From: Eeyore on 3 Oct 2006 19:57 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 3 Oct 2006 20:00 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 3 Oct 2006 20:03 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 3 Oct 2006 20:04 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 3 Oct 2006 20:03
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. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer |