From: John Fields on 2 Oct 2006 12:36 On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 20:45:18 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 19:23:18 -0700, Jim Thompson ><To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote: > >>On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 18:46:21 -0700, John Larkin >><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >> >>>On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:14:02 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" >>><nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>>"Gordon" <gordonlr(a)DELETEswbell.net> wrote in message >>>>news:00c0i29vn31ejl71pku1d0r1nfaevj6p4i(a)4ax.com... >>>> >>>>>>So you are saying they are NOT better Xtians than everyone else? >>>>>> >>>>> No, I'm saying that this war on terrorism started long before >>>>> President Bush and the present Republican administration was >>>>> involved in any way. >>>> >>>>But it isn't a war. It is a problem for a police force that requires >>>>international cooperation, something the US is notoriously unable or >>>>unwilling to be involved in. >>>> >>>> >>> >>>I don't understand those words, "international cooperation." Where >>>might that be found? >>> >>>John >>> >>> >> >>That's where we pretend we like the French ;-) >> >> ...Jim Thompson > >And the French pretend to have principles. --- I think they do, actually, and it seems to me that their principles revolve around their trying to be able to be infinite sinks. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: Eeyore on 2 Oct 2006 12:35 T Wake wrote: > <mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu> wrote in message > > > As I said, you're thinking way too small. And, too parochial. The > > belief that other people are just reacting to what we do, not acting > > on their own plans and ideas, is touching, but not anchored in > > reality. It is a pleasant belief, no doubt, since it presents us with > > the illusion of control, with the sense that ultimately all that's > > happening depends only on what we do, thus we just have to find the > > proper mode of behavior and everything will be great. A pleasant > > illusion, but no more than this. > > > > So, if the West's actions have no impact on the behaviour of the "opponent," > how can the war be won? Your post implies that nothing we [tinw] can do will > change their behaviour. > > Do you advocate armed conflict purely out of vengeful spite? That's how I see current US policy in fact. They just won't ever get over 9/11 until Mecca runs with blood. Graham
From: John Fields on 2 Oct 2006 12:39 On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:01:20 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" <nobody(a)nowhere.com> wrote: > >"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message >news:9c11i2dvshqagolpbfneulpfegh53tpgiv(a)4ax.com... > >>>I seem to recall references to "Shock and Awe". Doesn't sound like the >>>cops >>>to me - unless it's the nutjob US cops who shoot everything in sight. > >> Very select things actually. > >Police shoot at unarmed man 41 times --- That's not selective? -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: Richard Herring on 2 Oct 2006 12:37 In message <IRpTg.104052$jf1.1156126(a)phobos.telenet-ops.be>, Dirk Van de moortel <dirkvandemoortel(a)ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com> writes > >"martin griffith" <mart_in_medina(a)yahoo.esXXX> wrote in message >news:ge7rh2dhhptpsilekktnd9svbtdirpq2lb(a)4ax.com... >> On 29 Sep 2006 09:06:40 -0700, in sci.electronics.design >> science_for_jihad(a)yahoo.com wrote: >> >>>Jihad needs competent scientists in the fields of nuclear physics, >>>chemistry and biology. Qualified scientists and engineers at the >>>Master/Ph.D. level and above are encouraged to apply. Readiness to >>>travel and to pass a preliminary examination is required. >>> >>>Anyone interested should send his anonymous CV to the address >>>science_for_jihad(a)yahoo.com . The CV should contain information >>>reflecting the academic level reached by the candidate and his work >>>experience. The information however should not be so accurate as to >>>identify the candidate. An appropriately fantasious nickname and a >>>birth date corresponding to the approximate age of the candidate should >>>also be provided, together with a working email address. Further >>>instructions will follow. >> >> Hey, nice spoof, any suggestions on fantasious nick names? > >Hadji Maharadji? A Hindu who's been to Mecca? -- Richard Herring
From: John Fields on 2 Oct 2006 12:56
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:44:02 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >John Larkin wrote: > >> On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 22:14:02 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" wrote: >> >"Gordon" <gordonlr(a)DELETEswbell.net> wrote >> > >> >>>So you are saying they are NOT better Xtians than everyone else? >> >>> >> >> No, I'm saying that this war on terrorism started long before >> >> President Bush and the present Republican administration was >> >> involved in any way. >> > >> >But it isn't a war. It is a problem for a police force that requires >> >international cooperation, something the US is notoriously unable or >> >unwilling to be involved in. >> >> I don't understand those words, "international cooperation." Where >> might that be found? > >Not in the USA it seems. > >Have you forgotten that 'foreign' intelligence agencies warned the USA of >a potential terrorist attack ? > >Have you forgotten that the USA regularly denigrates the UN ? > >International co-operation ! Hmmm......... --- You're obviously selectively deaf. Have you never heard of Camp David? Have you never heard that it's usually the US who brokers cease-fires and provides safe haven for peace talks? -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer |