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From: jmfbahciv on 28 Oct 2006 07:58 In article <4543423D.7C3A2311(a)hotmail.com>, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> >Your pompousness aside, so what? It was just a couple of buildings full of >> >people, mostly Americans. >> >> The primary purpose of the occupants was global trade. > >Not especially. It was just a catchy name for a big office block. Yes. That is how the mayor got the building filled up; by attracting businesses that dealt in world trade. > > >> This is >> the part of human society that keeps it functioning, growing, >> thriving. Remove that and you have a dark ages. > >See these Muslim centres of trade. >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_towers >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_World_Trade_Centre >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putra_World_Trade_Centre > >And this list of 74 buildings also called " World Trade Center " >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_trade_center And the goal of those extremists is to destroy it. /BAH
From: Eeyore on 28 Oct 2006 09:08 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> > >> >Your pompousness aside, so what? It was just a couple of buildings full > >> >of people, mostly Americans. > >> > >> The primary purpose of the occupants was global trade. > > > >Not especially. It was just a catchy name for a big office block. > > Yes. That is how the mayor got the building filled up; by attracting > businesses that dealt in world trade. Largely financial institutions as far as I know. That's not exclusively about world trade. > >> This is > >> the part of human society that keeps it functioning, growing, > >> thriving. Remove that and you have a dark ages. > > > >See these Muslim centres of trade. > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_towers > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_World_Trade_Centre > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putra_World_Trade_Centre > > > >And this list of 74 buildings also called " World Trade Center " > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_trade_center > > And the goal of those extremists is to destroy it. Cite ? You mean 'them' surely ? So you accept that these extremists must be in a tiny minority then or these Muslim World Trade Centers would bever have been built. Graham
From: lucasea on 28 Oct 2006 09:25 "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:45433F9F.F6808F39(a)hotmail.com... > > > jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> "MooseFET" <kensmith(a)rahul.net> wrote: >> >> [Clinton] >> >(C) >> >Pressed the Saudi government to reduce support for the Wahhabis. This >> >I remember because it was a near perfect failure. >> >> I don't call asking a government to reduce support for its brand >> of religion an effective action. > > It's not *its brand of religion* at all ! > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahabbi > >> That's spitting into a gale >> force wind with expectations that you'll hit the sidewalk >> a hundred miles away. > > How would you deal with it then ? And more to the point...exactly how did the Bush administration deal with it before 9/11. Eight months is a lot of time...surely he could have done *something* besides ignore the recommendations of his predecessor. Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 28 Oct 2006 09:26 <jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ehvga6$8qk_008(a)s964.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <45433F9F.F6808F39(a)hotmail.com>, > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: >> >>> "MooseFET" <kensmith(a)rahul.net> wrote: >>> >>> [Clinton] >>> >(C) >>> >Pressed the Saudi government to reduce support for the Wahhabis. This >>> >I remember because it was a near perfect failure. >>> >>> I don't call asking a government to reduce support for its brand >>> of religion an effective action. >> >>It's not *its brand of religion* at all ! >>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahabbi >> >>> That's spitting into a gale >>> force wind with expectations that you'll hit the sidewalk >>> a hundred miles away. >> >>How would you deal with it then ? > > I'd establish a nation with a capitalistic, representative democracy > with a secular education system mandatory for all residents > smack dab in the middle of that mess. Yeah? And how is that one working out for you? Eric Lucas
From: lucasea on 28 Oct 2006 09:28
<jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message news:ehv9q8$8qk_002(a)s964.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... > In article <yir0h.17056$TV3.1877(a)newssvr21.news.prodigy.com>, > <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >><jmfbahciv(a)aol.com> wrote in message >>news:ehsnps$8qk_006(a)s834.apx1.sbo.ma.dialup.rcn.com... >>> >>>>Only bin Laden has attacked us. >>> >>> I see. Your approach is to fix the pimple on the skin and >>> not the disease that caused the pimple. I don't work that >>> way. >> >>No, your approach is to cut off the head, to make sure the acne is cured. > > If the cause of the pimple is so virulent that cutting the head > off will prevent tranmission of the disease, yes. I'm not talking > about an annoying skin bump. So you can envision a problem that is so bad that killing yourself, and taking out over half a million other people, is a viable solution? What *exactly* makes you different than the suicide bombers? Eric Lucas |