From: Eeyore on


T Wake wrote:

> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote
> > John Fields wrote:
> >> On Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:28:57 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
> >> >John Larkin wrote:
> >> >> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:55:57 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> >It [WW2] simply has zero relevance to the issue at hand. Mind you,
> >> >> >just to put your fevered >> >> >American
> >> minds at rest, should European Islam be stupid enough to get 'nasty'
> >> expect another >> >> >Kristallnacht' with
> >> Muslims being progromised.
> >> >>
> >> >> I bet you're looking forward to that, boxcars and death camps. Does
> >> >> "get nasty" include acquiring political power?
> >> >
> >> >If it ever came to it, I'd expect it would be the public reacting, not
> >> >the politicians.
> >>
> >> ---
> >> So then you're saying that you're all racists just waiting for
> >> something to happen so you can let it out?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > I'm saying that if someone threatens their fundamental freedoms, the
> > British public will defend them.
>
> Hopefully.
>
> I grow less and less sure of this as I watch public debate each day.

I think you mean political debate. I doubt the public would stand for it.

Graham

From: Jim Thompson on
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:51:55 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>T Wake wrote:
>
>> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote
>> > Jim Thompson wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I should know shortly what low-life job Eric has at Battelle... my
>> >> guess is janitor ;-)
>> >
>> >
>> > Are you sure they would give him that much responsibility?
>>
>>
>> It is interesting that instead of disagreeing with Eric's comments and
>> explaining why, the general response has been to criticise his imagined work
>> status.
>>
>> Nothing I have seen in this thread seems to relate to his job and he has not
>> claimed professional authority based on his employment so what, on Earth,
>> does his job matter?
>>
>> Unless this really is a pathetic attempt to "one up" on someone you think is
>> in a lower paid / less "exalted" job. If it is, you really should be ashamed
>> of yourselves.
>
>Thompson and Terrell are amongst the lowest forms of life posting here. JoeBloe
>beats them hands down though.
>
>Graham
>

At least we're not impotent like you.

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From: T Wake on

"Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote in message
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>
> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message
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>> 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... :-))
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster
>

So, it's all his fault then.... He is a bad man.


From: T Wake on

"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 16:29:32 -0500, John Fields
> <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 00:42:54 +0100, Eeyore
>><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Homer J Simpson wrote:
>>>
>>>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote
>>>>
>>>> > Alternatively you could put every mosque under armed guard and
>>>> > provide
>>>> > them with no end of support.... :-)
>>>>
>>>> Or move them all to the Outer Hebrides - and the Muslims with them!
>>>
>>>With such a wide selection to choose from, I often wonder why we have no
>>>prison islands.
>>
>>---
>>You do. It's called Australia.
>>
>>>You could make the prisoners actually work the land and stuff.
>>>You never know, it might do them good.
>>
>>---
>>They certainly seem to be doing better than you lot, lately.
>
> ---
> P.S. One Australian friend of mine says he'll be eternally grateful
> to you for giving them Heaven and keeping Hell for yourselves.
>

Glad to hear it.

They have the rough end of the deal though - the sensible ones moved to New
Zealand.


From: Eeyore on


Gordon wrote:

> On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:16:58 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
> >"Michael A. Terrell" wrote:
> >> 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.
> >
> >Your American Love of Violence is once again nnoted.
> >
> >Do you think that violence is the only way to 'win an argument' ?
> >
> >Graham
>
> Looking down the other end of the tunnel...it seems being passive
> and compliant is a very sure way to lose an argument. Theodore
> Roosevelt had things sorted out pretty well when he said, "Speak
> softly and carry a big stick."

And the real trick is not to use it.

Graham