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Colin Davies wrote: Is that they will fight for the rights of other Ameericans to maintain their rights, even when those Americans are critisizing them. True, we do/will. Colin Davies wrote: Thus the right or privilege of freedom of speech is regarded darn highly. Very much so. Colin Davies wrote: then I'd say he was just exercising his right to freedom of speech. Agree. Colin Davies wrote: But the right place to decide if he created treason or not is in a Court house. Agree. But for that to happen, someone has to take some initiative to "force" the hand of the government to take action, otherwise nothing would happen. Colin Davies wrote: I'd say that Sen Bunning is capitalizing on the incident for self promotion. I agree. Colin Davies wrote: Using the same logic that would mean he's a war profiteer. But, this is the other side of freedom of speech. I can say "X" and you can say "X" is treason. What upset those who are or were upset is the fact that what was said was done in the "enemy camp". I've heard much worse from celebrities and politicians here in the US. Mike

peterchen wrote: actually, not[^] I meant it a bit more sarcastic. :| Off to in ~68 days

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: At this rate, I'll soon discover how women work. When you do, you'll be able to sell the knowledge for millions. :) ------- signature starts "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001 Please review the Legal Disclaimer in my bio. ------- signature ends

Did somebody do "The pen is mightier than the sword joke" yet? Michael 'War is at best barbarism...Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.' - General William Sherman, 1879

[grrrh...bloody Internet Explorer just crashed so I have to re-type all this --- if I can remember it] Brit wrote: Well, to look at a specific case: they've certainly been hoping for a connection between Iraq and terrorism. Terrorism would give them a good reason for people to support the war. My interpretation is that their eagerness to find a link has affected their judgement in this area (which is why they occasionally make accusations of links between Iraq and Al-Queda) - rather than the opposing interpretation that the US is making up Iraqi links to terrorism. I don't know that I would call them "opposing interpretations" --- more like similar interpretations expressed with varying degrees of sympathy. My own preferred manner of expression would be somewhere between the two alternatives you give. Brit wrote: Quite frankly, no one has convinced me that the US has ulterior motives in the region, either. Sure, the argument that "the US is after Saddam's oil fields" gets some play, but that's not a credible argument. Iraq doesn't pump enough oil to pay for the US cost of war and rebuilding - unless the US stayed there for many decades, which is clearly impossible. I have never been big on the "it's all about oil" interpretation. The policy seems too extreme and too high risk to be motivated by purely commercial considerations. I believe that there are three main reasons for the attack on Iraq. 1. Many in the Administration believed that Saddam Hussein deserved to lose power after the first Gulf War and expected that he would do so within a year or two of Iraq's defeat. The fact that he is still in power has been an ongoing irritation ever since and has been seen as "unfinished business". Many in the Administration have been writing on the need to remove Saddam Hussein from power for years --- since way before September 11, 2001. 2. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the US has emerged as the sole superpower. Great power offers almost irresistible temptations to most people, and especially to politicians. Many in the Administration want to use that power to remake the world into something more to their liking. Many just want to use it. This impulse was previously constrained by the threat of Soviet military power. Now the US believes that all it has to deal with is UN whingers --- and these can be easily ignored. The old saying: "power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely" is close to the truth. Quite simply the US now has a m

Dude ! If you can survive the famous fast Virar Train that takes off from Churchgate - Virar you can survive, ANY kind of commuting ! I survived it, and sometimes when I find ppl complaining about MTA [^] in LA, I have a nice laugh :laugh: Carved upon my stone, My body lies but still I roam...

Hun, if you knew me you'd know that my sensitivity also gives me the means to express my feelings to friends and those around me in a way I never could if I was to try to be "tougher". Besides, I tried to hide how I felt for years, but all it did was tear me apart. Yes, the way I am can leave me open to being "taken advantage of", but believe me I'm no fool. I can and will bite hard if it's warranted. It happens very, very rarely though. :) Anna :rose: Homepage | My life in tears "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Add-In for Visual C++

I think that it was on balance a good thing, but like most things the help doesn't always get to the people who need it most. peterchen wrote: Wasn't it you who warned me just yesterday to be careful about new source bias Hey knock that off.....:laugh: Actually I figured that it looked more like statistics than an editorial. Uptight Ex-Military Republican married to a Commie Lib - How weird is that?

I agree with you completely. Of course, anyone calling this a military failure is an idiot. But, if indeed the rift between political and military leadership exists (I am not too sure about this; looks like they want to sell more sensational news), it may be something that needs to be addressed, and may become critical with a mightier enemy. My article on a reference-counted smart pointer that supports polymorphic objects and raw pointers

Count yourself lucky, my mom was an english literature major and taught an english course at a junior collage when I was growing up. From second grade until I graduated high-school she assigned me at least one "word of the day" every day. Hey don't worry, I can handle it. I took something. I can see things no one else can see. Why are you dressed like that? - Jack Burton

So tell me, how does it feel to be an idiot? Jeremy Falcon "so be it, threaten no more, to secure peace is to prepare for war" - Metallica

They will still be jail bait even after they turn 18 because if you wake up one hungover morning to find either (or both) of them in your bed, you will want to shoot the barman who made you so drunk as to think they were worth a lay. :rolleyes: They are seriously hideous. No matter how much they have grown up all I can see are two little brats screeching about the house. Epitomy of spoilt American children. UGH! Paul Watson Bluegrass Cape Town, South Africa Macbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er DavidW wrote: You are totally mad. Nice.

Bah. The best one's on CP, here[^]. :-D Regards, Rohit Sinha ...celebrating Indian spirit and Cricket. 8MB video, really cool!

Michael A. Barnhart wrote: They (most) do believe that with out US aid the allies would have lost. I think this is correct . But it should be put in context , without the will of the Russians to fight , without the guts and luck of geography of the Brits as well as the economic might of the US the war would have been lost . In essence it was a team effort with all the players bringing their own strengths to the team . The cold war was a different story , without US power there is no way that Europe alone could have opposed the USSR if she decided to invade Germany .We only posses enough weapons to wipe out most of the world , where as the then superpowers have enough to destroy all mankind several times over . Thank goodness it never came to that . Am I the only one forever playing catch up with technology , while all the juicy opportunites keep rolling by ?

Mike Mullikin wrote: ok... good luck this time, then. Italian is a beautiful language. amare means to love, and amara bitter. sighist | Agile Programming | doxygen

Chris Austin wrote: I must be in an extraordinarily good mood today. Or in my case just eager for some humor in the world. :-D ""

SimonS wrote: Can just imagine Bill ducking and diving behind 6ft Sun boxes to escape the fbI. :laugh: Can't imagine Bill bashing windows on slashdot.

Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Small small changes here and there can make one hell of a difference in the future Yes, but the "butterfly effect" that the chaos people talk about is BS. Most systems are dampening, like atmospheric systems. Some systems, like technology, are the opposite. Software is the first virtual perpetual motion machine. It keeps creating more energy (aka bugs). Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Because if it was possible, we wouldn't be discussing this right now. Unfortunately, we're locked into a time stream in which VB was never squashed. It's the OTHER time stream we want to be in. Damn. Marc Help! I'm an AI running around in someone's f*cked up universe simulator. Sensitivity and ethnic diversity means celebrating difference, not hiding from it. - Christian Graus Every line of code is a liability - Taka Muraoka Microsoft deliberately adds arbitrary layers of complexity to make it difficult to deliver Windows features on non-Windows platforms--Microsoft's "Halloween files"

I think I'm neither an atheist (because as I said, I don't care and don't know whether there is a god, but I don't deny there is a god ;P ) nor agnostic (because neither of the definitions of the word given describe me). I am someone who doesn't even bother to shrug. I don't know and don't care if there is a god. Paul Watson wrote: Though be careful, many a religious person will get agitated at that :) God has to be a big egoist to say that we should keep praying whenever we get the chance. Talk about him, think of him, him, him, him. When are we going to do something about me then? ;P Regards, Rohit Sinha ...celebrating Indian spirit and Cricket. 8MB video, really cool!