sergeriver
Cowboy from Hell
+1,928|7213|Argentina
Post here ironies and the oddest facts in history you remember.

Irony: Ludwig van Beethoven regarded as one of the greatest composers in the history of music, began to lose his hearing when he was 26.

Odd Facts: The multitude of links between the lives, careers and assassinations of Presidents Kennedy and Lincoln.
ATG
Banned
+5,233|6985|Global Command
It's ironic the much of the world blames Israel for the woes of the Pallestinians when in fact Arab countries have done virtually nothing to support them before the creation of Israel.

It's ironic that I voted for a fiscal conservative and got the biggest spending president in history.

It's irony that by sealing the southern border with Mexico and deporting all illegal aliens the American social security system would collapse because of all the money that is made from these illegal aliens.
Bertster7
Confused Pothead
+1,101|7037|SE London

ATG wrote:

It's ironic the much of the world blames Israel for the woes of the Pallestinians when in fact Arab countries have done virtually nothing to support them before the creation of Israel.
Ever heard of Lawrence of Arabia or the Arab revolt?
We owed the Palestinians big time.
Bubbalo
The Lizzard
+541|7017

ATG wrote:

It's ironic the much of the world blames Israel for the woes of the Pallestinians when in fact Arab countries have done virtually nothing to support them before the creation of Israel.
You mean back when they were all heavily foreign influenced and Palestine was a British protectorate?

We're looking for irony, not poor attempts at taking swipes at other views.
sergeriver
Cowboy from Hell
+1,928|7213|Argentina
Irony: the former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu published an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, in which he cited U.N. 1559. The leader of the right-wing Likud party declared that Lebanon's failure to disarm Hezbollah was a "direct violation" of the U.N. resolution. And he added that Israel was only using a "fraction of its firepower and is in fact, acting with great care to minimize harm to civilians."
UGADawgs
Member
+13|6777|South Carolina, US
I might as well mention that Hitler was quite possibly 1/4 Jewish.

Last edited by UGADawgs (2007-03-05 15:44:25)

PluggedValve
Member
+17|6796
Pro life supporters who back the death sentence
PluggedValve
Member
+17|6796
Jesus married Mary Magdelin.  Why would God marry anyone??
PluggedValve
Member
+17|6796
Religeon, any and all.
Fen321
Member
+54|6953|Singularity
The Maine exploding due to tech failure not the Spanish
PureFodder
Member
+225|6741
Alfred Nobel. Founded the Nobel Peace prize.

Also invented Dynamite, which has killed untold millions of people in accidents and wars.
deeznutz1245
Connecticut: our chimps are stealin yo' faces.
+483|6948|Connecticut
Odd Fact- The U.S. always gets ahole politicians in office

Irony- we somehow manage to re-elect them.
Malloy must go
Doctor Strangelove
Real Battlefield Veterinarian.
+1,758|6924
Hannibal's road to defeat is attribute to the fact that he did not send his cavalry to chase after a routing Roman legion. If he had then the Romans would not have been able to cut off his supplies and attack Carthage itself later on.
Xblade-3o5-
Oi, Suzy!
+113|7209|Florida, United States
Its ironic that we once tore down the Wall of berlin, but now the US is building its own wall.
ATG
Banned
+5,233|6985|Global Command

Xblade-3o5- wrote:

Its ironic that we once tore down the Wall of berlin, but now the US is building its own wall.
Really?
Where, can I go help?
Smithereener
Member
+138|6771|California
That the supposed "war to end all war" pretty much began the next World War.

WWI begins and ends, Treaty of Versailles is made, screws Germany over (partly because the US didn't ratify it), causes depression and massive inflation in Germany, Hitler comes to power amidst the chaos, and BAM. WWII.
Ratzinger
Member
+43|6848|Wollongong, NSW, Australia
The guy who discovers that tetraethyl lead in petrol stops engine knock, which results in atmospheric lead increasing dramatically, is the same guy who invents CFCs for fridges, causing a massive hole in the ozone layer.

Later, he contracts polio, invents a special bed designed to raise or turn him, and ends up being strangled by a cable in his own device.

Thomas Midgely Jr.

Last edited by Ratzinger (2007-03-05 23:03:47)

GunSlinger OIF II
Banned.
+1,860|7099

PluggedValve wrote:

Pro life supporters who back the death sentence
big time
BN
smells like wee wee
+159|7223
WW2 was started because Poland was being occupied by a foreign country. WW2 ended with Poland being occupied by a foreign country.
Bubbalo
The Lizzard
+541|7017

UGADawgs wrote:

EDIT: To make this vaguely on topic, I might as well mention that Hitler was quite possibly 1/4 Jewish.
No, it's been proven that he wasn't.

ATG wrote:

The irony may that your views, while strong, are undercut by their usual lack of truthful foundation.
Apart from the fact that that still isn't irony....................what?  Was Palestine not a British protectorate?

ATG wrote:

See, I am unbiased.
Apart from the fact that that's impossible, we're both as biased as each other.

ATG wrote:

I pretty much don't like Jews as much as I don't like Muslims.
When did you join the Nazi party?  Oh, wait, they wouldn't be extreme enough, would they?

ATG wrote:

Religion is general, is not that good of a thing for the world.
What does that have to do with what I said.
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|7011
People who drone on about how 'liberals fail' when the problems in the world that they perceive themselves as facing are generally all because of conservatives in other countries: Osama Bin Laden - religious conservative, Iran - staunchly conservative government, etc. It appears to me that 'conservatives fail' - all they do is generate conflict.
deeznutz1245
Connecticut: our chimps are stealin yo' faces.
+483|6948|Connecticut

CameronPoe wrote:

People who drone on about how 'liberals fail' when the problems in the world that they perceive themselves as facing are generally all because of conservatives in other countries: Osama Bin Laden - religious conservative, Iran - staunchly conservative government, etc. It appears to me that 'conservatives fail' - all they do is generate conflict.
Conflict can be good once in a while, unless of course you are France.
Malloy must go
DUnlimited
got any popo lolo intersting?
+1,160|6919|cuntshitlake

PureFodder wrote:

Alfred Nobel. Founded the Nobel Peace prize.

Also invented Dynamite, which has killed untold millions of people in accidents and wars.
He invented the dynamite first. The Nobel Peace prize was the way he made himself look like a peaceful person rather than an inventor of a deadly explosive.
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Blehm98
conservative hatemonger
+150|6919|meh-land

PluggedValve wrote:

Pro life supporters who back the death sentence
not really
pro life says you don't think innocent babies should be killed

death sentence is killing people who have killed other people.  There is no irony in supporting death penalty while being against abortion.
RAIMIUS
You with the face!
+244|7170|US
Nobel created the prize because he saw his own obituary...oops!...The paper stated that his invention (dynamite) was used to murder thousands in war.  The funny thing is, dynamite is too unstable for common military weapons use.

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