From: John Woodgate on
In message <l3i7d2t6hnppubng26c12m121klnu976pd(a)4ax.com>, dated Fri, 4
Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes

>I see no reason why presidential (in fact, _all_) elections couldn't be
>carried out on-line where the result would truly be popular.

The reason is that 'big money' would lose a great deal of its present
control over the result.
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From: John Woodgate on
In message <44D41E11.6A70D29(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Sat, 5 Aug
2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes

>Negotiation finally fixed the Irish problem. Do you think war would
>have ?

Yes, a war would have settled it, with about 5 million casualties. Not a
desirable option.
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From: John Woodgate on
In message <ii58d2pi061f2pes57pnmp5mo1lfav984u(a)4ax.com>, dated Sat, 5
Aug 2006, Phat Bytestard <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> writes

> Let's just say that one does not want to make contact with them whilst
>one has a cut on one's finger.

The major hazard from BeO is inhaling it as dust. Contact is not so
hazardous, as BeO is insoluble in body fluids.
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In message <44D41E6E.D684D343(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Sat, 5 Aug
2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes

>Your mistake, which seems common in the US is to see all 'Islamists' -
>they're called Moslems btw as freedom-hating terrorists.

'Islamists' means zealots, like 'Zionists'. The vast majority of Muslims
want nothing to do with Islamists.
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In message <4ji12eF83vuqU2(a)individual.net>, dated Fri, 4 Aug 2006, Dirk
Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> writes
>And it will have to be one with enough teeth and muscle to fire on the
>Israelis as well as Hezbollah.

Almost certainly it will never need to, in defence. Let us fervently
hope that it never fires on Israel in aggression.
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