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From: Dirk Bruere at NeoPax on 7 Aug 2006 12:26 Reg Edwards wrote: > Have the bridges across the Blue Danube, destroyed by senseless USA > destruction of Yugoslavian infrastructure, been replaced yet? > > Or do children on their way to school still have to go by boat. > > I very much doubt it. > ====================================== > > Does Yugoslavia still exist? Was Serbia bombed? Dirk
From: John Fields on 7 Aug 2006 12:38 On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 19:08:10 +0100, John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In message <go7cd25q808e2p4rek8i2spl31pilp8a9b(a)4ax.com>, dated Sun, 6 >Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes > >>The reason they have so many enemies, in my view, is because they're >>civilized, industrious, prosperous, smart, and they believe they're >>God's chosen people. Put that combination down next to a bunch of >>murderous, jealous riff-raff and it's not hard to see where the envy >>and hatred comes from. > >I just posted about that. >>Here's something I read the other day that I didn't know before, and >>that's that Jews don't write the name of God casually because they're >>afraid of what might happen to it. That is, it might get stepped on or >>disrespected in some way over which they have no control, and they >>don't want God to have to endure that. > >It's due a typical narrow view of the Supreme Being promoted by >unintelligent clerics. Does bothering about what happens to a written >version of his/her name gel with the concept of a Being who can create a >Universe? --- Sure. It's not about power, it's about respect. A simile might be that if you had a grandson who loved you and he saw someone write your name on paper and then spit on it, he'd get upset. You wouldn't, of course, for your part, except that you might not appreciate the affrontery to your grandson. --- >Especially if the phase-space of belief includes >predestination! --- If it includes predestination then, of course, _nothing_ matters. --- >Most people who confess a religious belief, of any flavour, have a very >limited concept of their god(s). --- If their gods are omnipotent, necessarily so. --- >Of course, the Stars and Stripes is treated with similar reverence, for >the same underlying reason. --- ??? --- >> I find it >>hard to find fault with people like that. > >I think that's a symptom of 'Old Glory' syndrome. --- I don't know what that is. --- >But it's your flag; you worship it if you want. --- It's a "graven image", John. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: John Fields on 7 Aug 2006 12:41 On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:12:18 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >Phat Bytestard wrote: > >> On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:29:14 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell" >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> Gave us: >> >> > Yes, it does. If you're in the paper products or produce business. >> >It would be damn hard to make money selling apples and other fruit >> >without growing them on trees. It would also be very hard to build >> >decent homes without lumber, which grows on trees, as well. >> >> Yep... even the media that the "money" got printed on came from >> trees. > >Rag has been traditionally used actually ! You can't get much right can you ? --- I might be late with this, (haven't yet read the rest of the thread) but where do you think rag came from? -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: John Fields on 7 Aug 2006 12:48 On Sun, 6 Aug 2006 19:17:31 +0100, John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In message <mobcd21on0nq07p650eslhlf52ulip0jsm(a)4ax.com>, dated Sun, 6 >Aug 2006, John Fields <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> writes > >>Well, I think it's safe to say that a nice Stilton could hold its own >>when confronted by a Roquefort, especially when the heat's on. > >Possibly, but Limburger is a WMD. --- <G> -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer
From: John Fields on 7 Aug 2006 12:52
On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:22:27 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >John Fields wrote: > >> Well, I think it's safe to say that a nice Stilton could hold its >> own when confronted by a Roquefort, especially when the heat's on. > >I hate to disappoint you but I'd take the Roquefort myself. --- Disappoint you? Why would I care? The whole thing was just a reply to JW's "Kurds and whey" pun which, it seems, went right over your head. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer |