From: Jonathan Kirwan on 16 Oct 2006 14:43 On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 18:06:04 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >John Larkin wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >Jonathan Kirwan wrote: >> >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >JoeBloe wrote: >> >> >> >> All of Islam (read the moslems) believe that all others that are not >> >> >> moslem are "infidels" and that killing them is not, nor should not be >> >> >> a crime. >> >> >> >> >> >> I have a problem with that. Do you not have a problem with that? >> >> > >> >> >If it was true I would have a problem with it. It's simply not true though. >> >> >Do you really believe that nonsense ? >> >> > >> >> >Graham >> >> >> >> Sometimes I don't think Europeans understand the religious atmosphere >> >> here in the US and probably no imagination for the extreme reaches of >> >> it or how it actually influences politics here. I have a hard time, >> >> too, so here is a page that paints one of the extreme but important >> >> influences: >> >> >> >> http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/10/12/105122/66 >> >> >> >> In the latter part of it you will see how "thinking" is blocked and >> >> dismantled. >> >> >> >> Imagine living in the middle of this. I do. >> > >> >It's insane. It's gobbledegook. >> > >> >I can't even relate to this. It's like a bad dream. >> >> No it's not. It's diversity, pluralism, and democracy. We have a >> Constitution and courts to enforce the rules of the game, and then we >> play it. > >It's still quite mad. And politically potent, right now. Keep that clearly in mind as you see US Republican political platforms playing out. They need this base, desperately. Jon
From: T Wake on 16 Oct 2006 14:44 "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message news:9ip5j2pa83su1pidssc7kjghg3df64g6v4(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 01:32:47 +0100, Eeyore > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: > >> >> >>JoeBloe wrote: >> >>> I would also point to the day Saddam's statue was felled. Or do you >>> think all those Iraqis cheering were paid for? >> >>They were cheering the fall of Saddam not the US troops. >> > > So our facilitating said fall was merely coincidental? > > You're a real prize. I'll bet anyone from your country reading your > tripe in this thread is quite proud of you. Prouder than Americans are of you I suspect.
From: lucasea on 16 Oct 2006 14:45 "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message news:k-mdnY3Eu6TeIa7YRVnygA(a)pipex.net... > > <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message > news:egvkjt$8qk_003(a)s806.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >> In article <DuGdnR_IgIsP06_YnZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d(a)pipex.net>, >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >>> >>><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>>news:egt5lk$8u0_003(a)s995.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>>> In article <b972j2hg5vph0kft82futt7v3sd8r5penb(a)4ax.com>, >>>> John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: >>>>>On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:43:04 +0100, Eeyore >>>>><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>The rest of the world loathes the USA. They didn't used to. You've had >>>>>>to >>>> work hard to >>>>>>get to that position. >>>>> >>>>>From a eurocentric point of view, maybe so. But India and China and >>>>>Japan and Africa don't count, apparently. >>>> >>>> Nor the eastern countries of Europe. >>> >>>While I don't agree with the rest of the world loathes the US argument, >>>it >>>is undeniable that most countries in the world have a low opinion of >>>"America" (as an entity) and it's actions on the world stage. >> >> Why do you equate a few European countries with most of the >> rest of world? > > I don't. When did I do that? Another strawman aimed at allowing her to not take your reasoned opinion seriously. The hallmark of Republican politics these days, I'm afraid. Eric Lucas
From: T Wake on 16 Oct 2006 14:49 "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message news:as36j2h5tenh0la353itmc96a196osjn05(a)4ax.com... > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 04:27:41 GMT, <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> Gave us: > >> >>"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message >>news:c3f5j2di76enggbaabefl3js2mo5570n4f(a)4ax.com... >>> >>> On Sun, 15 Oct 2006 23:18:44 +0100, Eeyore >>> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> Gave us: >>> >>>>and the USA would have been seen as liberating heroes. >>> >>> We were, you retarded fuckhead. >> >>And most Iraqis have said they would rather not have the brand of >>"liberation" that we rained down on their heads. >> > > So now you know what "most Iraqis have said"? Bullshit, little boy. > You know nothing about it, and that remark proves it. Yet you can claim to "know" most Iraqi schools did not have books based on a few news items. You are a real hypocritical sycophant. As is often the case, American involvement has meant the Iraqis are now free to do as the Americans want them to do. Brilliant. Well done.
From: lucasea on 16 Oct 2006 14:54
"Jamie" <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_(a)charter.net> wrote in message news:bjOYg.9$GM7.6(a)newsfe04.lga... > John Larkin wrote: > >> Some cultures worship death. Yuk. >> > maybe death is a better alternative in those > cultures? And which cultures would those be, that worship death? Eric Lucas |