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From: Ken Smith on 28 Jan 2007 23:33 In article <87ac02wtac.fsf(a)nonospaz.fatphil.org>, Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes: >> In article <pan.2007.01.28.13.38.31.131504(a)hell.corn>, >> The Demon Prince of Absurdity <absurd_number_of_nicks(a)hell.corn> wrote: >> [.....] >> >Xians who advocate the killing of gays or abortion doctors are precisely >> >as crazy as Muslims who advocate the killing of Westerners, and just as >> >dangerous to civilisation. >> >> No, they are more dangerous. They are more embedded within the >> civilisation they are attempting to destroy. > >I don't know if their intent is to destroy civilisation, but >you make a very interesting, and quite deep, point. > >(I think they probably just want to 'fix' civilisation.) The muslims also just want to "fix" it to fit their model of what it should be. If you crush a car melt it down and make several bicycles out of it, I would argue you have destroeyed the car to make bicycles. > >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./. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 28 Jan 2007 23:37 In article <76c55$45bd4171$49ecf94$9614(a)DIALUPUSA.NET>, unsettled <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote: >Ken Smith wrote: [....] >> Actually, this is not quite right. What you describe is more along the >> lines of what some jews think. Christians have a "get out of jail free >> card" in the form of "who so ever believes in me". It means that you can >> do all the nasty stuff you want just so long as you believe in Jesus, you >> are saved. It is a neat system to avoid having to do what's right in this >> life. > > >That's only part of Christianity. Another part believes >it requires faith *and* good works. > >Oops, there's that logical operator again. We still don't need an FPGA to fit the logic into. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Ken Smith on 28 Jan 2007 23:40 In article <pan.2007.01.29.03.26.07.668(a)hell.corn>, The Demon Prince of Absurdity <absurd_number_of_nicks(a)hell.corn> intoned: >On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:43:11 +0000, Ken Smith did the cha-cha, and >screamed: [....] >> I'd say less. Iran will fall out of the hand of the extremists in the >> next 20 or so years if left alone. With Bush's help, they will maintain >> control for much longer than that. > >They don't care if Iran stays radical Muslim for the next century, as >long as they get Iran's oil. And that is the real rub. At the rate of growth in Irans use of oil and their production, the lines cross in some 10 years time. At that time they will stop exporting oil. Perhaps this points out the real motive. If you prevent a modern society from getting started in the middle east, you may reduce their energy usage. -- -- kensmith(a)rahul.net forging knowledge
From: Eeyore on 28 Jan 2007 23:42 Ken Smith wrote: > Phil Carmody <thefatphil_demunged(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > >kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) writes: > >> The Demon Prince of Absurdity <absurd_number_of_nicks(a)hell.corn> wrote: > >> > >> >Xians who advocate the killing of gays or abortion doctors are precisely > >> >as crazy as Muslims who advocate the killing of Westerners, and just as > >> >dangerous to civilisation. > >> > >> No, they are more dangerous. They are more embedded within the > >> civilisation they are attempting to destroy. > > > >I don't know if their intent is to destroy civilisation, but > >you make a very interesting, and quite deep, point. > > > >(I think they probably just want to 'fix' civilisation.) > > The muslims also just want to "fix" it to fit their model of what it > should be. Yes exactly. Yet that point seems to be lost on most ppl. Graham
From: Eeyore on 28 Jan 2007 23:46
Ken Smith wrote: > The Demon Prince of Absurdity <absurd_number_of_nicks(a)hell.corn> intoned: > >Ken Smith did the cha-cha, and screamed: > > >> I'd say less. Iran will fall out of the hand of the extremists in the > >> next 20 or so years if left alone. With Bush's help, they will maintain > >> control for much longer than that. > > > >They don't care if Iran stays radical Muslim for the next century, as > >long as they get Iran's oil. > > And that is the real rub. At the rate of growth in Irans use of oil and > their production, the lines cross in some 10 years time. At that time > they will stop exporting oil. Which is of course why they want nuclear reartors. Oil exports bring in good money. Graham |