----- Original Message ----- From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Arachne List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 7:15 PM Subject: Re: In Response to - (Re: Iraq vs. N Korea)
> On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 15:40:27 +1000, Ronald Bleckendorf wrote: > > >> If this woman spat in your face you should have gone down to the local > >> police station and sworn out a warrant for her arrest and charging her > >> with assault. > > > I tried, but was denied that privilege because a) I wasn't American and b) I > > was a German, who had the audacity to be Jewish as well. > > Anyone in this country has the right to swear out a warrant for the > arrest of anybody else in this country, regardless of the nationality, > race, and/or the religion of the complainant. > > >> If there were any witnesses to the incident she would have > >> been convicted if the witnessses tell the truth. If the witnesses lie > >> and say she didn't do it, then she might get away with it. The law can > >> get her if she dares do the same thing again. The law enforcement > >> authorities can set her up by orchestrating a similar incident in which > >> they would have a man playing the part of the foreign Jew and where the > >> suspected woman would be secretly under surveillance by the authorities. > >> As long as the victims of this kind of behavior allow the perpetrators to > >> get away with it the incidents will continue. > > > It wasn't the victim wanting to let her get away with it, but the > > authorities. > > In that case you could have filed a federal complaint charging the > local authorities with violation of your civil rights. You could have > contacted some anti-racist organizations such as the Jewish Defense > League or the Southern Poverty Law Center I suppose I could have done a lot of things. But don't forget, I was a tourist and did not grow up in the US. I didn't even speak much English. I didn't know of any anti-racist organizations, or that there was a possibility to to file a federal complaint. I didn't even know the word for "attorney". > >> Unfortunately racism is > >> still a force to be reckoned with in a few small areas of the USA, > >> especially in areas where there is a lot of Ku Klux Klan activity and in > >> areas that are being stirred up by Aryan Nations and New World Order > >> groups and other racist organizations. It is legal in the USA to hold > >> racist opinions. It is illegal to assault and to threaten people. > > >> > What I would like to see are UN weapons inspectors to go into the US and > >> > make sure THEY don't have any "weapons of mass destruction" lying around > >> > anywhere. > > >> The US does have weapons of mass destruction such as nuclear bombs and > >> warheads. The US admits to it. Several other countries have nukes and > >> they admit to it. If Saddam has nukes he should be disarmed because he > >> is a known madman. > > > Do you have proof that he is? If not, than this is merely your opinion. > > Sure, he is at the very bottom of my list of favourite people. But so far, > > we have no tangible proof that he is either a madman, or has certain weapons > > stashed away. While he may well have them, I feel he is clever enough NOT to > > use them. > > He will use them. He has in the past used chemical weapons even against > his own people and with devastating results. This fact is not disputed. > > >> I don't think we need to worry so much about the > >> other nations that have them, but for evil regimes like the one in Iraq > >> we have quite a problem with that. > > > Well, I feel like most people in the western world (including the US). The > > regime is only evil because some right-wing madmen say it is. > > See above. > > >> > Then, if they find any, maybe the rest of the world should just > >> > attack America for having them. Iraq at the present time is NO threat to > >> > America in any way. Even if they have the necessary warheads, they have > > no > >> > means of getting them all the way to America. > > >> Yes they do. A nuke may be packed into a briefcase and somebody might > >> try to smuggle it onto our shores or across our borders. Also chemical > >> and biological weapons could be dispersed by aerosol spray cans carried > >> by terrorists. Consider all the tons of cocaine that criminals are > >> bringing into the country. Since the criminals can so successfully > >> conspire to import so much cocaine then they probably could succeed also > >> at importing nukes and large quantities of biological and chemical agents > >> also. > > > Maybe. But why would Iraq, or any other nation, want to do that? What would > > be the reason for them to do it? > > Because they want to kill Americans. Why did the terrorists hijack > some commercial airliners and fly them into the Twin Towers of the World > Trade Center? It is because they wanted to kill Americans. > > >> > For that reason alone it would > >> > be ludicrous to attack Iraq. Bush's statement that it has to be done to > >> > "restore peace in the region" is just as ludicrous, as there is no war > > in > >> > the region, and no peace needs to be restored. What is encouraging is > > that, > >> > apparently the majority of Americans are against this war. Anyway, I > > don't > >> > want to go on and bore everyone with my opinions... > > >> > Have a good day, > > Sam Heywood > -- > This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser: > http://browser.arachne.cz/ >
