Dan Minette wrote:
> > PS - Apologies for all those repeated messages guys. My
> Outlook seems to
> > be acing up.
>
> If it were just acing up, we'd only get one message. I'd
> argue that it was
> treying up. :-)
:P
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Dan Minette wrote:
> 2) You could start a good discussion with that 100k exposition on the
> morality of pacifism that you've been owning me. .
And which one would that be?
All I can see in my drafts folder is an unfinished 11k mail on a war
that looks nigh inevitable. :)
And since it took
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Rich wrote:
> unsubscribe jeroen-l
Me too.
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> unsubscribe jeroen-l
Me too.
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Rich wrote:
> My worst case scenario involves giant asteroids, gamma ray bursts,
> all-out nuclear exchanges, plague, famine, brain-eating zombie
> infestations, leaves on the line, and Steps reforming.
>
> Rich
> GCU And The Universal Adoption Of Imperial Units
And the wombats?
Ritu
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Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> > But isn't that assuming that the rest of us are
> > incapable of disapproving of the deeds without
> > hating the doer? :)
> >
> Yes. Which makes Me the only Saint in the list :-P
Ahem.
It would, if it were true. It *isn't* true, so you *aren't*. :P
> > But i
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> I begin to understand why Jeroen was singled-out to
> be the victim-of-the-day.
Was he?
Admittedly I have only been re-subbed here for a few months, I have not
had much time to devote to Brin-L mail but I seem to have missed the
singling-out.
> And his behaviour in t
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
> Remeber, if it's perpetrated against the hegemonist, colonialist,
> capitalist pig-dog oppressors, it's not really violence. :-)
Y'know, I have *always* wondered how many people wished to say that to
Gandhi...
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Russell Chapman wrote:
> >Tintin and Asterix... Read them too. I even tried to
> >hook my daughters into reading them, but maybe
> >they were too young. Or maybe there's not enough
> >sex and violence to make them interesting
> >
> You'd only need one obelisk dropped on you to think the viol
William Taylor wrote:
> At 3am one year, filling up for gas at Springfield, Mo., I
> threw out a
> "Namaste" to the East Asian working the graveyard.
>
> I think I made his night.
Probably did at that. :)
The greeting 'namaste' comes from the Sanskrit words 'Namah' and 'tey'
and literally me
The Fool wrote:
> It's not that those thing you listed aren't true, they are.
> They could
> still flare up, but the cold war is over. Did you know that
> before the
> british came to india, there was a religious group in india called
> 'thugs'. the Thugs systematically killed more than an o
Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> > Btw, I meant to ask, what was the colour of the other half
> of that cat
> > of yours?
>
>
> Other half? Not sure what you mean:
Of course you don't. My bad. :)
Your earlier mail had mentioned a half-kali dog. I somehow remembered a
cat.. :)
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Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> (I won't quibble with you over the gender of deity at this
> point. ;-) )
Nothing to quibble about there, sir. It's a simple fact. ;)
Btw, I meant to ask, what was the colour of the other half of that cat
of yours?
Ritu
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Ronald Blankenship wrote:
> Define "theocracy."
>
> Frex, Christians believe that at some point in the future,
> Jesus Christ will
> return to Earth as its ruler.
In which case, wouldn't the belief that the entire Creation is God's
doing and, thus, under Her ultimate control be defined as
William T Goodall wrote:
> > What of people who hold pacifist religous views?
> >
> > Using Osama bin Laden to make a statement about the general
> characteristics
> > of religion is beyond ludicrous.
>
> Is it? Quakers and other pacifist religions are a tiny minority. The
> 'general characte
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> > No, it should be
> > one-vote-for-average-number-of-pieces-of-clothing-worn.
> > :-)
> >
> Hmmm... Let me see how many votes a typical brazilian
> girl would have: panties (1), miniskirt (2), microblouse
> (3), bellybutton piercing (4), necklace (5), wristlace
Erik Reuter wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 11:21:53AM +0530, Ritu Ko wrote:
>
> > No more credit than the world gave other countries for not provoking
> > an unnecessary war in an unprecedentedly irrational manner, no.
>
> Interesting terminology there, Ritu, bu
Robert Seeberger wrote:
> > > With that being said, has anybody noticed that the United
> > > States has now
> > > let the United Nations deliberate for nearly two months (and
> > > counting) on
> > > its dispute with Iraq?
> >
> >
> >
> > "..the US has *let* the UN deliberate..."?
> >
> > Intere
Dan Minette wrote:
> Why I can see being opposed to attacking Iraq, I'm rather
> surprised by your
> language.
Could you specify the exact portions please?
> 1) Do you think that Iraq is not in material breach of the
> provisions that
> ended the Gulf War? My understanding is that Iraq agree
John D. Giorgis wrote:
> With that being said, has anybody noticed that the United
> States has now
> let the United Nations deliberate for nearly two months (and
> counting) on
> its dispute with Iraq?
"..the US has *let* the UN deliberate..."?
Interesting terminology there, JDG. :)
Doug wrote:
> The same to you!
Thank you. :)
> Could you explain to those of us that are unfamiliar with the holiday
> what it is all about?
Well, Diwali is the biggest festival here in India. It spreads out over
two days and all the festivities culminate in a puja, feast and
fire-works on the
A very happy Diwali to all of you. :)
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J. van Baardwijk wrote:
> Do you have any idea how arrogant your post sounds? Do you
> really believe
> that you are so intellectually superior to others that you
> can see things
> coming that trained professionals with years of relevant
> experience would miss?
>
> Puh-lease!
Puh-lease!
Julia Thompson wrote:
> > Ritu
> > GCU Still Sleepy
> > GSV Is 9am Too Early To Call It A Day And Go Back To Bed?
>
> No, but 10AM is a perfectly acceptable hour to begin a nap. :)
Okay. I can survive these 35 minutes just by making sure all the
children, dogs and puppies are involved in a *lo
John D. Giorgis wrote:
> Once this happens, it then becomes possible to envision
> expanding the UNSC
> to 25 members or so, with 7-8 of them as permanent members
> (pending whether
> the UK joins the EU seat.)
How long a time frame are you envisioning here?
> India is basically a done deal
Dan Minette wrote:
> > Of course, all this is strictly imho.
> >
>
> Well, not to be argumentative, but I think it is impho.
Okay, I'll bite...
P - Personal?
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J. van Baardwijk wrote:
> >As for what I said, well, personal attacks doesn't ever let
> anyone 'win'
> >an argument/discussion. So I fail to see what the big deal is.
>
> Those personal attacks tend to have quite a lot of effect on
> the list as a
> whole -- and not exactly a positive effe
Jim Sharkey wrote:
> >BUT I'm really absolutely totally completely sick and tired of
> >people telling me what an 'ignorant fool', 'arrogant basterd'
> >or 'fucking son of a bitch' etc my husband is.
>
> Well, that's just plain messed up. The folks that have the
> temerity to insult you
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
> >But surely if the latter doesn't seem like such a big
> problem, then the
> >'direness' of the former disappears and we can all just
> relax and talk
> >of something else.
>
> Giorgis habitually uses personal attacks as a means to "win"
> a discussion;
> I am shoc
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
> > > If you do not want all this to happen again in the
> future, then you
> > > will have to convince the person causing it in the first place
> > > (Giorgis) to start behaving in such a way that "all this" will not
> > > happen again.
> >
> >I don't understand. Why sho
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
> >No one seems to care but you.
>
> If that is true, then I might just as well restore the
> previous content of
> the Main Page of Brin-L.com, as it appearently is quite
> accurate -- you
> know, the version that says that things like flame wars and personal
> atta
Deborah Harrell wrote:
> Sinus washing with saline salution is a useful (but
> admittedly disgusting! :P) technique for removing
> infected mucus (aka green gunk), but I recommend it
> only to those who are truly _miserable_ with severe
> sinusitis. The key is to 'snork' not sniff the
> solution;
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
> >It's not that we're pretending that the mountain (others's difficult
> >behavior) isn't there, as you suggest.
>
> So, I am not suggesting that people are
> pretending that the mountain does not exist; I am suggesting
> that people
> are not going to try to move the
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
> Ritu wrote:
> > And I still think it is better to drop an argument if the other
> person
> > is clearly unwilling to discuss it any further. :)
>
> There you go using your "Earth logic".
It's an old, ridiculous habit of mine. :)
> For some, the fun only begins when
Dan Minette wrote:
> 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 the
> explict permission of the sender.
Well, personally, I feel that anything wr
> I've scored (though how long it will last I don't know) a monthly
> column in _Wired_: "Change."
>
> What do people think that _Wired's_ subscriber base and other readers
> need to be told?
What's _Wired_ btw?
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I wrote:
>
>
> Well, that wouldn't solve anything now...they just
Add 'want' here, please. :)
>to kill
> *each other*.
> Who cares that the original remark was made by an American Reverend!
>
> Ritu
> GSV These Indians Are Crazy< Obelix class
Ritu
Gcu Crazy Indian
The Fool forwarded:
> Fanatic christians' remarks sparkss fanatic muslim vs fanatic hindu
> clashes:
>
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=535&u=/ap/200
> 21011/ap_on_
> re_as/india_riots&printer=1
I had somehow missed this. Thanks.
I'd just like to take this opportunity to rei
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
> > BOMBAY, India (AP) - Five people were killed Friday in Hindu-Muslim
> > rioting and police gunfire after riots broke out during a general
> strike
> > to protest the Rev. Jerry Falwell calling the founder of Islam a
> > terrorist. Forty-seven others were injured.
>
>
Julia Thompson wrote:
> But the reinforcement of this quality by the educational
> system probably
> didn't hurt. :)
Oh, I agree. Besides, I'd imagine that it'd be far less frustrating. It
*does* get annoying when certain values are introduced to you in glowing
terms but putting them in practi
Dr. Brin wrote:
> There is another explanation for those poor test comparisons. Many
> other countries encourage rote memorization of facts. We consider
> that to be a gross and evil use of students' minds. In USschools, the
> emphasis is on process and on class discussions and on encouragin
Deborah Harrell wrote:
> > > Nope, I have no idea how you feel about living
> > under the BJP government.
>
> My initial response had the 'no' highlit, but I
> decided that was a bit too much.
Sometimes I feel as if I carry a neon sign over my head, proclaiming my
opinion of BJP et al.
Deborah Harrell wrote:
> Nope, I have no idea how you feel about living under
> the BJP government.
Well, my emotions and reactions vary. The first reaction, of course, was
disbelief that people were idiotic enough to vote them in. That lingered
for quite a while, and cosily snuggled up to
Julia Thompson wrote:
> Actually, I think it would be the caste of Gautam's *grandfather*. :)
>
> 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.
The naming convention are different in different
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> >> The reason I'm not sure is that the first time
> >> I read his name I knew that he is of an Indian descent.
> >
> > Well, that just shows how much more astute you are
> > than I am. I guessed he was Irish. :-)
> >
> I thought that Mukunda was african. And
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> > Nope. But I am not really that astute. Most Indians can
> > take a look at that name and tell you about the caste
> > of Gautam's father [and hence, Gautam's].
> >
> There are studies here in Brazil showing some correlation
> between surnames and skin colour. F
Dan M. wrote:
> Well, that just shows how much more astute you are than I am.
> I guessed he
> was Irish. :-)
With a name like Gautam Mukunda?
Nope. But I am not really that astute. Most Indians can take a look at
that name and tell you about the caste of Gautam's father [and hence,
Gautam'
Dan M. asked:
> This kinda reminds me of an implied question about
> preconceptions about
> India that exists. The main one I have is that India is
> overwhelmingly
> bureaucratic. It may be changing, but I definitely got that
> impression
> from the '70s through the mid-'90s at least. The
Dan M. wrote:
> > If that outside help is coming from Uncle Sam, I'd say that
> my concerns
> > are reasonably valid.
> >
> You know, I'd just love to see Ritu and Gautam get into a
> debate on this.
I have to say I agree.
But like you siad, he is busy. :)
> (I think I told you, Ritu, that
Dan M wrote:
> Its my understanding that India pretty well
> chose the
> USSR as its patron and the US got Pakistan by default. Do you know
> differently?
I forgot to add one thing. As far as I know, the US chose Pakistan when
India refused to join its camp. It wasn't enough that we weren't jo
Dan Minette wrote:
> Well, I won't argue against your examples, but I am thinking
> of a much more
> decisive win than that. All of Germany and Japan were under
> the control of
> the winners of WWII. Pakistan wasn't after those two wars.
No, Pakistan was not completely under Indian control
Robert Seerberger wrote:
> > Yes..and there is also another benefit to being an Iraqi
> womanone
> > would get to read the hilariously improbable romances
> written by Saddam.
> > It's hard to find copies of his book outside Iraq, y'know.
> I would be willing to bet that they would become
Dan Minette wrote:
> I'm not arguing that the war reparations were not a bad
> idea...but that
> they were essentially dropped and were thus meaningless. In a
> sense, the
> difference between WWI and WWII was that the winners ran the
> losing country
> for the benefit of the losers for a numb
Erik Reuter wrote:
> > At least that option has to be excercised. Dismissing it out of the
> > hand seems a bit extreme to me.
>
> It has been exercised. Repeatedly. It does not work. It is
> ludicrous to
> call it "dismissing it out of hand".
Well, I guess whether one chooses to call it ludic
Julia Thompson wrote:
> Actually, if you're a woman, there are *much* suckier rulers to live
> under. (Or die under.) Saudi Arabia, for a biggie. Iraqi
> women enjoy
> greater freedoms than women in almost all other Mideast countries. So
> if I were a woman in Iraq and knew that, sure it wou
Dan Minette wrote:
> Indeed, for Americans, Europe's and its failure to respond to
> Hitler has
> been a paradigm example of what not to do for over 50 years of foreign
> policy. I cannot imagine you picking a worse example to use.
> It doesn't
> falsify your arguement, but it is not a good
The Fool wrote:
> Both have used chemical weapon on their 'native' populations.
> I will get
> to it. Sometime.
Oh, this I've not heard about and am interested. Could you refer some
sites or sources please?
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Erik Reuter wrote:
> > Fairly calm?
> > Then we might as well agree to disagree on this point. :)
> > I consider neither the Afghanistan chapter of the TWAT nor
> this new Iraq
> > campaign to be a 'calm' reaction. For that is all it is, y'know, an
> > emotional reaction to 9/11.
>
> No, I don'
Erik Reuter wrote:
> It seems fairly calm to me. I'd like to see a little more charisma and
> charm from Bush in working with other nations, but I have to say that
> the response from other nations is quite disappointing.
Fairly calm?
Then we might as well agree to disagree on this point. :)
I c
Erik Reuter wrote:
> > Well, if I were an Iraqi and came across leaflets saying
> > that..'arrogance' would be one of the nicer words to cross my mind.
>
> Really? Would you care to explain?
Certainly. :)
Consider the present conditions, the USA's drive to remove Saddam.
Irrespective of whet
Erik Reuter wrote:
> > Are USA strategists aware that the more arrogance the
> > USA exhibits, the stronger will be the Iraqi people's
> > support for Saddam?
>
> Are you saying that dropping leaflets saying that if they fire on US
> planes, they will be fired upon, is arrongant?
Well, if I
The Fool wrote:
> And yes I will eventually stop being lazy and finish my reply
> to that ko
> person. Up to 240k.
>
> I'm not gonna send it to the list. I will send it to those
> who ask. And
> probably in parts. As soon as I stop feeling lazy and actually finish
> it. I don't have any w
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