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From: Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie on 7 Aug 2006 18:16 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 11:41:58 -0500, John Fields wrote: > On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 19:12:18 +0100, Eeyore >>Phat Bytestard wrote: >>> On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 15:29:14 GMT, "Michael A. Terrell" >>> >>> > 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? Uh, cotton and linen? I doubt if they make much paper from nylon rags. Thanks, Rich
From: Rich Grise, Plainclothes Hippie on 7 Aug 2006 18:22 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 19:34:33 +0200, Frank Bemelman wrote: > "John Fields" <jfields(a)austininstruments.com> schreef in bericht >> On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:00:40 +0100, Eeyore >>>Jim Yanik wrote: >>> >>>> Saddam was using Oil-for-Food money to rebuild his palaces and fund WMD >>>> programs >>> >>>There weren't any WMDs ! >>> >>>How many times do you need to be reminded ? >> >> There were no WMDs found because they were moved before we got >> there. > > Maybe that was the will of God too eh? But honestly, are you > insane or something? Hell, the Bushists are insane almost by definition. If you're wondering about my criteria, it's quite well-known that one of the definitions of insanity is continuing to take the same actions, expecting different results. Thanks, Rich
From: Richard The Dreaded Libertarian on 7 Aug 2006 18:24 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 13:10:11 -0500, John Fields wrote: > Well, then, you support Israel's right to defend herself under her > own laws and in her own way? I merely know that I detest the mindset that rationalizes murdering your neighbors and their wives and children as "defense". Thanks, Rich
From: Richard The Dreaded Libertarian on 7 Aug 2006 18:26 On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:38:47 +0200, Frank Bemelman wrote: > "Dirk Bruere at NeoPax" <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> schreef in bericht >> John Fields wrote: >>> --- >>> Well, then, you support Israel's right to defend herself under her >>> own laws and in her own way? >> >> No. >> The right of self defence has to be limited in a civilised society. If >> somebody slaps me I have no right to burn their house down with them and >> their family inside. >> The law recognises 'proportionate response'. > > Civilised folks don't even need a law to see that. Israel seems to have the Stockholm Syndrome -- they've taken on the ways of their former torturers, as in Blitzkrieg and so on. Thanks, Rich
From: John Fields on 7 Aug 2006 18:28
On Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:11:49 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > > >John Fields wrote: > >> On Sun, 06 Aug 2006 20:00:40 +0100, Eeyore >> <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >Jim Yanik wrote: >> > >> >> Saddam was using Oil-for-Food money to rebuild his palaces and fund WMD >> >> programs >> > >> >There weren't any WMDs ! >> > >> >How many times do you need to be reminded ? >> >> There were no WMDs found because they were moved before we got >> there. > >A few ppl like to believe that. Is there any evidence of this ? --- Not yet. -- John Fields Professional Circuit Designer |