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From: Phat Bytestard on 10 Aug 2006 23:29 On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:31:26 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: >Utterly ridiculous. You're an idiot.
From: Phat Bytestard on 10 Aug 2006 23:46 On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 10:26:24 -0700, John Larkin <jjlarkin(a)highNOTlandTHIStechnologyPART.com> Gave us: >On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:36:09 +0100, Eeyore ><rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >>David Brown wrote: >> >>> John Larkin wrote: >>> > >>> > I don't know about antiquated, but it is certainly the oldest. The USA >>> > did, after all, invent modern democracy around 1776, when both England >>> > and France were ruled mostly by kings and lords. >>> >>> No, the USA invented American democracy around 1776. Given that the >>> nature of democracy (who is allowed to vote, for what purposes, how >>> often and in what manner) has changed continuously since early Greek >>> democracy up to and including modern trends such as gerrymandering, >>> untrustworthy electronic voting machines, and targeted voter >>> registration problems. >>> >>> It was the Romans who first used something roughly equivalent to >>> "modern" democracy, and for modern Europe, it would be England with the >>> Magna Carta in 1215. >> >>My country of birth has the oldest Parliament in continuous existence. Over 1000 >>yrs old. >>http://www.tynwald.org.im/ >> >>Eat your heart out USA. >> >>Graham > >Hardly "continuous existance". It's been dissolved many times. > I seem to remember "the dark ages", and lots of blades and blood everywhere in that timeline as well.
From: Phat Bytestard on 10 Aug 2006 23:48 On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 18:07:39 GMT, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian <null(a)example.net> Gave us: >On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:32:51 +0100, Eeyore wrote: >> Jim Yanik wrote: >> >>> the UN is a JOKE. Mostly US and Israel haters. >> >> Have you ever considered that Israel and the US might be on the end of some >> criticism because of their *behaviour* ? >> > >It's pretty obvious that that's the case, except to what seems to be a >majority of the American sheeple. > You two idiots should get married and become televangelists. That's about your speed... almost.
From: Phat Bytestard on 10 Aug 2006 23:57 On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 22:05:48 +0100, John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> Gave us: >>There's no such thing as "Christian soil" to Muslims. This is incorrect. Should read "to Islamic extremists".
From: Phat Bytestard on 11 Aug 2006 00:00
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:45:08 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> Gave us: > > >Jim Yanik wrote: > >> Hey,Iran is clever;they use Lebanon and Gaza as their >> battlefields,Hezbollah and Hamas as their mercenaries,Syria as a buffer. >> Iran itself hasn't risked much at all. > >Your point is ? You're a goddamned retard. > >Graham Yes, YOU! |