From: John Larkin on
On 10 Oct 2006 14:00:12 GMT, "Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic(a)aon.at>
wrote:

>Michael A. Terrell wrote:
>
>> Its a good thing for England that the demented donkey doesn't
>> believe North Korea's missiles and warheads are any threat.
>
>
>Just to your troops, stationed up and down there. :-(
>Nuclear seems the only way to get rid of their faint blackout, caused
>by your permanent pressure there. Shame on you!
>
>For this North-Korea invasion you get a -5 from me!
>
>
>

So you approve of the North Korean government, and disapprove of the
US defense of the South?

What's your opinion of mass starvation? Approve or disapprove?

John

From: T Wake on

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:452BB54D.24E6C679(a)earthlink.net...
> jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>>
>> In article <452B8438.3468BE7B(a)earthlink.net>,
>> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>> >>
>> >> In article <kmnki2t5q21v3q4unpq99qqsner3pu6mhr(a)4ax.com>,
>> >> John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote:
>> >> >On Mon, 09 Oct 06 10:36:40 GMT, jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >>If your grocery store carries only one kind of apple, it
>> >> >>doesn't matter how many other vareities you want if it
>> >> >>is the only store carrying apples. The only way you can
>> >> >>get him to carry the variety you want is to convince him.
>> >> >>This is called changing his mindset. Until you do that,
>> >> >>there is no other option available to you for getting
>> >> >>the apple you want.
>> >> >
>> >> >Just go to another store! That's what I do.
>> >>
>> >> There aren't any other stores. There won't be any other
>> >> stores. You are assuming that capitalism, a.k.a.
>> >> competition, is allowed.
>> >>
>> >> /BAH
>> >
>> >
>> > I would do the same thing I do right now. If I can't find what I
>> >want, I don't buy anything. I walk out of a lot of stores, empty handed
>> >because what I came for wasn't in stock. As far as apples go, I haven't
>> >seen one fit to eat in four months, so its been that long since I've had
>> >one.
>>
>> Yea, I know. There was something weird about the apple market
>> this year. Macs just got stocked two weeks ago.
>>
>> > A dollar a pound for apples the size of a large chicken egg?
>> >Forget it! There isn't enough to take two good bites, so someone else
>> >can buy them.
>>
>> My tree produced apples the size of crabapples this year. There
>> was something odd about this year's apple crop. Tomatoes seemed
>> to stay unusually small but we haven't figured out if it's the
>> seed or the season; have to wait until next year to test that.
>>
>> Now, what if the item you want to acquire is a continuation of your
>> life style? The only store won't allow it and destroys anything
>> that has the taint of that life style?
>>
>> Now what do you do?
>>
>> /BAH
>
>
> Destroy my lifestyle? That's almost funny. I live a very simple
> life since I am 100% disabled. My "Lifestyle" is one of basic survival.
> I don't want fancy foods (That I can't eat anyway), I don't want
> expensive booze, because I don't drink. My truck is 19 years old, My TV
> is seven years old, and this computer was assembled from a half dozen
> junkers. If the stores drop what I "NEED", they will be closing their
> doors for good, anyway. I have lived most of my life with the attitude
> that if I couldn't fix it, i didn't need it, If I didn't have cash, I
> didn't buy it. I've NEVER had a credit card, and I don't want any.
>
> Do you have another house of cards waiting to fall?
>

For once, and perhaps worryingly, I find myself agreeing with your
sentiments here.


From: T Wake on

"Frithiof Andreas Jensen" <frithiof.jensen(a)die_spammer_die.ericsson.com>
wrote in message news:egg38a$r3o$1(a)news.al.sw.ericsson.se...
>
> "John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
> message
> news:b5qki29j7v7jkck7lj1d6n54dp8u9r03ms(a)4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 11:09:53 +0200, "Frithiof Andreas Jensen"
>> <frithiof.jensen(a)die_spammer_die.ericsson.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"John Larkin" <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote in
>> >message
>> >news:iq1ji2t66ov05f69i8oamaop8nq107jigb(a)4ax.com...
>> >> On Sun, 08 Oct 2006 20:29:08 GMT, Jan Panteltje
>> >> <pNaonStpealmtje(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >Veil seeking missiles serve 2 things:
>> >> >1) The fear for them will keep the veils away and preserve our
>> >> >society.
>> >> >2) It will keep the veils away and preserve our society.
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Do you really think that women wearing veils is a threat to your
>> >> society? How fragile that sounds.
>> >
>> >In much the same way that skinheads wearing "hagen-kreutz" are - the
>> >wearers
>> >boldly avertise that they are outsiders that want a different society
>> >where
> the
>> >outsider-norms are the rule.
>> >
>>
>> Scairy, aren't they, people who have different opinions and haircuts
>> from yours.
>
> "Different" --- I think that "Alien" is more correct!
>
> Stirring the interest factor, we have for example Mona Sheikh, Tariq
> Ramadan,
> Abu Laban constantly lecturing us barbarians on the value of adopting
> stoning
> and beheading through sharia law - when "they" become "many enough".

If they become many through a legitimate democratic process, I cant what the
alternative is. We have non-Muslims advocating the death penalty.

If they become many through something other than a legitimate democratic
process, I can't see how it would work. Open, legitimate, democracies are a
very resilient form of government.


From: Lloyd Parker on
In article <452A8401.BA13C0FF(a)earthlink.net>,
"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>Lloyd Parker wrote:
>>
>> It was in a commercial flight path. And the pilot had no way of knowing
the
>> ship was calling HIS plane.
>
>
> So, what plane did the pilot think they were calling?
>
>

They were calling on frequencies the pilot probably wasn't even monitoring.
From: lucasea on

"Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:452B24D6.7B8C3149(a)earthlink.net...
> John Larkin wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 02:50:52 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell"
>> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> >John Larkin wrote:
>> >>
>> >> I studied the Jefferson-Hamilton debate in school, as most of us have,
>> >> and I'm not ignorant of it. Amendment 4,
>> >>
>> >> "The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,
>> >> papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall
>> >> not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause,
>> >> supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the
>> >> place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
>> >>
>> >> doesn't address whether the people have a right to privacy when
>> >> engaged in public affairs, or when using a NASA-launched satellite to
>> >> send messages to another country. Censorship of international
>> >> correspondence in time of war would not have shocked the Founders.
>> >>
>> >> Your insertion of phrases like "of which you appear ignorant" is
>> >> silly. And I don't care what you consider to be "excusable" because
>> >> you have no means of enforcing your rules. So you might stick to
>> >> trying to make sense.
>> >
>> >
>> > Soldiers letters home were censored during WW II, I have seen
>> >pictures of letters with words or sentences cut out. I have a DVD with
>> >some WW II training films, including one about "Loose Lips Sink Ships",
>> >telling the military what they could, and could not write home about in
>> >any war related effort.
>>
>> There's always a compromise between liberty and safety. That's why we
>> have traffic lights.
>
>
> Yes, not to mention idiots on motorcycles who blow through red lights
> without slowing down.


Darwin at work. Stupidity *should* be lethal.

Eric Lucas