hi

Hey there Patriot!  I'll try to stick around.

Quote from: FloundermanClock;1948690Welcome back man, you gonna make any more flash? You made some funny shit.

Thanks Flounderman.  I might try to start flash again.  I've been out of practice (for what that's worth) for a long time.

I've been thinking about taking some drawing classes at an art institute to bone up.

Quote from: RomanClock;1948689Haha yea. I notice there's a ton of guests on the forum all the time, my guess some of them are clocks that are lurking, waiting for the right moment to pounce!

Anyway, sup, sounds like you made some big changes.

Hey Roman!  It sure has been a rough couple of years.

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Quote from: NintendoClock;1948611Great now ROMAN and ROMAN COLLAR are back.

Why the fuck would you two both come back at the same time? Do you not understand how confusing this shit is.

Fuck you guys. You planned this shit.

sry

Quote from: AstronautClock;1948635welcome back

Thanks!

Why hello there!

I like lemon haze, but I'm also partial to purple widow...not that I smoke anymore or anything.

Sup Clock Crew?

I just wanted to take the opportunity to apologize to everybody here for being a racist, religious zealot, and an all around asshole.  After I got back from deployment, I started smoking weed (among other things) and reflecting on my ideology.  I also read up on basic logic and realized I was committing a ton of logical fallacies.  I also gave up on religion and am an atheist now, believe it or not.

I just hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me for my ignorance.

Quote from: RibsClock;1827676dude you rigged the vote against butts, what is wrong with you?



I'm beginning to think you were only pretending to be pro-butt.

huh

The Silk Road's down because they're doing maintenance.  I don't think anybody tried to shut them down.

why hello there

I'M A SHARK

Shit yeah.  I always saved the frosting and put it all on one cracker.

Quote from: RibsClock;1743481The point is that there's more we can do, and more we should do.

That's a shitty defeatist attitude and I think that basing a policy off of it is what allows us to be apathetic about rampant slaughter.

Just for the record, I'm writing this just to give people a clear picture of what's going on, not because I support the war.

That video was shot in 2007.  It's now 2010, and I can guarantee you that shit doesn't fly anymore.  Personally, our squad has been attacked a couple of times while on mission, and we've yet to return fire because we couldn't identify the bad guys, and randomly spraying machine gun fire might kill innocents.  Like I said before, you have to meticulously document every action you take.  If you shoot a flare or shine a laser pen at a vehicle because it won't stop, you have to write up a report about it.  Hell, if you shine a laser pen at somebody without just cause, you can get demoted for it!  Most soldiers today are scared shitless of doing almost anything because of how hard they crack down on us, so the thought of our guys mowing down innocent civilians is almost laughable.  

 

QuoteSoldiers who signed up to fight a war are a more acceptable casualty than bystanders who did not. There is no two ways about it.

Yes our soldiers should be given the best tools, intel, supplies, care, and training available. But that should be because their job is very hard and involves a huge amount of risk.

If a hundred thousand uninvolved American civilians (more than thirty times what happened at 9/11, mind you) had died in this war, we would be outraged, the outcry would be tremendous, there would be massive change in policy reflecting it, people at the top level of our government might lose elections over it; shit would get done. But with Iraqi civilians, you just get a shitload of third-page news reports and "well there's only so much you can do" and it's utter crap.

You'd rather see me die than an Iraqi?  That's pretty harsh.  I'd rather none of us die by not having a war in the first place.

Remember, I don't support the war anymore than you do.  I'm saying it's impossible to prevent all civilian casualties in a war.  Yes you can rightfully reduce it (as I explained above), but you're not going to have a war where 100% of the deaths are combatants from both sides.  Still, what difference does it make to you in the big picture?  If all the deaths in this war were only American troops and insurgents, would you still support our presence here?

Quote from: RibsClock;1743494You apparently didn't watch the video, because they quite clearly had their sights on the guy holding the camera and incorrectly identified him as holding a weapon, and used that as their basis for the final judgment call before opening fire on the whole crowd. That weapons were found near the other people later is utterly irrelevant and has nothing to do with the fact that they decided to fire on a crowd because they saw a guy holding a camera.

I just wanna throw something else out there.  One of the insurgents' oldest tactics is filming attacks and selling them to Al-Jazeera, which gives them cash and propaganda.  It seems mighty coincidental that somebody decided to film some helicopters when there happened to be weapons nearby that could shoot down said helicopters.

The more you know.