From: lucasea on 20 Oct 2006 12:34 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ehabsf$8qk_005(a)s949.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <MOudncmZRf69DKvYRVnyhQ(a)pipex.net>, > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: >> >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>news:eh4va9$8ss_004(a)s847.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>> In article <OziZg.13931$GR.6652(a)newssvr29.news.prodigy.net>, >>> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>>news:453591FE.C2B3C58(a)hotmail.com... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> David Bostwick wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >McVeigh was a part of the radical Christian right. The IRA was >>>>>> >Catholic >>>>>> >fighting Protestants (and Protestants fought back). >>>>>> >>>>>> And the guy who killed the Amish kids was what? >>>>> >>>>> Mad presumably. >>>> >>>>And just because not all bad acts are caused by religious radicals >>>>doesn't >>>>mean that no bad acts are caused by religious radicals. >>>> >>>>Still, there is a far more important (non-violent) sense in which >>>>religious >>>>(mostly Christian) radicals are a danger to the US. >>> >>> Then start choosing Democrats who are willing to deal with reality. >> >>Amazing line of reasoning. Your reality seems very different from everyone >>else's. > > I realize that it seems like everybody else in the world sees > it differently. Millions are afraid to speak because they > will be immediately killed for heresy. Oh, come on. I don't think the US government's tactics are quite *that* extreme. Declared a traitor, yes; killed for heresy, no. > There a lot of > overly-educated people who put belonging to the politically > correct clique above national security and personal safety. Tad bit arrogant of you to know what their priorities are, isn't it, just because they don't hew to your Chicken Little scenario? > There are also those who have no idea how work is done and > things are made. Yes, you are one of them. > They believe that all things and all > inconveniences should be made and solved by The Government. More mysterious knowledge of others' deepest-held beliefs. To paraphrase Herb Morrison, "oh, the hubris." Eric Lucas
From: T Wake on 20 Oct 2006 12:37 "unsettled" <unsettled(a)nonsense.com> wrote in message news:3afe9$4538c549$49ecf72$25771(a)DIALUPUSA.NET... >T Wake wrote: > > >> If the West changed to Islamic based societies life would continue >> largely as normal. > > Normal in Islamic based societies is brothers killing > brothers in religious fanaticism, thank you very much! Nonsense. > Either all of history, or your rendition of an ideal > world, is a lie. Nonsense. > I've my thoughts on the matter and > have no further need of yours. Ok. Why post on USENET then?
From: T Wake on 20 Oct 2006 12:37 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ehacqm$8qk_009(a)s949.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <453642C1.5D38F093(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> Why not start listening to and watching the BBC >>? > > I have and I do. I now listen to the BBC to see which > slant of surrendering to the Islamic extremists they > are taking that day. Amazing. Can you let me know when you come across any please?
From: lucasea on 20 Oct 2006 12:37 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ehac96$8qk_007(a)s949.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <eh5ek8$8b4$4(a)leto.cc.emory.edu>, > lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker) wrote: >>In article <45355C57.28A8837D(a)earthlink.net>, >> "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > <snip> > > >>> You mean Kent State in Ohio, where outside agitators stirred up the >>>students and told them, "Your parents are rich! You can do anything you >>>want, the soldiers won't shoot at you?!"? The one where someone is >>>reported to have fired at the National Guard, >> >>I suggest you read the report as to what happened. >> >> >>>and someone yelled "Fire" >>>immediately afterwards? The one, where after numerous nasty incidents >>>at US colleges all over the country where drunken idiots threw rocks at >>>the National Guard troops, and local police while they burnt buildings >>>and demanded their rights? I may have. >>> >>> >>> It was on the local Cincinnati and Dayton TV stations for days, and >>>discussed for months. You may also remember that it brought an almost >>>immediate stop to the campus riots all over the country. > > This is not true. It did not stop the sitins. It did stop > the governors from calling in the National Guard every time there > was a sitin or some demonstration. Good lord, the obtuseness is getting deep in here. He said "riots", not "sitins". *Huge* difference. I'm starting to see that it is your inability to discern even huge differences like this that is responsible for your disproportionate fear. You really should think about getting help (and I'm not being facetious.) Eric Lucas
From: T Wake on 20 Oct 2006 12:39
<lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote in message news:KcQZg.1146$T_1.884(a)newssvr14.news.prodigy.com... > > "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote in message > news:XoWdnbu9n5IeO6rYnZ2dnUVZ8tCdnZ2d(a)pipex.net... >> >> "JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message >> news:6tmej2de9dsdrjde78h5i25fd0uqfq1oku(a)4ax.com... >> >>> The US is the most diverse melting pot of race, religion, creed, >>> and culture in the world. >> >> Yes. Of course. > > Well, OK, will you accept that we're at least the most jingoistic? :^) :-) Works for me. |