From: Phil Carmody on
kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes:
> In article <45AF7DB2.FB13F663(a)hotmail.com>,
> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> [.. Islamic extremists vs the law ..]
>
> >They have no ability to undermine it.
>
> That may be true in England but it seems in the US they have found a way
> to undermine the law. It is quite a clever trick they are using. They
> pretend to be christians, spread fear and then claim that the laws must be
> undermined to make people safe.

Post of the thread.

Phil
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From: unsettled on
Phil Carmody wrote:
> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes:
>
>>In article <45AF7DB2.FB13F663(a)hotmail.com>,
>>Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>[.. Islamic extremists vs the law ..]
>>
>>
>>>They have no ability to undermine it.
>>
>>That may be true in England but it seems in the US they have found a way
>>to undermine the law. It is quite a clever trick they are using. They
>>pretend to be christians, spread fear and then claim that the laws must be
>>undermined to make people safe.
>
>
> Post of the thread.

How nice for you.
From: Phil Carmody on
unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> writes:
> Phil Carmody wrote:
> > kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes:
> >
> >>In article <45AF7DB2.FB13F663(a)hotmail.com>,
> >>Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>[.. Islamic extremists vs the law ..]
> >>
> >>
> >>>They have no ability to undermine it.
> >>
> >> That may be true in England but it seems in the US they have found
> >> a way to undermine the law. It is quite a clever trick they are
> >> using. They pretend to be christians, spread fear and then claim
> >> that the laws must be undermined to make people safe.
> > Post of the thread.
>
> How nice for you.

Indeed. It may be an unfair prejudice to say that Americans don't get
irony, but when the big fist of irony sits there stolidly too many
Americans take great delight in running straight at it, which makes
that prejudice very hard to shake off.

Phil
--
"Home taping is killing big business profits. We left this side blank
so you can help." -- Dead Kennedys, written upon the B-side of tapes of
/In God We Trust, Inc./.
From: Eeyore on


unsettled wrote:

> Ken Smith wrote:
> > unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote:
> >>Ken Smith wrote:
> >
> >>Oh phuleese! This has been discussed before. There is an
> >>increase in the *REPORTED* deaths which has nothing at
> >>all to do with what has happened regarding the actual
> >>number of deaths.
> >
> > Oh phuleese your self. The number of deaths has increased as a result of
> > the US invasion.
>
> No they haven't. There is no basis for determining the
> real numbers during Saddam's regime. None of the mass
> graves found so far were accounted for by the previous
> government and we don't know how many more mass graves
> will be found.

How about those ppl reported missing by their families ?

The numbers are actually known quite well AIUI.

Graham

From: jmfbahciv on
In article <45AFA79A.97173FE9(a)hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>> >
>> >> There happen to be a lot of people who think that, if the US
>> >> plays by Geneva convention rules, the Islamic extremists will.
>> >
>> >Really ? I didn't hear anyone say that.
>>
>> You might try to read Carter's book. You might listen to
>> Hillary Clinton. You might notice the places both she
>> and Kerry have been visiting in the last few weeks.
>
>What has where they're visiting got to do about it ? Have they been visiting
>extremists ?

Yes.

/BAH