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Why does every damned thread here lately seem to turn into war/anti-war, lib/con, Rep/Dem/Lib, etc?

I am rapidly losing a desire to click on threads, because they are sure to be more of the garbage. Keep this up and X5World will dwindle and die.
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I'm with you Doc. Here I am feeling guilty for maybe having offended someone because I commented on a picture. I didn't make a statement about the war, nor was it my intention to do so.

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..... let's all step back from our pedestals of preaching for a minute and realize that the picture was that of a tank crushing a car, nothing more. What has happened in this post is ridiculous...IMO.

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"promote the general welfare, not provide the general welfare"

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

The picture was an image, that was it.

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An unwavering defender of those I see worth protecting.

"promote the general welfare, not provide the general welfare"

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Sure. Just an image of a big-ass military tank crushing a civilian vehicle. Entitled "From Iraq my new Avatar". With added statements like: "The sad part is that it wasn’t me driving the tank", "I would love to do it, that thing can go to 70 MPH easy, and will crush everything on his path", and complimentary pats-on-the-back remarks like "nice pic" and "cool avatar just the same". Quite tasteful, really.

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"Never Confuse a Legacy Improvement with a Vision of the Future"

Let's make believe for one second that the avatar was a picture of a Monster Truck with wheels 10 foot high rolling over and crushing a line of cars at a spectator event. And the guy that posted it said, no it wasn't me, wish it was, wouldn't it be cool to drive that thing. That's the way I took it. Not everyone has political agendas. Lighten up. I said before, not intended as political. Can't we take anything at face value without reading something into it.

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"Reading something Into it"???? , ALL I did was to actually take it at Face Value (maybe THAT was "my problem")... It's easy; start with the Thread's very title, then put it together with the (yes, simple 120x120) picture. That might give some people a hint...

One doesn't need to have a "Political Agenda" to think something is clearly tasteless and offensive.

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"Never Confuse a Legacy Improvement with a Vision of the Future"

Let's just leave it that we agree to disagree. I'm not looking to get into a pissing match with anyone. If you choose to look through some of the political threads here you will see that I am no where to be found. There is a reason for that. I'd like to keep it that way.

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again, just a 120x120 px picture.

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An unwavering defender of those I see worth protecting.

"promote the general welfare, not provide the general welfare"

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.