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From: John Larkin on 2 Oct 2006 11:37 On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:13:41 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote: > >> In article <4520C734.BF44F5D0(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes: >> >> >There is no such thing as a coherent 'Islamic terrorist' movement, much as the USA would like to have >you >> believe it. Much Islamic terrorism isn't even targeted at the West. >> >> There wasn't such thing as a coherent "Axis" in 1939-40. There were >> three separate nations, pursuing separate goals, often in >> non-coordinated fashion, at times even in a way which was detrimental >> to the other Axis members goals. > >Your fixation with the history of WW2 is idiotic. Is ignorance better? John
From: T Wake on 2 Oct 2006 11:39 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45205916.9EE8E163(a)hotmail.com... > > > T Wake wrote: > >> <mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu> wrote in message >> >> > I'll say again, it is a war, refusing to recognize it as such will not >> > make it go away. >> >> I disagree. It is not a war. This is not a case of "refusing to recognise >> it >> as such." Wars are wars. Soldiers are notoriously bad at fighting >> terrorism. >> Terrorists are criminals. > > Indeed. And no War on Crime has ever been won. > Heading down the road of philosophical arguments now, but would it be possible to "win" a war on crime? Like all the "War on ..." sound bites, how can they ever be won?
From: John Larkin on 2 Oct 2006 11:40 On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:37:29 GMT, mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote: >In article <4520DB95.FA98E674(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes: >> >> >>mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote: >> >>> In article <4520D844.DCF01BAD(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore writes: >>> >mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote: >>> >>Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> writes: >>> >> >>> >> >There is no such thing as a coherent 'Islamic terrorist' movement, much as the USA would like to >> >have >>> you believe it. Much Islamic terrorism isn't even targeted at the West. >>> >> >>> >> There wasn't such thing as a coherent "Axis" in 1939-40. There were >>> >> three separate nations, pursuing separate goals, often in >>> >> non-coordinated fashion, at times even in a way which was detrimental >>> >> to the other Axis members goals. >>> > >>> >Your fixation with the history of WW2 is idiotic. >>> >>> I'll take this for a tacit admition that you've no better answer. >> >>The history of WW2 has nothing useful to offer in the current context. In fact it's wholly misleading to use it as >>any kind of template. >> >Aha. And this is based on, well, on your say so. Well, since I >already determined to my satisfaction what you're, don't expect me to >put to much of a weight on you opinions. > >Mati Meron | "When you argue with a fool, >meron(a)cars.uchicago.edu | chances are he is doing just the same" Graham has a pathological and mostly irrational hatred of America, and makes up things to support that need. So naturally he doesn't like to be reminded about stuff like WWII or the Cold War. He believes that the UK and Russia defeated Germany with little need for US assistance. John
From: Eeyore on 2 Oct 2006 11:50 Jim Thompson wrote: > On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:57:37 -0700, John Larkin wrote: > >On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:09:14 +0100, Eeyore wrote: > >>> Jim Thompson wrote: > >>> > > >>> > That's where we pretend we like the French ;-) > >>> > >>> Sorry, Jim, but I'm not THAT good at playing pretend. > >> > >>Don't worry. The French don't much like your kind of Americans either. > >> > >>Graham > > > >Heck, you can hardly get into a roadside rest area bathroom for the > >crowds from the French tour busses. On our way back from Monterey, my > >wife had to sit shivering at the Junipera Serra rest stop for that > >very reason, waiting out a bus full of female French tourists. If you > >go to the top of Twin Peaks in San Francisco, the language you're most > >likely to overhear is German. > > > >Stay home! The lines at Peet's Coffee and Joseph Schmidt Chocolate are > >long enough already. > > > >John > > I've seen very few French tourists here in AZ... probably because > they'd be shunned ;-) What is there for them to see ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 2 Oct 2006 11:55
John Larkin wrote: > On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:13:41 +0100, Eeyore wrote: > >mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote: > >> In article <4520C734.BF44F5D0(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore writes: > >> > >> >There is no such thing as a coherent 'Islamic terrorist' movement, much as the USA would like to have >you > >> believe it. Much Islamic terrorism isn't even targeted at the West. > >> > >> There wasn't such thing as a coherent "Axis" in 1939-40. There were > >> three separate nations, pursuing separate goals, often in > >> non-coordinated fashion, at times even in a way which was detrimental > >> to the other Axis members goals. > > > >Your fixation with the history of WW2 is idiotic. > > Is ignorance better? It simply has zero relevance to the issue at hand. Mind you, just to put your fevered American minds at rest, should European Islam be stupid enough to get 'nasty' expect another 'Kristallnacht' with Muslims being progromised. Graham |