Bob's son Aaron is lying in a hospital somewhere, wondering if he's going to lose a foot, and you guys get into this discussion. Shame on both of you!
I'm not impressed. This really ain't the time... -frank Keith Whaley wrote: > mishka wrote: > > > > you have probably meant "except that it start out as JWB appointee and does > > exactly what it's told", right? > > > > and as far as threat goes... in recent history, iraq has made far less > > damage to the world than either britain or usa (or france, or germany or > > russia for that matter). > > I guess you have ignored for years and years...and years...the genocide > Saddam has practiced, right? Or maybe that doesn't count, so long as you > leave your neighbors alone? > That's a pitiable attitude, Mishka. > > > this rhethoric about democracy and freedom is pathetic. the country that > > has been authorizing genocide for decades, if not centuries, > > 'Scuse me? Authorizing? Whom, to do what? > > >...that has attacked > > all its neighbors at some point in the past, that invented nuclear weapons, > > Only because we judged it the better of the available courses of action > to be first, instead of a very VERY sorry second! > Do you have any understanding of how close Germany was? You cannot > ignore their contribution to the speed of OUR development of nuclear > weapons. It's their fervor that drove us on to completion and > demonstration of the first-off weapon of it's kind. > You may not like it, nor do I...but the world wouldn't exist for you as > it does now, if anyone else had gotten there first. > So I believe... > > > the only one that has actually used them against civilians, that has just > > introduced secret trials, > > Yes, and that does need looking into. No-one to be spared. > > >...that said it's legal and constitutional to disappear people, > > Your diatribe misses no subject, does it? Did you have anyone in > particular in mind? > > >...that bases its internal policies on race -- > > Oh really? Have you a source for that contention? > > > is going to teach the world freedom? > > gimmie a break! > > Which would you like? Arm or leg? > > > now, can we go back to discussing leica and canon? > > No, I'd quite frankly rather talk about Pentax cameras and their use. > I'm getting sort of sick of hearing about the Leicas, with their > artificially inflated prices, when most of them are no longer even made > by the parent company. Leica/Leitz, as a producer of ultra fine cameras, > once more than worth their price in the photographic world, has slipped > down the path to mediocrity. > Still an excellent camera, most of the more expensive ones anyhow, but > their mid-line and below are not significantly better than your average > Minolta. If that. > Sorry if I have tweaked some Minolta fans. It was not my intention. > > keith whaley > > > mishka > > > > p.s. yes, i live here. it doesn't mean i should pretend it all does not exist. > > > > > Neither I > > > nor my government care what form of government the Iraqis choose, except > > > that it start out as the choice of the Iraqi people and that it not be a > > > danger to their neighbors or the world. -- "What a senseless waste of human life" -The Customer in Monty Python's Cheese Shop sketch
