From: Michael A. Terrell on
Jim Thompson wrote:
>
> I've seen very few French tourists here in AZ... probably because
> they'd be shunned ;-)


The ones I've met in Florida were quite rude, and about as ignorant
as the donkey. They think we owe them a huge favor because they came
here to harass us. :(


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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida
From: Eeyore on


John Fields wrote:

> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:00:52 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
>
> >There is no such thing as a coherent 'Islamic terrorist' movement, much as the USA would like to have
> >youbelieve it. Much Islamic terrorism isn't even targeted at the West.
>
> ---
> So what? With world domonation as its goal, one would expect it
> would strike world-wide, as the opportunity arose.

Who do you assert has world domination as its goal ?

Graham

From: Eeyore on


John Fields wrote:

> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:08:21 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
> >JoeBloe wrote:
> >> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:23:00 GMT, "Homer J Simpson" Gave us:
> >> >"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote
> >> >
> >> >>>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?
> >> >
> >> >Outside of the USA.
> >>
> >> The Unite States gives away billions of dollars a year in aid
> >
> >The USA's aid donations are well below that of many other Western nations who
> >aren't even as rich !
>
> ---
> That's because we don't like to feed the hand that bites us.

You've never heard of cause and effect ?????

Graham

From: John Fields on
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:11:24 +0100, Eeyore
<rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>
>Homer J Simpson wrote:
>
>> the officers, who are all white, thought he was going for a gun
>
>Racism is alive and well in the good 'ol USA.

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LOL, with all that anti-American bile surging through your system,
"Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much." :-O


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From: John Larkin on
On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:16:54 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

>On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:58:50 -0700, John Larkin
><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 16:00:32 +0100, Eeyore
>><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>John Larkin wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 08:47:23 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
>>>> >John Larkin wrote:
>>>> >> On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 02:33:19 +0100, Eeyore wrote:
>>>> >> >mmeron(a)cars3.uchicago.edu wrote:
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >> The US is not demonizing Islam, at this point. It makes the
>>>> >> >> distinction between Islam and Islamic extremism.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> >I can assure you that many Americans don't understand the difference.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> How many is "many"? Seven? If "many" means "a significant fraction",
>>>> >> then you are, as usual, inventing anti-American "facts."
>>>> >
>>>> >The majority who post on Usenet for sure !
>>>> >
>>>> >It seems to me that the US War on Terror has simply created a new kind of
>>>> >hostile racism or culture'ism of a sort.
>>>> >
>>>> >Graham
>>>>
>>>> I read about a recent experiment that was done in the UK. In response
>>>> to advertised job openings, good but fake resumes were invented and
>>>> sent in, with the only difference that some had English-sounding names
>>>> and some had Muslim-sounding names. The response ratio was about 5:1.
>>>
>>>I suspect this is another urban myth actually. A similar thing was *really*
>>>done with different ages in fact.
>>
>>
>>It's in here...
>>
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Muslim#Islamophobia_in_Europe
>>
>>John
>>
>
>Yep. However I wouldn't hang my hat on anything CAIR has to offer.
>Around here they spout all kinds of hate, refuse to say anything
>negative about extremism, nor be interviewed by the media.
>
>My feeling is that if American Muslims can't/won't be outspoken
>against their extremist brothers, in an out-and-out world blow-up
>they'll be rounded up into camps just like the Japanese-Americans in
>WWII... deservedly... "silence implies consent" (Sir Thomas More).

The only people who should be "rounded up" are people who commit
crimes.

John