From: Eeyore on 8 Oct 2006 13:44 John Fields wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >krw wrote: > >> rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com says... > >> > Kurt Ullman wrote: > >> > > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >> > We won the Battle of Britain with no American help. > >> > >> No ammunition? No fuel? No food? > > > >Paid for. > > > >> No brains! > > > >What American brains ? None were involved. > > --- > ??? > > http://www.taphilo.com/history/WWII/BofBamericanpilots.shtml 7 American pilots ( out of a total of 510 non British flyers ) joined the RAF in the Battle of Britain according to Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_britain#Foreign_contribution So what ? What's the big deal about *brains* ??? Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Oct 2006 13:57 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > If you had your way, everybody would convert to Islam. OK. > Assume that. Let's not assume that at all. No-one going to convert to Islam here under duress. How daft can you be to even imagine such a thing ? > Since the factions are already killing each > other, what makes you think that they will stop killing and > murdering and destroying all infrastructure? The goal > is to destroy Western infrastructure. This means bridges, > roads, computers, any science results and their applications, > white collar jobs, blue collar jobs, manufacturing plants, > food processing plants, etc. No it isn't. You're utterly mad. Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Oct 2006 13:57 John Larkin 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. You flatter yourself about the impact of American 'culture'. Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Oct 2006 13:59 John Fields wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net wrote: > >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote > >> > > >> > I see terrorist attack doesn't make the top twenty then :-) That war on > >> > tobacco really needs to get started soon. > >> > >> It has, thankfully. Most major cities in the US ban tobacco use in public > >> places, and several states are considering state-wide bans. Still perfectly > >> legal at home and in most places outdoors, but at least I can eat dinner in > >> a restaurant without smoke making me physically ill. > > > >I can barely wait for the UK law banning smoking in public places to come into > >effect. It'll be so much nicer. > > --- > The last time my wife came back from the UK she said she couldn't > believe how much you people smoke. How much do you all smoke? I don't know what the numbers are but I was delighted on Friday evening to find the pub almost smoke free. You could actually smell girls' perfume for once ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 8 Oct 2006 14:11
John Fields wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >The only thing that worries me about the 'state of the world' is what > >idiocy America's up to next. > > --- > Bullshit. > > All you're trying to do is avoid having to account for yourself in a > way which won't cast you in a bad light. > > How much do you weigh? > > How much do you make? > > How much do you laugh? > > Who would you like to see dead? > > Are you willing to answer even just _one_ of the questions? Why the heck should I ? What's it got to do with anything ? What gives you the idea you even have any right to ask such intrusive questions ? Graham |