At 17:33 18-09-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
As I said a few days ago, I would put the old content back on-line and
adjust my .sig accordingly as soon as certain conditions had been met.
They seem to be pretty much met by now*, so the old content is back
on-line now (with some changes due to
At 16:03 19-09-2002 -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote:
Here is a 46-question test on anger, aggression and
cynicism:
http://www.alzwell.com/AngerKills.html
Cynicism 6, Anger 5, Aggression 6.
Here is a 10-question test:
http://www.lifelonghealth.org/mhc_home/hcmind/hc_anger1.htm
16 out of 40
At 22:29 21-09-2002 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote:
Jeroen You ain't much if you ain't Dutch van Baardwijk
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I for one thank you very much for
At 20:58 20-09-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
Well, I haven't exactly been dictated to. I, after all, ignored the
advice of my parents and decided to continue serving my country.
So, have you signed up for military service yet? I mean, you want to serve
your country, and are
At 22:19 22-09-2002 -0500, The Fool wrote:
All of this logic I expect from a right wing. It's the job of the rich
to make themselves richer at the expense of the poor. Right wing
politicians have always consistently done this.
Well, at least they deserve credit for being consistent. :-)
At 06:07 23-09-2002 -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote:
We will be making available to every American who is qualified, by virtue
of the Constitution, the opportunity to run for president.
Which is kind of ironic, as I think Rupert himself fails to qualify.
There were enough issues when an Australian
At 12:24 24-09-2002 -0500, The Fool wrote:
There are something like ~50,000 scientists in the entire muslim
world (an agregate total comprising the total of all scientists
from the majority of islamic states). How many are there in the
U.S.? Or Europe?
I have a source for this
At 09:36 26-09-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
Thanks, found it. Ah. Much better. Did you look in behind the radiator?
Tom's favourite place to hide things
Radiator? I haven't lived in a place with a radiator since I was 8
years old. I have a friend who doesn't ever remember
At 17:40 26-09-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
Skunk bothers me mainly for its strength, so I'll go along with that. But,
I'd also rank pig scat right up there too. Maybe a dog that rolled in that
and then chased a skunk would be the worst. :-)
Well, so much for the attempt to attract new
At 19:06 26-09-2002 -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote:
My cat's name is cat. His breath smells like cat food.
Better his breath than yours... :-)
Jeroen Silly Mode van Baardwijk
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At 08:31 27-09-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
So, if I'm going to write a 1-line reply, all I have to do is create a
disclaimer admitting to the fact, and that has me covered? :)
Technically speaking -- yes.
Of course, we might then scold you for wasting bandwidth... :-)
Jeroen Life
I know some people object to having to register in order to read on-line NY
Times articles, so I took the liberty of getting a registration for all of us.
Member ID = brinlist
Password = brinlist
Jeroen Service with a smile van Baardwijk
At 22:44 27-09-2002 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
I know some people object to having to register in order to read on-line NY
Times articles, so I took the liberty of getting a registration for all
of us.
Member ID = brinlist
Password = brinlist
:-))
I like to register
I just put the David Brin Section back on-line at www.brin-l.com. The
section contains a biography, a bibliography, an incomplete collection of
DB's essays and articles, and an overview of His scheduled appearances (aka
Brin Sightings). The section can be reached by clicking the David Brin
At 08:40 27-09-2002 -0500, Marvin Long wrote:
To plagiarize my favorite haggis commercial:
You're a wicked, wicked man!
I wish I got haggis commercials where I live.
If you like haggis, then this is the place to be:
At 20:13 28-09-2002 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
(it seems a lot of people on this list have direct experience with
pints)?
Only with pints of Guinness. :-)
Jeroen Give me Guinness or give me death van Baardwijk
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At 19:21 28-09-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
who's wondering if Jeroen or Sonja will correctly identify the brand of
baby bottle she was using when she was using baby bottles
Avent?
Jeroen I'm hungry! Feed me! van Baardwijk
At 23:26 28-09-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
For example, there use to be a lot of employment loyalty.
Companies would keep productive employees if the company was profitable.
Now, a profitable company lays people off to become more profitable.
And not only in US society... :-(
I tend to be
At 20:08 28-09-2002 -0400, Matthew Bos wrote:
Why did that 2002 US Senate - on the one year anniversary of 9/11 - with
and forethought, deliberately weaken the powers of the president in time
of war?
Maybe because the Senate realises that GWB is such a warmonger that he
cannot be trusted with
At 08:04 01-10-2002 +0200, Sonja van Baardwijk wrote:
Actually it is not just one age that turns you from totally sheltered into out
on your own from one day to the other, it is more a multistep thing. F.i.
at 12
you no longer are considered to be a child but become a youth, already legally
you
At 19:01 01-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
Can we please keep the language appropriate for a family list?
No. I think people should tolerate whatever the fuck people want to
write.
Ah, the mature response. Guaranteed to get peope to see your point of view
every time! :)
It
Strange things are happening in e-mail land...
One of the e-mail aliases in use with the Brin-L.com domain is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (which forwards to my home account). I recently
subscribed that address to Brin-L, but nothing came through. I tested the
address by sending a message from my home
At 23:30 02-10-2002 -0500, The Fool wrote:
I've had upwards of 100 browser sessions open at the same time.
Out of curiosity, what kind of activity could possibly require you to have
100+ browser sessions open simultaneously?
Jeroen Cybersurfer van Baardwijk
At 17:40 02-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Since both the Miriam Webster and American Heritage dictionaries are
accepted as one of the authoritative sources for spelling and definitions
of English, your definition of antisemitism as listed in your message
(quoted above) is incorrect. In
At 16:36 03-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
Let me get this straight. English is a second language for you and you are
claiming that the definitive source of English (OED) is wrong and you are
right in defining an English word?
I am applying this horrible little thing called logic here. If X
At 17:30 03-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
The authority on this is called plain and simple logic. If X equals Y,
then -X equals -Y. If X equals Y, then -X does not equal -0.5Y.
So, anti-matter has negative mass?
Out of curiosity, have you ever taken a course in logic? I don't think
At 18:56 03-10-2002 -0500, Adam Lipscomb wrote:
Um, no. You appear hell-bent upon reserving for yourself the right to
define words the way you *want* to define them.
Which, of course, cannot be said about the pro-Israel crowd...
I consider this reason enough to determine that you are not
At 20:30 03-10-2002 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Your logic is flawed.
There is no language (spoken language) on earth that conforms to
mathematical precision.
Well, then just in case I misinterpret the meaning of the word:
Next time someone calls me anti-American (bound to happen again
At 01:30 04-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
:-) What was it you had posted to the list incessantly a few months ago?
I'm still waiting for Jeroen to post proof and documentation to these
accusations? You'd think I'd remember it better from having seen it a
few hundred times. :-)
Since you
At 21:24 03-10-2002 -0500, The Fool, once again true to his name, wrote:
So now you are redfining the english language, even after someone has
posted, the one and only definitive word meaning and usage from the
unabridged Oxford English Dictionary. This is...Pathetic. Are you going
to deny the
At 07:23 04-10-2002 -0500, Adam Lipscomb wrote:
Um, no. You appear hell-bent upon reserving for yourself the right
to define words the way you *want* to define them.
Which, of course, cannot be said about the pro-Israel crowd...
Ahh, so it's not *just* the Israelis, but all their
At 09:58 04-10-2002 -0500, Marvin Long wrote:
Omnia wankerae delenda est?
Care to translate that into English?
Jeroen Likud Delenda Est van Baardwijk
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At 10:13 04-10-2002 -0700, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
But your case is flawed as well, Jeroen. You assume that the anti in
anti-semite means the opposite of or the negative form of, when in
reality it means denial of or enemy of or someone who is against
You have not been paying attention then. I
At 09:46 04-10-2002 -0700, Adam Lipscomb wrote:
you have apparently decided to use your need to study for an important
exam as a pretext for halting your participation in this discussion of
of the meaning and origins of the term anti-Semite,
That part of your sentence is true...
with the
At 17:45 04-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
And if you remember that, then you will also remember that since that
time, the policy of this list is that nobody is required to back any
claims with any proof.
Now, I may have been deleting e-mails en masse, but for the record, to my
knowledge
At 14:08 04-10-2002 -0700, Adam Lipscomb wrote:
I'm not asking for an L3 post - just a simple explanation as to why you
insist your position is the correct one.
I have already explained that a few times now. I see no reason to keep
repeating myself.
Jeroen And now, off to bed van Baardwijk
At 18:25 04-10-2002 -0500, Adam Lipscomb wrote:
I'm not asking for an L3 post - just a simple explanation as to why
you insist your position is the correct one.
I have already explained that a few times now. I see no reason to keep
repeating myself.
And the reasoning you give is
At 00:10 05-10-2002 -0500, The Fool foolishly blated:
I am not at all confused. Rather, it is quite clear to me that many
people attribute a certain meaning to the word anti-Semite that
differs from what I believe to be its meaning.
This is the same kind of logic, quacks, holocaust
At 23:31 05-10-2002 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote about me:
Not ONCE has he ever admitted to being wrong about ANYTHING.
Do you know what the problem is with that blanket statement? I need to find
only *one* message in which I admit to being wrong, in order to prove your
statement false.
And
At 07:50 06-10-2002 +0200, Ilana Halupovich wrote:
America in general is, after all, very pro-Israel, has a large Jewish
community, and is in fact the only friend Israel has in the world.
I understand that you don't watch Russian TV. G
You understand correctly. We do not get Russian TV here.
At 08:01 06-10-2002 +0200, Ilana Halupovich wrote:
It's Jeroen displays opinions that are seemingly prejudiced against
Israel usually that is.
That is still not really correct, but at least it is a little bit less
wrong that Jeroen displays opinions that are seemingly prejudiced against
Jews.
At 19:57 06-10-2002 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote:
And guess what -- I found that message... GRIN
Congratulations! Bit like finding the needle in the haystack??? BIG GRIN
Then it was either a small haystack or a big needle. It only took me three
minutes to find it. GRIN
To make it
At 13:33 06-10-2002 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
Surely you can see the difference between a fascist dictator and a
and a democractically elected government? Why should the former be
protected? Especially when the former has repeatedly disobeyed
instructions of the United Nations?
Well, other
ATTENTION: This message is for MALE Brinellers only. All FEMALE members
should close this message IMMEDIATELY!!!
Housewife seeking appreciation quits housework.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Midwest/10/05/wife.strike.ap/index.html
Guys, if our female significant others find out about
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (Reuters) -- Prince Claus of the Netherlands,
the husband of Queen Beatrix, died on Sunday, the government information
service said.
http://europe.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/06/netherlands.prince/index.html
Jeroen no wisecrack tagline tonight van Baardwijk
At 19:18 06-10-2002 -0400, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Guys, if our female significant others find out about this, we are
in dp trouble...
Sometimes I wonder about you, Jeroen. Your wife is the only SO on here
that I know of, so aren't you the only one who get screwed by this? ;)
Not really --
At 20:39 06-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote:
But I do believe my conversation with Jeroen is indicative of a larger
problem that I think should be addressed. We've had many people here,
About three or four, IIRC. Hardly many.
myself included, who have complained that when Jeroen argues a
At 20:58 06-10-2002 -0400, Joe Hale wrote:
Why can't you just kick Jeroen out of the group?
Because that is not the way we handle differences here. If we start
removing people because they hold a minority viewpoint, sooner or later we
are going to run out of members. GRIN
Jeroen Here to
At 09:49 07-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
Now, there are times when everything else is *not* being equal, and I
have to unload and load the dishwasher 3 or 4 times in a row before Dan
does both tasks, and then he'll either crow about it or complain when I
don't notice. :)
Hey, us men
At 09:58 07-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
The way it was explained to me how surnames go in India (and you can
correct me if I'm wrong) is that your surname is your father's given
name.
In the US, your surname is your father's surname.
Until recently, in The Netherlands a child would
At 12:09 07-10-2002 -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
If I were the Evil Overlord of the world, I would
force everybody to change the surnames to a logical
system: ...
given name(s) mt-DNA surname(s)
[honorific surname] chromosome Y's surname(s)
Nah. When I become Overlord of the world, I will
At 21:43 07-10-2002 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Nah. When I become Overlord of the world, I will introduce a much more
efficient system. Since we are all registered as a number in various
databases anyway, everyone's surname will be a number as well (but, being a
Benign Overlord, I will
Just in case anyone is interested: there have been several changes in the
Top-10 of the Alpha-Mail Statistics since the last time I posted it.
Julia Leading Lady Thompson has more than doubled the gap between herself
and John Republican-and-proud-of-it Giorgis (from 215 to 491 posts) and
in
At 14:55 08-10-2002 -0700, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
(snip top 10 list)
Is there a way to get a listing of the unknown addresses?
Yes. It may be obtained through exercising patience.
As more and more of the contents of the Archive gets included in the List
Statistics, the number of posts from the
At 08:11 09-10-2002 -0500, John Horn wrote:
You would be amazed how many people can mishear a simple name like Horn.
I get Horan, Doran, Warren, Smith... (OK, maybe not that last
one...)
Maybe it will help if you inform them that Horn is spelled the same way
as horny but without the y. GRIN
At 22:33 11-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
It might even get you killfiled.. and then what is your point of
view worth?
Killfiling someone will not stop that person from sharing his points of
view. The only one who loses here is the person who does the
killfiling, because s/he will
At 12:11 13-10-2002 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
But what truly lawful grounds do we have for messing with Iraq? To be
lawful any action would have to be sanctioned by some official body
such as the UN or NATO.
Iraq's government has broken numerous treaty provisions and defied UN
FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) -- Germans who like to read on the toilet no
longer need to take newspapers in with them, but can instead turn to novels
and poems printed onto toilet paper, a German publisher says.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/10/offbeat.tp.reading.reut/index.html
I
LONDON, England -- The world's funniest joke has been revealed after a
year-long search by scientists.
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/10/03/joke.funniest/index.html
Related links:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/10/03/joke.sampler/index.html (Top
jokes in several countries.)
At 20:00 14-10-2002 -0400, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Should Canada become the 51st American state?
Nah, Canada will never become an American state. Now, the various
regions of the US becoming Canadian provinces, that is a different
story... :-)
Never happen. There aren't enough polite
At 23:48 15-10-2002 +0200, I politely asked JDG:
John, access to files in the Brin-L/Files section at Yahoo!Groups requires
people to first join Brin-L through Yahoo!Groups. Not everyone may want to
do that, so next time you want to share a file, could you please put it up
in a place that
At 09:07 16-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
2) Since you're so concerned about everyone being able to access stuff,
when people post links to information that isn't accessible to all, if
it's owned by the listmember who posted the link, why don't you ask
permission to mirror the info on
At 12:44 16-10-2002 -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
I also need some population data for these planets.
H... The problem is, we don't have them. Maybe
we can estimate, but how accurate do you want this
estimation? An error of 1 magnitude is acceptable? :-)
Maybe our good Doctor will get
At 10:58 16-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote about the Digest:
mccmedia sends it out when a threshold size has been reached, which
leads to more than 25 messages, but generally fewer than 50. Maybe
always fewer than 50.)
There must be another variable at work with the Digests. I receive the
At 15:07 16-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
OK, dumb question here. There have been several sightings; everyone
in that corner of the world must know about Bigbird by now. So why
are there no PICTURES? I would expect that by after the first one or
two sightings, nobody would now
At 16:24 22-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
Where in the UN charter does it say that a country must gain permission
before defending itself?
A country's self-defense is an internal matter, not an UN matter. However,
invading an other country is an act of aggression, not self-defense.
Your
At 21:53 22-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
What if the SOB is caught in Maryland by an armed civilian of Virginia that
can only legally carry a firearm in his own state?
A mild thought to all of this mess.
This is the perfect example of why we require trial-by-jury in this country.
Why?
At 15:21 22-10-2002 -0700, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
Have you noticed that nobody (except me and DB) have criticised JDG for
his behaviour? Why do you think that is?
First off, that implies that nobody's said anything about this thread,
which is very untrue.
That is not what it is saying (or
At 15:49 22-10-2002 -0700, Debbi Harrell wrote:
I've sent 2 messages (re: the UN) in the past 15 minutes, but they
haven't made it - at least to my computer.
I get the impression that there is something wrong with either Nick's
server or with his Internet connection. I have noticed in the
At 22:28 17-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
Meanwhile, the EU is completely mistrusted by the European citizenry,
As a citizen of the European Union, I can say that this claim is an
exaggeration. It is not the EU we distrust, it is only the *politicians* we
distrust, especially since we
At 22:44 17-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
The question Dr. Brin, is not how sure are we that Hussein has a nuclear
weapons program, the question is How sure are you that he does not?
You can not justify an attack against any country with that kind of
reasoning, which is why this kind of
At 23:37 17-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
Indeed, I got hit for doing 46 mph in a 30 mph zone that only had one
fairly obscured speed limit sign.
Out of curiosity, how high was the fine? In The Netherlands, this
particular violation would set you back EUR 92 (approx. USD 91).
I was
At 01:35 18-10-2002 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
For those not familiar, the Creationist crowd is trying to have a law passed
so that Ohio schools will have to teach Creation as an alternative to
Evolution. I am ashamed that this is being seriously considered here :-(
Which Creationism? I
Once again, taking things back on-line, where it belongs.
At 14:59 18-10-2002 -0700, John Giorgis wrote:
This looks like a prime example of deliberately providing
misinformation in an attempt to validate your point. First, it is for
the *entire* EU, not the EMU (Economic and Monetary Union)
At 22:32 18-10-2002 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
An Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie (AFDB) is a type of headwear that can
shield your brain from most electromagnetic psychotronic mind control
carriers.
The newer members of Brin-L may have no idea what I am talking about, but...
...will an
At 10:01 19-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
Once again, taking things back on-line, where it belongs.
I'd like to ask a question about general rules of politeness. From what
I've seen in a number of places, people are suppose to publically divulge
the contents of private emails only with
At 10:42 19-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
I think it's rather rude to drag an off-list exchange onto a list
without the permission of all parties involved.
It is my belief that discussions taken off-list should be kept off-list
until such time as all parties involved agree it should go
At 11:46 19-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
So, let's see some proof, or be a man about it and admit that your
statement is false.
So Jeroen, does insulting the manhood of someone you are asking questions
to make that person more likely or less likely to answer your questions?
Well,
At 11:37 19-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
Anyhow, if you knew the first thing about the United Nations, you would
know that the UN Charter assigns responsibility for peace and security
matters to the UN Security Council.Thus, since the Security Council is
a completely discredited body
At 11:35 19-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
It is my belief that discussions taken off-list should be kept off-list
until such time as all parties involved agree it should go back
on-list.
Even if the discussion is technically not taken off-list, but one poster
replies off-list
At 00:22 21-10-2002 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote:
Have you noticed that nobody (except me and DB) have criticised JDG for his
behaviour? Why do you think that is? Because people here see nothing wrong
with his behaviour, or because they know that criticising him is useless
since hell will freeze
At 09:10 21-10-2002 +0530, Ritu Ko wrote:
So, why do I still believe we *can* move that mountain? Must be because
of my eternal optimism.
Optimism is well and good, but the mountain has to *want* to move before
it can be moved. I am an optimist myself, but I am beginning to realise
that yours
At 01:11 21-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
Come on, John! If you have the courage to go on record as saying that
the EU is completely mistrusted by the European citizenry, you should
also have the courage to back that claim.
Put up or retract.
Hey Nick, do I get a point in the predictions
At 16:53 20-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
It may not be perfect, but it is the best we have. It is certainly
better than having one country throwing its cherished principles of
democracy overboard and then unilaterally decide to drag the Middle East
into another war.
Which principle of
At 14:35 21-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
No, but given his behaviour it would not be a bad idea for him to start
looking for such advice.
Sigh, let me put this bluntly, since you tend to ignore things that are
subtle.
I realize that this is a YMMV issue, but personally, I will rejoice
At 13:33 21-10-2002 -0700, John Giorgis wrote:
It may not be perfect, but it is the best we have. It is certainly
better than having one country throwing its cherished principles of
democracy overboard and then unilaterally decide to drag the Middle
East into another war.
Which principle of
At 14:07 21-10-2002 -0700, Adam Lipscomb wrote:
What makes you think John will change his behavior?
There is absolutely NOTHING that makes me think he will change his
behaviour (at least, not change it in a *positive* way). As I have said
before, hell will freeze over before *that* will
At 15:30 21-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
It may not be perfect, but it is the best we have. It is certainly
better than having one country throwing its cherished principles of
democracy overboard and then unilaterally decide to drag the Middle
East into another war.
Which
At 15:30 21-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
It may not be perfect, but it is the best we have. It is certainly
better than having one country throwing its cherished principles of
democracy overboard and then unilaterally decide to drag the Middle
East into another war.
Which
At 17:21 21-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
Jeroen Have it on my desk by 08:00 tomorrow van Baardwijk
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Well, I'll go in where wiser folks fear
At 17:59 21-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
Do you believe that the principle of one country, one vote is a
democratic principle?
Yes. Of course, ideally any UN decision would be made by letting every
citizen of every member country vote on the issue (using the one man,
one vote
At 18:06 21-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
Out of curiosity, why do you keep on twisting meanings, even when you
don't have to?
I do not see this as twisting meanings. Apparently I use a different
definition of democracy than you do. But then, the definition the
majority decides is the
At 19:46 21-10-2002 -0500, Adam Lipscomb wrote:
There's a colloquialism that comes to mind:
Insanity: Doing the exact same thing over and over again, and expecting
different results.
Great -- that means that insanity is what pays the bills and puts food on
my table.
Troubleshooting is part
At 21:27 21-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
I have always been opposed to veto power for *any* country because it gets
in the way of the democratic process, so the answers to the above questions
are no and no.
So, in other words, the UNSC is by no means a paragon of the democratic
principle.
At 21:31 21-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
Actually, the majority does not decide in the UNSC. First, decisions
require a minimum of 9 out of 15 members. Secondly, many decisions with
the support of 14-1 are not taken by the UNSC.
Worse yet, several decisions have been made by just one
At 21:33 21-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
Haven't you previously argued that I *never* understand what you mean?
Maybe, maybe not. Can you quote a post in which I said that? Because I
really do not have the time to go through some 3,300 posts to see whether
or not I said that.
Jeroen
At 08:21 23-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
The Franco-Russian obstructionism cannot be understood as a response to the
Bush administration's hawkishness on Iraq, its doctrine of preemption or
its drift toward unilateralism. Paris and Moscow have been championing the
cause of Saddam Hussein
At 09:46 23-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
You mean it is completely amazing to hope that Democracy and Free Markets
might triumph over Totalitarianism, Autoritarianism, Repression, and
Fanatacism?? This is an opinion that I am to be ridiculed for?
What's going on here?
You
At 15:19 23-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
A country's self-defense is an internal matter, not an UN matter.
However, invading an other country is an act of aggression, not
self-defense.
So, all wars of self defense must stop at the border? It is wrong to
defeat a country that attacks?
At 16:00 23-10-2002 -0500, Steve Sloan wrote:
Why? I see nothing in that scenario that even remotely suggests that
trial by jury is required. For both trials (one for the Virginian
civilian, one for the caught suspect of the sniper shootings, you only
need a prosecutor, a lawyer to defend
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