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From: mmeron on 4 Oct 2006 12:39 In article <4523844C.CA22EFDF(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes: > > >mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote: > >> In article <4522F8DE.C46161BD(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore writes: >> >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 ? >> > >> I didn't say, at the moment, what we need (or need not) to do. I >> pointed what empirical data for past conflicts shows. Go argue with >> history if you don't like it. > >But you still mainatain we'd need to kill that many to have an effect ? > >Graham > Not that "we'd need" but that, as a worst case scenario, we may need. Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool, meron(a)cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same"
From: John Fields on 4 Oct 2006 12:48 On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 22:21:44 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> > This mess is about changing a mindset; either Western civilization's >> > mindset is changed or religious extremists' mindset is changed. >> >> I agree completely. > >How about removing the either and replacing the or with and ? --- Unless that led to convergence, why would that guarantee cessation of hostilities? The solution is the willingness to look for common ground and to build a mutually respectful relationship around that island. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: lucasea on 4 Oct 2006 12:53 "Lloyd Parker" <lparker(a)emory.edu> wrote in message news:eg0k81$e61$2(a)leto.cc.emory.edu... > Corporations cannot donate money to political candidates. PACs can, but > not > corporations. Even if that's true, it's a distinction without a difference. Eric Lucas
From: Keith on 4 Oct 2006 13:17 In article <9VQUg.8418$GR.1968(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net says... > > "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message > news:7s57i2h1e9t48lv1d8i1jmfdm9kj4b9iis(a)4ax.com... > > On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:09:12 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> Gave us: > > > >> > >>"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message > >>news:5pr5i2his5dccj9emaujrv65hmohk2j4h0(a)4ax.com... > >>> > >>> The real problem lies with the California version of a police > >>> academy. They have no clue what is contained in the US Constitution, > >>> and they ALL forget their oath five seconds after they utter it. > >> > >>Oh, you mean like freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom from > >>unreasonable (warrantless) searches and seizures? Yet you're OK when Bush > >>ignores those? How about a little consistency in your views? Or do you > >>just get on Usenet to insult and swear at people? > >> > > > > You're an idiot. Show me where I posted a stand on anything about > > Bush. > > OK, so what is your stand on his attacks on the Constitutional rights I > listed above? > > > < Also, name one US household he has sent government agents into > > without a warrant. > > Well, since that's classified information, ya got me there, I can't give > names and addresses.... So, you admit that you have only your paranoia as evidence. > However, the answer to your question is any > household of which the phone has been tapped by the NSA. Phones (of the domestic type, anyway) aren't tapped without warrant. Get with the program. > You're going to > have to come into the 21st century and understand that searches include not > only a physical search, but also electronic surveillance...or so common > sense and the Supreme Court would tell us. You're paranoia is showing again. -- Keith
From: Keith on 4 Oct 2006 13:24
In article <4523D7C4.6E24B94F(a)earthlink.net>, mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net says... > Keith wrote: > > > > Meanwhile, the stuffed donkey will watch the documentary about the > > wild west, "Blazing Saddles". > > > He should pay close attention to the scene where someone punches out > the horse. > Which is the stuffed donkey, Mongo or the horse? -- Keith |