From: Michael A. Terrell on 2 Oct 2006 13:24 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. :( -- 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: Eeyore on 2 Oct 2006 13:24 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 2 Oct 2006 13:26 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 2 Oct 2006 13:31 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. --- LOL, with all that anti-American bile surging through your system, "Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much." :-O -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: John Larkin on 2 Oct 2006 13:30
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 |