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John Woodgate wrote:

> In message <4jqtm0F9b7r6U1(a)individual.net>, dated Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Dirk
> Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> writes
> >Why not take Bin Laden at his word, and read *why* he attacked the US?
> Citation?

" ..........thinking people, when disaster strikes, make it their priority to
look for its causes, in order to prevent it happening again. "

Who can argue with that ?

Graham


From: Eeyore on


John Woodgate wrote:

> In message <4jqtm0F9b7r6U1(a)individual.net>, dated Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Dirk
> Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> writes
> >Why not take Bin Laden at his word, and read *why* he attacked the US?
> Citation?

" And as I looked at those demolished towers in Lebanon, [ 1982 - my comment ]
it entered my mind that we should punish the oppressor in kind and that we
should destroy towers in America in order that they taste some of what we tasted
and so that they be deterred from killing our women and children. "

Graham

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John Woodgate wrote:

> In message <4jqtm0F9b7r6U1(a)individual.net>, dated Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Dirk
> Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> writes
> >Why not take Bin Laden at his word, and read *why* he attacked the US?
> Citation?

And that day, it was confirmed to me that oppression and the intentional killing
of innocent women and children is a deliberate American policy. Destruction is
freedom and democracy, while resistance is terrorism and intolerance.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/79C6AF22-98FB-4A1C-B21F-2BC36E87F61F.htm

More ?

Graham

this should frankly be compulsory reading for Americans

From: Eeyore on


Frank Bemelman wrote:

> "Phat Bytestard" <phatbytestard(a)getinmahharddrive.org> schreef in bericht
> news:vj6gd2dj16mjsoq74msl04f8jhgsocmrqt(a)4ax.com...
>
> > The very first useable computer, ENIAC, was contracted by the
> > military. The same company brought us the microprocessor, and the PC.
>
> No, it all started with Adam and Eve! Be realistic, it doesn't
> matter where the funds were coming from. If it hadn't been the
> military, it would have been the NASA, universities or something.

The first really useful general purpose computer was designed at the University
of Manchester UK and had zero or minimal military input.

Graham

From: Eeyore on


John Woodgate wrote:

> In message <4jqtm0F9b7r6U1(a)individual.net>, dated Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Dirk
> Bruere at NeoPax <dirk.bruere(a)gmail.com> writes
> >Why not take Bin Laden at his word, and read *why* he attacked the US?
> Citation?

" Your security is in your own hands.

And every state that doesn't play with our security has automatically guaranteed
its own security. "