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From: Jim Yanik on 16 Aug 2006 09:52 John Woodgate <jmw(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk> wrote in news:kYXP61DHOr4EFwff(a)jmwa.demon.co.uk: > In message <pan.2006.08.16.23.38.57.901370(a)example.net>, dated Tue, 15 > Aug 2006, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian <null(a)example.net> writes > >>> I've read that Hezbollah would often seize Lebanese people's >>> property for their terrorist purposes.That's besides levying taxes >>> for their "civil" operations.(part of those levies also got used for >>> terror purposes) >> >>That's odd - not too long ago, I had heard that the Hezbollah was >>democratically elected. So,it would be OK for one of your country's political parties to levy taxes of their own,in their wards,not part of the government's taxes? And then use it for their own purposes? I suspect ol' Rich would scream bloody murder. >> >>But I guess democracy isn't approved when they elect somebody you >>don't like. That has been the plank of the US "liberals" ever since Bush got elected. "he's not MY President....." > > The two things aren't exclusive. People elected Sin Fein councillors > and even MPs while the IRA was levying taxes. Hamas and Hisbollah do > run welfare and social services, though; I haven't heard that Sinn > Fein did/does. Maybe they aren't necessary in the north of Ireland; I > bet there are no state services in Lebanon and Palestine. It's no different than if a member of the KKK was elected to some US gov't office,then the KKK starts levying taxes on the residents in the US South. I wonder what happens if a Lebanese resident does NOT pay the Hezbollah taxes? I suspect it's not pretty. -- Jim Yanik jyanik at kua.net
From: John Larkin on 16 Aug 2006 10:17 On Wed, 16 Aug 2006 05:43:54 +0100, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> wrote: >The concept of free speech was never designed for the yahoo likes of you who >find the free speech of others not to your liking. Spoken like a genuine Liberal! Thank you for this classic line; I just love this sort of reasoning. John
From: John Larkin on 16 Aug 2006 10:20 On Tue, 15 Aug 2006 23:40:32 GMT, Richard The Dreaded Libertarian <null(a)example.net> wrote: > >That's odd - not too long ago, I had heard that the Hezbollah was >democratically elected. > >But I guess democracy isn't approved when they elect somebody you don't >like. > Well, I don't approve of "democracy" when a majority vote for genocide. We need a slightly different word for "democracy that isn't a majority of vicious murderers." John
From: John Woodgate on 16 Aug 2006 10:12 In message <44E31E01.1DB16771(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com>, dated Wed, 16 Aug 2006, Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)REMOVETHIS.hotmail.com> writes >You're the retarded one it seems. And the one who ignores basic *FACTS* >! Go learn some history before opening you foul mouth again. Now that it has been established that Phat Thing is a professional troll and flamer, can we PLEASE ALL STOP FEEDING IT. Then perhaps it will go away. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk 2006 is YMMVI- Your mileage may vary immensely. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK
From: John Larkin on 16 Aug 2006 10:29
On 15 Aug 2006 20:10:25 -0700, bill.sloman(a)ieee.org wrote: >What survivors? Asteroid impacts that have had the same sort of >consequences tend to kill off all the big, slow-breeding land animals - >everything heavier than a few kilograms. > >It takes a few million years before the small, fast-breeding stuff >evolves variants to fiill all the empty niches. So whales and elephants evolved from mice, in a few million years? I never knew that! John |