From: Eeyore on


T Wake wrote:

> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote
> > T Wake wrote:
> >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote
> >>
> >> > Actually no. They fight against those claiming to have legal
> >> > jurisdiction in the area. Also there is no requirement that it
> >> > use terror methods either.
> >>
> >> This is pedantry.
> >
> > Not to me. It's a subtle but precise distinction.
> >
> > in?sur?gent? [in-sur-juhnt] - noun
> > 1. a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, esp. a
> > person
> > who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its
> > laws; rebel.
> >
> > ter?ror?ism? [ter-uh-riz-uhm] -noun
> > 1. the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for
> > political purposes.
> > 2. the state of fear and submission produced by terrorism or
> > terrorization.
> > 3. a terroristic method of governing or of resisting a government.
>
> The two terms are not mutually exclusive. Terrorists fight against a legal
> government. Insurgents use violence to intimidate / coerce (eg overthrow the
> government).
>
> Not at all precise.

The insurgent isn't automatically a terrorist.

Graham


From: T Wake on

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
message news:peb8i2lf4af0irq171tqukscc9n0lec541(a)4ax.com...
> On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 21:51:21 GMT, Kurt Ullman <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>In article <HLVUg.13315$7I1.5654(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>,
>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I don't care. If you're listening to a phone call to which the phone in
>>> my
>>> living room is party, then as a citizen of the US, I demand that your
>>> listening be carried out according to my Constitutional rights.
>>
>> Probably is. Under a warrant for a phone anything that goes on over
>>that phone is legally admissable, even if the other person's phone
>>doesn't have a warrant on it. It well settled that as long as one phone
>>is legally tapped, any phone that calls it or is called by it is fair
>>game. Since there are no restrictions on tapping a phone outside of the
>>country, it would be legal tap. Thus anyone the phone calls or anyone
>>who calls the phone could be listened to as noted. Would be a rather
>>interesting case to make.
>
> And it varies state-by-state... it is legal in Arizona to record all
> calls on your own phone, _without_ notifying the other party.
>
> All I need to do is push a button ;-)
>

It is good that you have these loopholes to circumvent civil liberties.


From: T Wake on

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote in
message news:29b8i2hsic1aohfjan0703vugt8mk480re(a)4ax.com...
> 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.
>

Soon Teacher will turn up to put a stop to this playground fight.


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:WcGdnX5vtrSegrnYRVnygw(a)pipex.net...
>>
>>
>> All part of the quest to oust the commies.
>
> Yep. And isn't it also ironic that the ouster of those very commies has
> been one of the destabilizing forces in the world that may well have
> furthered the current mess?
>

Sadly, yes. Bring back the cold war. :-)


From: John Fields on
On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:49:06 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>John Fields wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 3 Oct 2006 18:06:56 +0100, "T Wake"
>> <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
>> >news:v673i2dusng3t5a82qt9hm7n8ve5p4t7ua(a)4ax.com...
>>
>> >> ---
>> >> "It" being radical Islam,
>> >
>> >Radical Islam can't be described as having a "single unified goal."
>>
>> ---
>> I disagree. I think the single, unified goal would be the
>> acquisition of unlimited power.
>
>Since you're incapable even of identifying 'radical Islam' your thoughts count for
>nothing.

---
Sheesh, as if the opinions of a pinhead like you mattered.

You even have to get clarification after clarification from T Wake
because you can't understand his lucid prose and you dare to
criticize others?

For shame.



--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer