From: T Wake on

"Ken Smith" <kensmith(a)green.rahul.net> wrote in message
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> In article <9eWdncK2mZOUcbrYRVnyuw(a)pipex.net>,
> T Wake <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>
> [...]
>>> Democrats don't want to talk about it; if
>>> they don't talk about it, they cannot deal with it.
>>
>>I dont know enough about American political infighting to respond to this.
>>However, If, as previously mentioned, the problem has existed for a
>>century,
>>I suspect all parties are equally guilty of action / inaction.
>
> The republicans don't seem to be guilty of inaction. With the actions
> they have taken, the US is running out of feet though.

:-)

> [...]
>>No amount of extremist bombings can repeal your constitution unless _you_
>>(American people) chose to allow it. Fear of the imaginary external threat
>>will cause more damage than some idiots with a bomb.
>
> It isn't the fear that causes the problem it is cowardice. Courage isn't
> the lack of fear. It is carrying on in the face of fear. Even a public
> that is afraid of an imaginary threat can refuse to give up its rights.

Very true and I agree.


From: jmfbahciv on
In article <4527EEC5.31FECB0D(a)hotmail.com>,
Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Who is this they of which you speak?
>>
>> Islamic extremists. Bin Laden has declared it. Iran has
>> declared this goal. Clerics wish to remove all vestiges
>> of Western civilzation; this includes no freedom of the press,
>> TV and probably all computers (anything with a picture of a human
>> being), all women in chattel (this is 50% of the labor force),
>> public schools will shut down, private property will no longer
>> be allowed, banks will be closed so trade will have to revert
>> back to person-to-person bartering.
>
>This is simply untrue.
>
>Where did you get this idea ?

I am able to think reasonably well.

/BAH
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <3euci2dd3t4o9t2qm6829q55uknrm3hu62(a)4ax.com>,
John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>On Fri, 06 Oct 06 11:26:29 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>
>>>Our freedoms are under threat as a result of American stupidity.
>>
>>Now I understand you. It is not Bin Laden's fault that he
>>is going to kill a lot of people. It's the Americans' fault
>>that caused Islamic extremists to want to destroy Western
>>civilization.
>
>That's actually true. "American" culture, which is actually world
>culture, is the thing they fear will seduce their sons and liberate
>their daughters. As it must.

I call that Western Civilization, not American culture.

/BAH
From: jmfbahciv on
In article <5puVg.13906$7I1.7983(a)newssvr27.news.prodigy.net>,
<lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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>> 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.
>
>That's a copout. How about any recollection at all of where you saw it, so
>others can try to verify?

The time was around 2004. It was a site that translates that
news issued in Arabian. The essay counted 3,000,000 Arabs
who had been killed by the US since 1500s and 3 million
Americans would have to die to make things equal.

/BAH
From: T Wake on

<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message
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> In article <eg5ts4$70s$15(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>,
> lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote:
>>In article <eg58fu$8ss_015(a)s831.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com>,
>> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>>In article <ZQ8Vg.19638$Ij.7364(a)newssvr14.news.prodigy.com>,
>>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> <snip>
>
>>>>>> People start to lose perspective on what
>>>>>>is happening and why. It really is a very powerful narcotic.
>>>>>
>>>>> People can also lose perspective if they assume that Bush
>>>>> is always wrong and is the cause of all ills which is the
>>>>> only thing you hear from his political opposition.
>>>>
>>>>I don't. I evaluate critically.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> This causes a lot of people to overlook the fact that these
>>>>> same politicians do not intend to deal with the threat
>>>>> to the nation.
>>>>
>>>>Why do you assume that they "do not intend to deal with the threat"?
>>>
>>>They say so. Whenever asked for specifics, the Democrat leadership
>>>replies with, "Trust me."
>>
>>Anything is better than "stay the course."
>
> So you are saying that conceding to the Islamic terrorists is
> better?

Are there only two options?