New Book of Rules
in [Design]
|
From: Phat Bytestard on 31 Jul 2006 21:44 On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:18:24 -0400, Spehro Pefhany <speffSNIP(a)interlogDOTyou.knowwhat> Gave us: >Me too. I take things out on Wife, Kid, Dog, etc. so as to be able to >present a more pleasant usenet persona. It's sick, but that has to be the funniest thing you've said here in a while. http://www.devilducky.com/media/41230/
From: Michael A. Terrell on 31 Jul 2006 21:47 Eeyore wrote: > > "Michael A. Terrell" wrote: > > > Eeyore wrote: > > > > > > John Larkin wrote: > > > > > > > On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:06:46 +0100, Eeyore > > > > <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > >Jim Thompson wrote: > > > > > > > > > >> Well? We all know that "peace in our time" is a workable proposition, > > > > >> all men are good to their word, and terrorists obey the Geneva > > > > >> Convention ;-) > > > > > > > > > >It would be nice if the USA which likes to tout itself as a civilised example to > > > > >the rest of the world could obey the Geneva Convention wouldn't it ? > > > > > > > > > >Graham > > > > > > > > I guess the question is whether terrorists are military combatants, > > > > which they need to be in order to be covered by Geneva. There are some > > > > formal definitions, that include rank and uniforms and stuff. Solders > > > > are given protections that, for example, spies and saboteurs and > > > > criminals aren't. > > > > > > Guantanamo was established for combatants from Afghanistan which the USA had no > > > jurisdiction to operate in anyway ! > > > > > > Indeed the prisoners might be considered more in the vein of your cherished > > > 'militias' ! Classic case of one rule for the USA another rule for the ROTW. > > > > > > Hezbollah is a militia too of course too. You Americans should *support* it ! > > > > > > Graham > > > > More proof that you are insane. :( > > More proof that you're two-faced. > > If a well-regulated militia is good for America why shouldn't it be good elsewhere ? > > Graham You are insane. Period. No nation has to support the militia of any other nation, or is that so complex that you can't understand it? -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida
From: Phat Bytestard on 31 Jul 2006 21:47 On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 14:23:07 -0500, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> Gave us: >On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:32:56 -0700, John Larkin ><jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> wrote: > >>I practise differential niceness. > >--- >I practice deferential niceness. > >Well, in the beginning, at least... mostly... ;) I practice existential niceness. And the opposite at times as well.
From: Phat Bytestard on 31 Jul 2006 21:48 On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 19:41:52 GMT, "Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie" <eatmyshorts(a)doubleclick.net> Gave us: >On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 08:32:56 -0700, John Larkin wrote: >> On 31 Jul 2006 07:42:26 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: >>>John Larkin wrote: >>>> On Sun, 30 Jul 2006 01:36:44 GMT, Phat Bytestard >>>> >On 29 Jul 2006 16:17:15 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org Gave us: >>> >>>> Fred and Bill aren't stupid, they're just nasty. And it's a twisted >>>> irony that even nasty people need friends. >>> >>>And precisely who around here is nice? >>> >>>Spehro Pefhany probably qualifies. Win Hill is mostly okay, but has >>>been known to succumb to provocation. Tony Williams does seem to be >>>utterly resistant to provocation, as do most the U.K. contingent, but >>>that may be social conditioning, rather than intrinsic good character. >> >> I practise differential niceness. >> > >In "A Child's Garden of Grass, a Pre-legalization Comedy", one of the >recommended ways of acquiring free marijuana is: "Be very very nice >to everyone you meet." :-) > You've finally gone over the edge.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 31 Jul 2006 21:49
John Fields wrote: > > On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:24:13 +0100, Dirk Bruere at NeoPax > <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > >"Bring em on!" > >Now, where have I heard that one before? > > --- > From your mother when the fleet sailed in? ;) I think that was Phil Allison. :( -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |