The "higher ideal" would be to not wreak other countries to begin with but man is a competitive animal- look how democratic nations have wreaked themselves internally. Forget the "body snatchers"- we should fear the "money snatchers".
Nope. On Jun 18, 11:03 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > I daresay 200m a year is more salve than salvation; in any case, i > never really felt restitutive payments were the best expression of a > will to higher ideals in this regard; some great "gifts" have been > made over the past 20 years; sovereign debt write offs / write downs > for example, and the recent global immunisation initiative, to name 2 > sterling examples that make the reparation case more difficult to > make, generally speaking. > > You sure you're not one of those great philanthropic benefactors of > the Arts we read about in the news occasionally? :) > > On Jun 17, 6:10 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I doubt colonial powers/USA felt the agreement for reparations amusing > > though I suppose those payments are now frozen. Libya has a high grade > > of oil and proximity would be one of several reasons for taking > > control by NATO but there is probably a lot we do not know. Let's > > watch the flow of immigrants and find out. Actually, Turkey is a > > better target for jobs than Europe with a 9% GDP.//Yes- some of those > > sites were new to me although I do have a 20" marble copy of that > > Venus- so I do feel attached to the original. :-) > > > On Jun 16, 12:07 am, paradox <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Amusing article; though the thought of the destruction of historical > > > artifacts really isn't. > > > > Can anyone tell me why the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is > > > staging this outdated production of David and Goliath? > > > > On Jun 16, 3:29 am, rigsy03 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > "Italy Seals Libya colonial deal" > > > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7589557.stm > > > > Time magazine is also running photos of Roman ruins in Libya that may > > > > be under threat.- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -
