One has absolutely NOTHING to do with the other. Two entirely separate situations. No-one is trying to impress you. Get over it.
keith frank theriault wrote: > > 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
