From: Eeyore on


mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:

> You didn't read carefully. It is not "10% changing". It is that
> historical data indicates dramatic changes when about 10% of the
> population is *dead*. Does this make it clear?

So, we only need to kill 100 million Muslims or so ?

Graham

From: Eeyore on


T Wake wrote:

> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote
> > T Wake wrote:
>
> >> The hearts and minds with the population did the trick.
> >
> > As it has often done for the British Army but the US version has fucked
> > that up for sure.
>
> Yes. Unfortunately the Americans have the double edged sword of so much fire
> power. It gives them a fantastic advantage in combat, but tends to make the
> appear bullying peace keepers / occupiers. Every time they kick a door down
> and rough up the inhabitants as part of a routine patrol it provides support
> for the enemy.

I'm afraid I've seen US soldiers refer to Iraqis as 'animals'. Wrong !

Graham


From: Eeyore on


T Wake wrote:

> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote
>
> > It's called realpolitik.
>
> Call it anything you want. It gets in the way of solving the problem.
>
> What would your answer be?

Go for it. I consider myself a realist. I doubt that all the answers will be
entirely pure-as-driven-snow 100% ethical, they never are.

Grahamn


From: Eeyore on


John Fields wrote:

> On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 08:29:14 -0700, John Larkinwrote:
> >On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:30:02 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
>
> >>I find it truly fantastic that the US Gov't has become such a cesspool of
> >>fuckwits and that so may of the US population are keen to lap it up.
> >>
> >>Graham
> >
> >It was some time ago that you stopped thinking and stopped discussing
> >and began ranting. I sure hope you don't design electronics with a
> >similar level of intellectual effort.
>
> ---
> Like when he advocated using a chip to drive 8, 20mA LEDs when the
> absolute maximum current in the supply or the ground pin was limited
> to 75mA?

The 20mA / LED is in your imagination. I *never* use that much.

Graham

From: John Fields on
On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 17:15:49 +0100, "T Wake"
<usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:

>
>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:45217974.A472CA0E(a)hotmail.com...
>>
>>
>> T Wake wrote:
>>
>>> "Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
>>>
>>> > Good to see you Nederlanders are doing so well ;-)
>>>
>>> I assume I have just missed the joke here. Is this going to be used in
>>> your
>>> act?
>>
>> He has a thing about them. To him it's simply an insult to call someone a
>> Netherlander. He doesn't approve of their 'liberal' thinking.
>
>Oh right. Can I assume he has never been then?

---
Sure, but it would probably be better if you asked him.


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John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer