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Neutral Corner · Feb 7, 2018

Analysis | Trump wants a grand military parade. Some veterans say that won’t fix their problems.

doctorquant · Feb 7, 2018

Neutral Corner said: ↑

Analysis | Trump wants a grand military parade. Some veterans say that won’t fix their problems.
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What a dumb story. "Some veterans say" ... no shit.

QYFW · Feb 7, 2018

lakefront · Feb 7, 2018

YankeeFan said: ↑

it makes it more likely that it will be a hit, and reflect well on Trump.
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Be a hit and reflect well, to his most loyal followers only. Most of us see it for what it is. (emotionally deprived person filling an endless need of adoration)

at the expense of everyone else

Dick Whitman · Feb 7, 2018

Is this parade planned for Veterans Day?

TheSportsPredictor · Feb 7, 2018

The Big Ragu said: ↑

The universe is designed with living things putting self interest first. In the aggregate, it actually produces the best possible outcomes, because your self interest usually requires you to act morally -- to deal with others in a way that is amenable to them (and vice versa). People take "self interest" to mean everyone running around screwing each other. But that isn't reality. Anyone who behaves that way, isn't acting in his self interest. Eventually others won't deal that person because they know he or she isn't a moral person, and that behavior has the effect of HURTING your self interest.

Selfishness is rational. It also doesn't mean doing "whatever you want." Moral principles aren't opinions. They derive from reality -- people are rational beings, who have to think and act successfully in order to live happy lives. Morality helps people identify the kinds of traits that MAKE you successful -- the virtues, such as productivity, integrity, honesty, pride, etc. that advance your self interests (whatever they are for any individual). Which is why we are all better off when people are focused on what they should be -- their own lives, and not being forced to sacrifice themselves for others (which is immoral).

This was something that the founders of our country seemed to inherently understand, which is why our government (which has become something it wasn't designed as over a few hundred years) was built around the rights of individuals to pursue their self interests. That is what civil libertarians are all about. Those founders imagined a very limited government (certainly one not coercing people to do things they rationally don't want to, under coercion, in order to benefit others) that simply wanted government's role to protect us from each other in the pursuit of our interests. Our system would work just fine, if various branches of government hadn't been expanded via power grabs over time to turn our government into an entity trying to manage people's behavior for all kinds of objectives OTHER than allowing those people to rationally make decisions that are in their own best interest and live their lives freely.
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Ragu's Golden Rule -- treat yourself the way you want others to treat you.

TheSportsPredictor · Feb 7, 2018

The best people!

lakefront · Feb 7, 2018

Sounds like they will try to talk him out of it. I am very happy with the general reaction to this idea.

Songbird · Feb 7, 2018

Quincy Jones fucked Ivanka?

outofplace · Feb 7, 2018

Guy_Incognito said: ↑

And this way you can moderate the discussions. Didn't we already do this before one of the elections? Are we into reruns?
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This is just weird. I got an alert telling me you had quoted one of my posts and it took me to this, in which you are quoting Dickie.

Oh no! I'm a sock puppet and didn't know it!?!

YankeeFan · Feb 7, 2018

DanOregon said: ↑

The more I think about it - I'm kind of leaning toward supporting something like this. This military has been engaged in the war on terror for 17 years, the longest conflict in our history. There will never be a "victory parade" coming out of this war because there will never be peace or a surrender from terror. That said - I'd like to see an opportunity for our country to recognize all who have been part of it, whether currently in or not, the injured vets, those who have fought and those who will fight, everyone.
I would just hope it wouldn't end up being a military equipment expo.
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You’re going to get voted off the island.

HanSenSE · Feb 7, 2018

RickStain said: ↑

That’s going to be the play if they go through with it. It will be the Donald Trump Military Parade presented by Trump Hotels, with everything painted gold. Each soldier will genuflect to Trump as they pass. But somewhere within a radius of the parade, someone will whisper the phrase “for the troops” and the official talking point will be that the purpose of the parade is to honor the troops and anyone who objects hated soldiers and roots for ISIS to come impose shariah law.
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And again ... do we not honor the troops, living and dead, on Veterans Day and Memorial Day? Maybe we should call this Big Hands Day.

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