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From: T Wake on 12 Nov 2006 12:18 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45574AE9.662D867B(a)hotmail.com... > > > T Wake wrote: > >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message >> > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message >> >>T Wake wrote: >> >>> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >> >> >>>>From what I've heard of the Griffin case it seems to me that he was >> >>>>being critical of Islam. >> >>> >> >>> Which is reasonable enough. >> >>> >> >>>>Because (a) he wasn't singling out a group by ethnicity as such and >> >>>>(b) >> >>>>because >> >>>>I'd hate to see some forms of criticism made illegal, I'm very glad >> >>>>he >> >>>>got acquitted. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> I agree. It is a sad day, though, when I find myself hoping a racist >> >>> bigot will be let off... >> >> >> >> Even if it is anti-American bigotry such as you promote >> >> in these newsgroups? >> > >> > Sorry, nice try. Just because you disagree when he points out fact >> > that >> > you don't like about the US doesn't make it "bigotry". Learn the >> > language. >> > >> >> As normal, Unsettled has no idea what he is talking about and just feels >> the >> need to post something vaguely insulting. I am certainly not >> "Anti-American" >> and there is lots to admire about the nation. Sadly, some bigots feel >> that >> _any_ criticism can be shot down with claims like this. > > Heck, even I'm not inherently anti-American. I certainly am not. I spent a large proportion of my life working in America and most of my contracts are with American companies. However, I am anti-Jingoistic Biggot. > I am quite disturbed by the level of violent / aggressive thinking that > many of > the US posters here exhibit though. They are not a representative sample, fortunately.
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 12:22 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > 1. The US starts out with 100 farms. (For those who don't understand > my underestimate, multiply with a factor of your choice.) > 2. As time goes on, more people emigrate, procreate, etc. With > primogeniture, after 20 generations, there are still only 100 > property owners and millions of plebes, who are great great great > grand kids of immigrants and poor relatives of those original > property owners. Which is why in the above either (a) more land is gradually taken into cultivation (b) productivity of the land increases to feed the extra mouths - and this also releases ppl to perform support tasks like teaching - and ultimately leads to an industrial society (c) it become a driver for emigration. Graham
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 12:23 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >How much do you pay for your dial-up connection ? > > I have two. For the newsgroup access, I used to pay $30/month. > I definitely got what I paid for. > > Then it got bought out and the priced was reduced; as a result, > I also got what I paid for :-((. Over here you can get an ADSL connection for ?12.99 a month. Graham
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 12:25 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > In article <b4l5h.2383$6t.568(a)newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>, > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > >Your argument that we can't switch to a nationalized health care system > >because we have problems with the current system is exactly 180 degrees out > >of phase with reality. We need to switch to a nationalized health care > >system precisely becuase we have problems with the current system. > > The current problems are *caused* by having insuranace as the > basis of medical service delivery. Forcing > everybody to go the insurance route is flat out stupid. You would appear to be seeing the light ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 12 Nov 2006 12:26
John Fields wrote: > On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 15:04:58 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > >You're confusing cause and effect. You assume that, because those are > >religious and legal prohibitions, that they came to have legal status > >because of their religious status. I would suggest that both are based on > >the natural law that both murder and theft are bad for society. > --- > "Natural" law stems from religious roots. Which religion ? The Romans had laws you know. Graham |