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From: jmfbahciv on 6 Oct 2006 07:27 In article <4526343A.24C8CC03(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> ISTR that Bin Laden's next goal is to kill 3 million people > >Cite ? I don't have one since I can't access the web. /BAH
From: jmfbahciv on 6 Oct 2006 07:28 In article <452634AB.3341D603(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >> >That said, you are nitpicking in the same manner. More than ten times as >> >many people die every year as died as a result of the 11 Sep 01 attack. That >> >is TEN attacks of that scale (and that was a large scale attack by anyone's >> >standards) every single year. Year in, year out and accepted as a normal >> >risk in life. >> > >> >Amazing really. >> >> So much for mess prevention. So how many people does Bin Laden >> have to kill before you deal with this problem? 300,000? >> 3,000,000? 300,000,000? A billion? > >What makes you think any of the above are even remotely possible ? Because I can think of one that will kill a billion in less than 1/2 year. If I can think it, they certainly can. They were brought in a culture that admires killing; I wasn't. /BAH
From: Kurt Ullman on 6 Oct 2006 08:34 In article <eg5el9$8qk_011(a)s831.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Because I can think of one that will kill a billion in less > than 1/2 year. If I can think it, they certainly can. They > were brought in a culture that admires killing; I wasn't. > > /BAH Religion as a blood sport..
From: John Fields on 6 Oct 2006 08:57 On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 01:00:07 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >John Fields wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >John Fields wrote: >> > >> >> I think the US's actions speak otherwise in that, clearly, we have >> >> no aspirations to Empire. >> > >> >" the Project for the New American Century is a non-profit, educational organization >> >whose goal is to promote American global leadership " >> > >> >http://www.newamericancentury.org/aboutpnac.htm >> > >> >> Had we chosen to we could have kept >> >> Germany and Japan after we beat them, but we didn't. >> > >> >The *USA* didn't beat them and they weren't yours to keep. >> >> --- >> We sure as hell did > >I'd give you most of the credit for Japan but Europe ? No way ever. > > >> , and they were spoils of war, to do with as we saw fit. > >No they weren't ! --- Sure they were. As has already been pointed out, we occupied Japan for as long as we thought necessary to ensure that their former governmental system would be completely dismantled and irrevocably replaced by one of our choosing. As far as Germany goes, it was split up much like a treasure chest won in a war (the "spoils of war") might be. --- >> How do you think England got to be an empire, by giving it all back? > >How many countries did we have to go to war with ( and how many killed ) to get the >Empire ? --- Who cares? The point is that the Empire came into existence because of your acquisition and retention of "spoils of war". -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: John Fields on 6 Oct 2006 09:05
On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:07:41 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message >news:qnh8i2l3sk3mgns6ct1ausd966j3ah3kiu(a)4ax.com... > >>>In no real sense. At best they are fatuous claims of superiority "God's >>>chosen people". Reality rarely confirms such beliefs. >> >> --- >> Really? >> >> Dietary laws? >> >> Acceptable social behavior? >> >> Personal cleanliness? >> >> Settlement of disputes? >> >> and on and on... >> >> None of these are important to insure the survival of people who >> have lived in the desert for thousands of years? > >Australian aborigines? --- Same thing for any aboriginal people, but passed down by word of mouth and example learned from experience. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer |