From: jmfbahciv on 18 Jan 2007 08:12 In article <45ACE296.27D86A40(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >> > >> >When you eventually throw off your misguided "European" issues, you may be >> >able to learn some new things. For example, the articles of war which make >> >up the 1948 Geneva Accords (which the US signed, remember) also cover civil >> >wars (which are not nation against nation). >> >> And the enemy of Western Civilization hasn't signed any of those >> agreements. Perhaps you should consider that and spend at least >> three days considering that. > >Precisely which enemy ? A country or Al Qaeda ? There is no one entity. > >Al Qaeda has no formal legal standing so even if 'it' or whoever they >designated as their representative did sign the Geneva Convention - it would >have no meaning in law. > >This is yet another problem with declaring war on entities that exist only in >some phantom way. Then you had better figure out how to deal with these phantoms, because they are deadly and intend to kill as many people as possible. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Jan 2007 08:14 In article <45ACE2D8.110218AA(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> I guess another thing I need to think about is why people >> cannot consider the notion that there is a civilization conflict. > >Try culture rather than civilisation. I didn't use culture because a culture is a subset of a civilization. I determine civilization by the activity and infrastructures of trade. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 18 Jan 2007 08:17 In article <45ACE35A.FDA46239(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Congress just passed a bill that cause all food processing to be >> moved to foreign lands. > >Does this bill have a name ? I can't remember its title. What it does is raise the minimum wage to $7.50/hour. /BAH
From: Eeyore on 18 Jan 2007 08:24 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote: > > > >Are you suggesting that folks in the middle east are that thick. > > No, I am talking about what will happen if Western civilization > is eradicated. You must be very feeble-minded to even contemplate such a scenario. Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Jan 2007 08:27
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > >> ><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > >> > > >> >When you eventually throw off your misguided "European" issues, you may be > >> >able to learn some new things. For example, the articles of war which make > >> >up the 1948 Geneva Accords (which the US signed, remember) also cover > >> >civil wars (which are not nation against nation). > >> > >> And the enemy of Western Civilization hasn't signed any of those > >> agreements. Perhaps you should consider that and spend at least > >> three days considering that. > > > >Precisely which enemy ? A country or Al Qaeda ? > > There is no one entity. I'm glad you understand that at least. > >Al Qaeda has no formal legal standing so even if 'it' or whoever they > >designated as their representative did sign the Geneva Convention - it would > >have no meaning in law. > > > >This is yet another problem with declaring war on entities that exist only in > >some phantom way. > > Then you had better figure out how to deal with these phantoms, > because they are deadly and intend to kill as many people as > possible. We deal with it using the LAW ! Graham |