just showing up late and making some trivial point. I call it ankle biting.

"In discussing the question, he used to liken the case to that of the boy who, when asked how many legs his calf would have if he called its tail a leg, replied, " Five," to which the prompt response was made that calling the tail a leg would not make it a leg."

A. Lincoln

Now that we've gotten that out of the way......

My point was, is and will be that one of the key reasons that nation states enacted laws against murder, and other crimes, was to prevent blood feuds.

You've shown nothing to support your theory despite numerous opportunities to do so, that is a fact.

That you spin your wheels and turn to insult and selective quoting when you realize you're not making any headway makes your piteous cries of "ankle biter" and 'late poster' risible at best, if not pitible in the least.

Your inane comments prove nothing about that and I really wonder why you bother.

You'll find your answer here:

My guiding principle in commenting here is the following:

   

I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

I didn't know that it apparently is skin off your nose if I do, and you appeared to be the more bothered of us here, FWIW.

I thought that reminding you of your position regarding our military might be enough to shame you into silence.

But you're not ashamed of calling me a coward with your 'white towell' comment.  LOL!

That you want me silent demonstrates your devotion to the notion of 'free speech', especially when it comes to POV that you don't share.

Yes, this is so

shameful:

No, I think the point was I made an insult directed towards you in return for your remark about my 'waving a white towell', and I explained my remark and myself in an earlier post I linked to  and of course you haven't read so I'll have to post it here:

   

FYI, the first friendly face my mother saw after the surrender of Japan in her concentration camp in China was an American soldier, so your 'knowledge' or 'accusation' is again free of any relationship to reality as your previous attempts to 'tell' me about myself.

    You do worse than insult the military, you take the side of a sworn enemy of the US who wants them to stay as targets in Iraq,<subliminal tag>Bin Laden</subliminal tag> because your fearless leader can't admit to making a mistake and insists on continuing it with American blood and treasure without regard to the consequences or realities of the situation.

    Excuse me while I watch The Cartoon Network to refresh my intellect after dealing with yours.

TTFN.

I see that it is not.

I'm here to tell the truth to you, PPJ, no matter how uncomfortable, low, snarky, bitter, mean, angry, etc. it makes you.

Yadda yadda DA, by your words you are known.