From: T Wake on 5 Oct 2006 16:48 "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:45244F75.8EAF5664(a)earthlink.net... >T Wake wrote: >> >> "Kurt Ullman" <kurtullman(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message >> news:kurtullman-556EC5.17113404102006(a)customer-201-125-217-207.uninet.net.mx... >> > In article <HPWdnXZeKd_lvLnYRVnyig(a)pipex.net>, >> > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> >> If you spent your day waving placards outside the Whitehouse saying >> >> how >> >> great the UK was and how all Americans should live like that the >> >> analogy >> >> would make more sense. >> > >> > I'd still argue it. Lots of reason to stay home, not the least of which >> > is trying to reform your home country. That and all those extra "u"s >> > they throw into words for no apparent in the UK (G). >> >> Nothing wrong with the letter u. I've never understood why Americans seem >> to >> avoid it. (Don't get me started on the pronunciation of route... :-)) > > > You British twits added the extraneous "U"s in a pathetic attempt to > make yourselves look witty. It didn't work. > Other way round really.
From: Eeyore on 5 Oct 2006 16:48 John Fields wrote: > On Wed, 04 Oct 2006 20:51:39 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Bush and his ilk are American supremacists pure > >and simple. > > --- > More of your garbage opinion. It's a fact. By their own admission. Are you scared to read it ? http://www.newamericancentury.org/ Graham
From: Kurt Ullman on 5 Oct 2006 16:50 In article <aI2dnQoQOZz18rjYRVnyuA(a)pipex.net>, "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > "Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote in message > news:eg32m7$okg$4(a)blue.rahul.net... > > In article <7qCdnW1uWfo2B7_YRVny3w(a)pipex.net>, > > T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > > [....] > >>A surprisingly small number of Islamic extremists are actually willing to > >>die for their cause you know? > > > > Their belief system encourages it with promices of virgins etc. > > Yet all the nasty old men who encourage the bombers refuse to do it > themselves. > Nice to know there are some constants through out history and across religions, area of the world and cultures. (g)
From: Eeyore on 5 Oct 2006 16:50 John Fields wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >John Fields wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> >> > This mess is about changing a mindset; either Western civilization's > >> >> > mindset is changed or religious extremists' mindset is changed. > >> >> > >> >> I agree completely. > >> > > >> >How about removing the either and replacing the or with and ? > >> > >> --- > >> Unless that led to convergence, why would that guarantee cessation > >> of hostilities? > >> > >> The solution is the willingness to look for common ground and to > >> build a mutually respectful relationship around that island. > > > >So where do bombs and guns fit into this ? > > --- > Old enmities on both sides make the willingness to try to find > common ground difficult. Since when did something being difficult mean it wasn't worth trying ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 5 Oct 2006 16:52
Homer J Simpson wrote: > "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:4524DBAC.D9161B4D(a)hotmail.com... > > > We were much nicer to our enemy aliens. > > > > " At the outbreak of war there were around 80,000 potential enemy aliens > > in > > Britain who, it was feared, could be spies, or willing to assist Britain's > > enemies in the event of an invasion. All Germans and Austrians over the > > age > > of 16 were called before special tribunals and were divided into one of > > three groups: > > 'A' - high security risks, numbering just under 600, who were immediately > > interned; > > 'B' - 'doubtful cases', numbering around 6,500, who were supervised and > > subject to restrictions; > > 'C' - 'no security risk', numbering around 64,000, who were left at > > liberty. More than 55,000 of category 'C' were recognised as refugees from > > Nazi oppression. The vast majority of these were Jewish. " > > The US also helped round up Jews in S America and send them back to the > Nazis. They were enemy aliens you see. What sheer genius ! Graham |