From: Eeyore on


unsettled wrote:

> T Wake wrote:
> > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
> >
> >>No, not the very least. These peoples' culture has no value
> >>of human life and killing is admired and rewarded in their
> >>Heaven.
> >
> >
> > Massive generalisation. For example, "killing" is not admired and rewarded.
> > If the west stopped pandering to the extremists and giving them a war to
> > fight it may be easier to stigmatise the terrorists.
> >
> > I also, based on this and other posts, get the feeling when you say "they"
> > have no value on human life, you mean they have no value on "westerners'
> > lives." It seems both westerners and arabs treat arab lives the same.
>
> At the end of the Iranian hostage crisis, one of the
> militant students to emerge from the embassy was a
> young women who was met by her brother who was going
> to walk her home.
>
> She came out of the building obviously pregnant.
>
> There, in front of the assembled masses, the brother
> killed her for bringing disgrace on the family. Despite
> numerous witnesses, he was never arrested or tried
> for this act.
>
> Don't talk this sort of nonsense, please. Life is instantly
> devalued by Muslims for any of a large variety of reasons.
> Among those anger at the US and/or Israel play a very small,
> though highly publicized, role.

I have no idea if you're right about that, you could have totally invented the
story for all I know but how about the Christian abortion doctor killers in the
USA ?

That's no better.

Graham

From: Eeyore on


T Wake wrote:

> <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
> > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
> >>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
> >>> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
> >>> >> >> kensmith(a)green.rahul.net (Ken Smith) wrote:
> >>> >> >> > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote:
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >>Even a representative democracy needs to have some way to deal
> >>> >> >> >>with the people who go after little kids, and make other kinds
> >>> >> >> >>of messes. A democracy does not, and never has, meant that
> >>> >> >> >>all people can do anything they want without punishment.
> >>> >> >> >
> >>> >> >> >Democracies create laws and enforce them to deal with such
> >>> >> >> >issues.
> >>> >> >>
> >>> >> >> Those laws apply to the citizens of that country during peace
> >>> >> >> time.
> >>> >> >
> >>> >> >And in wartime too.
> >>> >>
> >>> >> No. You need to learn about your country's war powers and how
> >>> >> much of your peacetime freedoms were suspended during WWII.
> >>> >
> >>> >Nonsense.
> >>> >
> >>> >How about an example ?
> >>>
> >>> Food coupons.
> >>
> >>In exactly what meaningful way is that a loss of 'freedom' ?
> >
> > You could not buy what you wanted nor what you needed without
> > government permission.
>
> Another blinding misrepresentation of reality. The "freedom" to buy what you
> want is always controlled by the market forces.
>
> Rationing was not a limit on the freedom to buy what you wanted (choice
> wise) but a control to ensure that everyone had a fair share of what was
> available.

A curious fact btw is that meals in restaurants were never rationed and I think
beer and other alcoholic drinks avoided being rationed too.

You could of course eat all you grew.

Graham


From: Eeyore on


unsettled wrote:

> T Wake wrote:
> > "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message
> >>Eeyore wrote:
> >
> >>>The big problem is making enough fissile material. A huge effort was
> >>>required to make enough for the 3 bombs the USA exploded before the end of
> >>>WW2.
> >>
> >>Less material is needed today.
> >
> > Makes you wonder why more countries don't do it then.
> >
> >
> Very very tricky triggers

So not really suitable for beginners then.

Graham


From: unsettled on
T Wake wrote:
> "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message
> news:c088c$45c12d64$4fe7458$13416(a)DIALUPUSA.NET...

I don't know if the comic strip Garfield is syndicated in
the UK or not, but yesterday's product seemed to suit
your understanding of much of what I write, so I'll just
let a comic strip explain it to you since a picture is
worth a lot of words.

http://www.gocomics.com/garfield/2007/01/31/
From: krw on
In article <45C20FE6.BA64EFD5(a)hotmail.com>,
rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
>
>
> krw wrote:
>
> > rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says...
> > > unsettled wrote:
> > > > Eeyore wrote:
> > > > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
> > > > >>Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
> > > > >>>>MassiveProng <MassiveProng(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote:
> > > > >>>>>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com Gave us:
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>>You don't need an anechoic chamber btw.
> > > > >>>>>>
> > > > >>>>>>How do you measure the EMF in "noisy" environments?
> > > > >>>>>>Or don't you need numbers anymore?
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Device off, sensors read baseline noise reading.
> > > > >>>>>
> > > > >>>>> Device on, sensors read local differential. Extrapolations get
> > > > >>>>>made, figures get arrived at. Task complete.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>Your test has a big huge unfixable flaw.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>Perhaps you'd like to elaborate on that assertion ?
> > > > >>
> > > > >>The device has to be unplugged to get the baseline reading.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > That's what "device off" MEANS !
> > > > >
> > > > > Good Lord ! How daft are you ?
> > > >
> > > > LOL
> > > >
> > > > These days "device off" isn't really off.
> > >
> > > It is when the power cord isn't plugged in you cretin.
> >
> > Dumb donkey, that's what "unplugged" means. Wow, you are dense!
>
> The standards do not use the word 'unplugged'.
>
Ok dumb donkey, exactly what is the difference between
"unsettled"'s "unplugged" and the dumb donkey's "power cord isn't
plugged in"? Wow, what a DUMB donkey!

--
Keith