From: T Wake on

"Kurt Ullman" <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> In article <HPWdnXZeKd_lvLnYRVnyig(a)pipex.net>,
> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>
>
>> If you spent your day waving placards outside the Whitehouse saying how
>> great the UK was and how all Americans should live like that the analogy
>> would make more sense.
>
> I'd still argue it. Lots of reason to stay home, not the least of which
> is trying to reform your home country. That and all those extra "u"s
> they throw into words for no apparent in the UK (G).

Nothing wrong with the letter u. I've never understood why Americans seem to
avoid it. (Don't get me started on the pronunciation of route... :-))


From: lucasea on

"T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
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> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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>
>> Well, I'd like to have a few less crapolas posts so I can find
>> the ones were posted by thoughtful people.
>
> Reasonable enough wish, although it carries the risk that you only read
> posts which say things you already agree with.... Always seems kind of
> pointless to me.

Seems that's what most people in this discussion want...and if you don't
give it to them, they'll swear at you, insult you, and even threaten
physical violence and assault. I have learned a lot from the few
*reasonable* posters in this thread, both those I agree with *and* those I
don't...and there are even a few people in the discussion with whom I
disagree but they still showed respect for my opinion. It's too bad that
everyone else is so insecure in themselves and their views that the
slightest difference of opinion brings obscenity, insults and threats of
violence instead of healthy discussion.

Eric Lucas


From: lucasea on

"T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
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>
> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
> news:efvu2h$8ss_003(a)s811.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>> In article <k1CUg.49$45.181(a)news.uchicago.edu>,
>> mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>>>In article <efta6e$8ss_003(a)s888.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com writes:
>>>>In article <efr837$sb7$3(a)blue.rahul.net>,
>>>> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:
>>>>>In article <c7WdncygLPPv3r3YRVnytQ(a)pipex.net>,
>>>>>T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>>>>>[...]
>>>>>>The western world bandies the term "war" around much too easily. (War
>>>>>>on
>>>>>>Terror, War on Drugs, War on Obesity etc.)
>>>>>
>>>>>It is time for a war on the improper use of the term "war on".
>>>>
>>>>Yes. I always thought that these sound bytes were crying
>>>>wolf. When was the first one? Johnson's War on Poverty?
>>>>
>>>Well, there was this and "the War on Cancer". Not sure which came
>>>first.
>>
>> I don't remember that one. Another item I've forgotten :-(.
>>
>
> Aha. We need a war on forgetfulness then.....


I'll second that! Now, what was my name, again? ;^)

Eric Lucas


From: lucasea on

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Keith wrote:
>
>> rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
>>
>> > And you think you can defeat 'radical Islam' with bombs and bullets ?
>>
>> I know there is no choice. Perhaps you want to submit?
>
> There is no need to 'submit'
>
> You're living in a perversely stupid fantasy paranoid world.

It comes from the constant bombardment by Bush's fear-mongering--it's his
way of keeping power over people. People start to lose perspective on what
is happening and why. It really is a very powerful narcotic.

Eric Lucas


From: T Wake on

<lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
> news:1pCdnS44OZS0kbnYnZ2dnUVZ8tKdnZ2d(a)pipex.net...
>>
>> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:efvu2h$8ss_003(a)s811.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com...
>>> In article <k1CUg.49$45.181(a)news.uchicago.edu>,
>>> mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>>>>In article <efta6e$8ss_003(a)s888.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
>>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com writes:
>>>>>In article <efr837$sb7$3(a)blue.rahul.net>,
>>>>> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:
>>>>>>In article <c7WdncygLPPv3r3YRVnytQ(a)pipex.net>,
>>>>>>T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>>>>>>[...]
>>>>>>>The western world bandies the term "war" around much too easily. (War
>>>>>>>on
>>>>>>>Terror, War on Drugs, War on Obesity etc.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>>It is time for a war on the improper use of the term "war on".
>>>>>
>>>>>Yes. I always thought that these sound bytes were crying
>>>>>wolf. When was the first one? Johnson's War on Poverty?
>>>>>
>>>>Well, there was this and "the War on Cancer". Not sure which came
>>>>first.
>>>
>>> I don't remember that one. Another item I've forgotten :-(.
>>>
>>
>> Aha. We need a war on forgetfulness then.....
>
>
> I'll second that! Now, what was my name, again? ;^)
>

Second what?.......




:-)