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TyMatthews wrote: Read that again. I asked... do you empathize with the Nazis? I didn't ask "are you a Nazi?" They are distinct questions, and somehow you turned it into that. That is a pathetic distinction. TyMatthews wrote: Hello? Vietnam? Korea? Manifest destiny? What were you doing during History class? I am an avid student of history. My reading inform me that Vietnam and Korea did not happen in a vacume. We didn't attack those countries for our own benefit. We did so in an ultimately successful attempt to stop the USSR, one of the most brutal and aggressive nations in history, from taking over the entire damned planet. But I suppose you feel the world would be better off today if they had won instead. TyMatthews wrote: Here's some history for you on America using force to push its will. Teddy Roosevelt took control of Panama via force to build the canal. Sent a battleship and marines. Why? So his grand Navy could travel from coast to coast without having to go around South America. He wanted it done, he made it happen, and it was so. Manifest destiny. We wanted all of the land, from sea to shining sea. Push the Native Americans out. Send Union troops to massacre them... destroy their villages... break them apart at the seams. We did so, we took control of all the land, the Native Americans have nothing but poverty-riddled reservations. Yes, my people were participants in the great bulk of American history. If they had not done those things we would never have become a nation powerful enough to have defeated NAZI Germany and the Soviet Union. The Native Americans were doomed in any case. Furthermore, we did nothing to them that they were not already doing to each other. America is guilty of nothing more than playing the same game every other country on the planet was playing at the same time - only a little better, hence our well deserved arrogance. TyMatthews wrote: Do you concede the massive amount of civilian killings that will happen as just "acceptable collateral damage?" I think we will do every thing possible to minimize civilian casualties. TyMatthews wrote: Do you think they are willing to accept death in order to eradicate him? Would'nt you? I would. As to the other issues you list, again, they did not happen in a vacume. We spent several decades trying to control the expansion of the Soviet Uni

Rama Krishna wrote: Nice to see Gilchrist (my favourite Aussie) Out on 99 :( Rama Krishna wrote: Looks like they will make 370+. I wish that Ganguly wins the toss when they face Aussies in Semi final/final. Otherwise if they bat first then ?????

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:laugh: That's awesome, my roommates are going to get a kick out that one! Brad Jennings "if the golden arches shut shop, where else are the VB people going to get work." - Colin Davies

Great idea! I think you're on to something here!!! It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times. Paul Watson, on Sports - 2/10/2003

Nice ones Mike. Regardz Colin J Davies Sonork ID 100.9197:Colin I'm guessing the concept of a 2 hour movie showing two guys eating a meal and talking struck them as 'foreign' Rob Manderson wrote:

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I think the financial part was a reason of the USSR collapse, but I'm not that sure it was the major one explaining the fall of the "Evil Empire". As I said, Afghanistan, Poland and the nationalities problems were also IMHO highly responsible. Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become demons Cowboy Bebop

Rhythm, not rythm. One of the hardest words to type on a QWERTY keyboard. :-D (funny joke too. Except the only ice cream trucks I've seen (and definitely heard) are the ones that play obnoxious music on the a PA system, not cute little bells). I guess they have to compete with all the 1000 watt stereos and 52" TV's with surround sound systems all the little kiddies have nowadays. 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"

:laugh::laugh::laugh: It is ok for women not to like sports, so long as they nod in the right places and bring beers at the right times. Paul Watson, on Sports - 2/10/2003

Jason Henderson wrote: So are you now calling the U.S. or the Bush administration a dictatorship? No, I intentionally didn't. You jumped to this conclusion. I merely stated my experience how these things work. As said, I doubt that everybody disappears immediately - this is to simplistic. If you consider this naivety of me, fine with me. (If you knew me better, you would know that naivety is rarely found with me. Positive assumption in the absence of knowledge, maybe.) If you go to war, you will destroy a great country a stoned greek chick to the richest man of the world sighist | Agile Programming | doxygen

But what are the shipping costs for that 6 ton can to the states? What can sell much easier is either a DSL rant line filter or simply a bottle of condensed anti-rant pixie dust. "I will find a new sig someday."

Jackass! :laugh::laugh::laugh: Thanks for the email! :-D 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 have a simple agreement with my company which grants my rights on anything I do outside the office. Cool! Many US companies are real assholes about this sort of stuff. 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"

LOL - I like your Aus vs. Kenya Prediction! I hope it comes true!_ ------------------------------------------ I beat the internet - the end guy is hard. _

Chris Richardson wrote: So there's no Super Twelve in cricket? I could have sworn I heard somebody talking about Super Twelve the other day in one of those cricket posts... That was Bryce and I talking about the Super 12 which is a Rugby tournament. Rama did his best but it is not just in South Africa. It is a tournament with twelve teams, 4 teams from 3 countries (hence 12.) Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Very highly rated tournament, some of the best Rugby around. 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.

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JoeSox wrote: I am not going to respond to anyone all I have to say is I am tired of this administration Amen.     Ty "The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them." -Albert Einstein