From: T Wake on

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message
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>T Wake wrote:
>>
>> Nope. I still appear to have been spot on here. I can see how that fear
>> prevents you thinking though.
>
>
> What do I have to fear? Surely not the likes of you or the stuffed
> donkey.

Well, if you had replied to my message instead of cutting the context you
wouldn't have had to ask that question.

>> Try it one day. Honestly, the voices in your head wont mind.
>
> No voices, just severe tinnitus. I'm curious though, what do the
> voices say?

Well, you are better placed to answer that than I am.

> You really do need to work to improve your inadequate trolling
> skills.

Sorry, I will try harder. I notice it is hard to get you to react. Do you
salivate when you hear a bell?


From: Michael A. Terrell on
Ken Smith wrote:
>
> In article <4526bce3$1$3495$91cee783(a)newsreader02.highway.telekom.at>,
> Daniel Mandic <daniel_mandic(a)aon.at> wrote:
> >Eeyore wrote:
> >
> >> Bin Laden's quite possibly dead.
> >>
> >
> >
> >He died in Tora Bora
>
> He is driving a cab in New York.


That was after he was fired as a Vegas showgirl.


--
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
From: John Fields on
On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 20:09:17 +0100, "T Wake"
<usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:

>
>"John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> wrote in message
>news:fueci29affhfosfvm4mo2rjnkom8h5bplt(a)4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:17:08 +0100, Eeyore
>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>John Fields wrote:
>>>
>>>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> >T Wake wrote:
>>>> >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote
>>>> >> > T Wake wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> >> If westerners are more concerned with staying alive than having
>>>> >> >> their
>>>> >> >> freedoms eventually they will convert and the conflict will end.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > Why would they ever convert and why do you even consider that this
>>>> >> > is what
>>>> >> > it's about ?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Because this is the simplistic example.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> They would convert because, as the example said, they are more
>>>> >> concerned
>>>> >> with staying alive than remaining free.
>>>> >
>>>> >You wouldn't catch me doing it. I believe in the right to practice no
>>>> >religion
>>>> >at all !
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> They don't, so you'd be dead, silly boy.
>>>
>>>Since it's not going to happen it's hypothetical.
>>
>> ---
>> So what? This entire argument is hypothetical, so if you buy the
>> premise you buy the bit.
>>
>> If you dislike being in hypothetical space why do you even bother to
>> show your ugly faces?
>>
>
>Why the plural?

---
Good catch! :-)

Because he's two-faced.


--
John Fields
Professional Circuit Designer
From: T Wake on

"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 21:57:28 +0100, "T Wake"
> <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message
>>news:4526C148.40E07BEA(a)earthlink.net...
>>> John Larkin wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Well, they do bring up some subjects that are interesting, and give me
>>>> opportunities to practice my writing styles. And, actually, conversing
>>>> with fat, unhappy European neurotics makes me appreciate my life and
>>>> my country even more!
>>>>
>>>> John
>>>
>>>
>>> Amen! Good food and a good day at the range shooting Eurotrolls.
>>> What could be better? The reason they taste like chicken? They ARE
>>> Chickens! ;-)
>>
>>It is easy to talk big on USENET. In reality all you are doing is making
>>it
>>look like you cant maintain a coherent point of view for more than about
>>40
>>seconds.
>>
>>I am sure you think this makes you look good. I suspect some of the others
>>here think it does as well. The reality however is very different.
>>
>
> It doesn't matter how you look; that's a neurotic fallacy. What
> matters is how you feel.

Ok, fair one. If making post like that make him (or anyone else) feel good,
excellent. I would question the mind of the type of person who feels good
calling others names on USENET but then, I am not a psychiatrist and have no
idea what I am talking about.


From: T Wake on

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>
> John Fields wrote:
>
>> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >John Fields wrote:
>> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >T Wake wrote:
>> >> >> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote..
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > That's very hypothetical but I reckon I'd fight against any
>> >> >> > tyranny
>> >> >> > suppressing important freedoms.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Aha, you only defend "Important" freedoms. Ok.
>> >> >
>> >> >It was meant to be emphasis about *fighting*.
>> >>
>> >> ---
>> >> Busted!!!
>> >>
>> >> If it was, you would have written:
>> >>
>> >> "That's very hypothetical but I reckon I'd fight against any tyranny
>> >> suppressing freedom."
>> >
>> >So ?
>>
>> ---
>> You make a distinction between "important" freedoms and whatever's
>> left over, which must be the "non-important freedoms."
>>
>> Which ones would those be?
>
> Some ppl suggest that ID cards are an infrigement of our freedoms. I'm not
> completely convinced that's the case.

I am.

> I would consider the freedom to practice a faith of one's choice or no
> faith at
> all to be totally un-negotiable however.

And I also think that is as well.