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From: Eeyore on 6 Oct 2006 16:41 lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> > >>> 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 ? > > > > They were brought in a culture that admires killing; I wasn't. > > Again, evidence to justify this assumption? All the Muslims I know are very > much peace-loving people. Certainly much more so than any of the "kill 'em > all" Americans I see on this group. Ironic isn't it ? Graham
From: John Larkin on 6 Oct 2006 16:43 On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:47:03 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >news:452577B2.729A2190(a)earthlink.net... >>T Wake wrote: >>> >>> "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. >> >> Really? Look at some historical texts and get back to me. > >Not sure about spelling, but I've read some very well-researched serious >scholarly linguistic articles that say that the British English accent at >the time of the American colonies was very much closer to the current New >England accent than to the current variety of British accents. It seems >speech in the "colonies" was and is much more conservative than speech in >the mother land. I don't remember what their evidence was, there are >obviously no audio tapes to compare. However, I do remember them being >pretty certain of their evidence--it was really much more than just >speculation. It may have had to do with several isolated societies in North >Carolina Appalachians that have almost exactly the same accent as New >England. This is part of the reason I get so amused when Brits look down >their noses at US pronunciation and lexicon, and act like they're the only >ones entitled to call themselves "speakers of English". (No, let's not >start *that* pissing match again.) > >Some linguists even interpret the shifts in England as related to blueblood >Londoners putting on airs, and that accent subsequently catching on in other >parts of the country. I suspect this last part is a bit of a stretch, but >the whole thing is an interesting thesis. I find it fascinating to think >about how people spoke in the past, and how language has evolved. Puts a >whole new perspective in the various new inner-city lexicons and >pronunciations that have developed, even in my lifetime. > >Eric Lucas > I can't really make out much of Chaucer. Shakespeare is a bit difficult but intelligable. Sir Walter Scott and Dickens and Jane Austen look perfectly modern to me. So the half-life of English is roughly 400 years. I have a friend from El Salvador who says that Cervantes reads just like modern Spanish, which has apparently evolved a lot slower than English. John
From: T Wake on 6 Oct 2006 16:44 "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message news:4526BEF3.22152096(a)earthlink.net... >T Wake wrote: >> >> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >> news:4526B196.7F3BC708(a)earthlink.net... >> >T Wake wrote: >> >> >> >> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message >> >> news:4526913C.D6CD8A9C(a)earthlink.net... >> >> >T Wake wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Inbreeding is a terrible thing. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Then stop doing it and let your family tree grow some real >> >> > branches. >> >> > >> >> >> >> Sorry, I didn't realise you held the monopoly on it. Hey, I am sure it >> >> makes >> >> it easier for you to remember father / mothers day though. And you >> >> only >> >> need >> >> a small house for a family get together. No wonder you want to keep it >> >> all >> >> to yourself. >> > >> > >> > Nice try. Must be some of that lowbrow british humor. >> >> No, I was being serious for once. I just thought that your, erm, talents >> were due to the gene puddle you stem from being a bit muddied. > > > > See how wrong you are when you try to think? > Nope. I still appear to have been spot on here. I can see how that fear prevents you thinking though. Try it one day. Honestly, the voices in your head wont mind.
From: YD on 6 Oct 2006 16:52 On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:37:56 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >YD wrote: >> >> Clue to what, exactly? This far all you have done is rant about >> exterminating everything outside US borders. > > > You really do have reading comprehension problems don't you? So you confirm your wish to exterminate everything outside US borders then? - YD. -- Remove HAT if replying by mail.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 6 Oct 2006 16:45
T Wake wrote: > > Here we reach the crux of the problem. I am an able bodied veteran yet you > implied I was a terrorist if I didn't want people to intercept my > communications. No, i asked if you have nothing to hide, why are you worried? I guess the Brits are more fucked up than I gave them credit for. > > It seems you dont want people you dont approve of having _your_ personal > detail either. > > > I don't have a bank account, I have a Credit Union account, which you > > didn't ask about. The movement already has that information, and you as > > a foreigner have no right to ask. > > Which brings me right back in a circle. You really do have a short attention > span dont you. Wouldn't you like to know. > I said it was wrong for _your_ country to intercept my communication. You > said "Unless you are a terrorist, what are you worried about?" > > It is heart warming to know that double standards remain firmly in place. Repeating yourself? > > Movements? Well, I haven't had one yet today, but thanks for asking. > > I'll send it to you for your investigation if you need it. > > You haven't had one but it is aware of your Credit Union account? Strange. > > > If you want to know who I talk to, hire a P.I. I don't feel like > > asking everyone I have to talk to their names, because it isn't my > > business to ask. Even if I did, they have no reason to tell me. You're > > the security expert so it should be really easy for you to investigate > > me. > > > > BTW, don't bother with an IP lookup, it shows the wrong city. > > > > You must be a terrorist then. You are refusing to reveal your activities and > your IP points somewhere else. Like I have control over someone else's data base. They keep changing the city, but they still haven't got it right. > > What are you trying to hide here? I have nothing to hide. Why are you pulling a Joe McCarthy? > My role in security is not to spy on people it is to prevent it happening > where appropriate and prevent break ins (mainly). Then you ask too many questions for your own good. My last job was building communications equipment for government agencies, and I was check out more than once. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |