Nick Arnett wrote
I cannot agree with the premise that underlies this -- that evil
is out there and we in here, if powerful enough, can eliminate
it.
Well, how about a premise that includes people `in here'?
that some of the people who gain governmental power,
whether
On the contrary, Saddam Hussein's government was actively
working on them. That is why some people were worried in 2002
-- they really did not think that Saddam Hussein was lying when
he claimed to be continuing the effort.
And we haven't found evidence of this, two years
JDG wrote
... let's consider a reasonable definition of the US's friends as
being those countries with which the US has a formal Alliance ...
Of the 32 or so of these ...
That fails to provide much legitimacy. It is the same argument as
that in favor of the United Nations.
That is
Presuming that after the husband is released from the hospital and finishes
PT the camping couple in last night's episode gets back to the stated
reason for their camping trip and successfully completes their task, do you
suppose that sometime in the future when his children or grandchildren
At 08:08 AM Tuesday 4/12/2005, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote
I cannot agree with the premise that underlies this -- that evil
is out there and we in here, if powerful enough, can eliminate
it.
Well, how about a premise that includes people `in here'?
that some of the
Here's the latest posting at www.davidbrin.blogspot.com/
--
Finally, no more Star Wars...
Well, wasn't that interesting about SETI? Not exactly my usual stuff.
I guess I'm clearing my decks of miscellaneous irritations. I will
get back to the serious episodic tome about Modernism and its
At 12:04 PM Tuesday 4/12/2005, d.brin wrote:
Here's the latest posting at www.davidbrin.blogspot.com/
[snip for brevity]
WADR, I think it probably says everything that needs to be said to recall
that the most common shorthand among fans for Episode 6: _Return of the
Jedi_ is ROTJ, and to
Not over yet. I heard there are going to be TWO TV series coming out. We'll
see how they do.
I don't care what anyone says, SW makes a great RPG setting!
Damon.
Damon Agretto
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Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
On Apr 9, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, why though? Isn't everything we state that is less than 100%
provable an opinion? Isn't it valid to read in the phrase In my
opinion... before any declaration, at least of values or judgments?
Obviously
On Apr 9, 2005, at 2:20 PM, JDG wrote:
At 04:17 PM 4/7/2005 -0700, Nick wrote:
On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:01:52 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote
It means that there wasn't a third option between
going to war to remove Hussein and leaving him in
power. It didn't exist. No one proposed one that was
On Apr 11, 2005, at 4:47 PM, JDG wrote:
First, Democrats will have a difficult time rebranding themselves as
the
anti-government Party. After all, you have previously defined the
Democrats on this List as being the Party that favored *every*
big-government program over the past 100-or-so years
And, um, what has China to do with any of it anyway?
It's been widely reported that the reason for high fuel costs is because of
China's rapidly expanding economy.
Damon.
Damon Agretto
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Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:08:54 -0400 (EDT), Robert J. Chassell wrote
Nick Arnett wrote
I cannot agree with the premise that underlies this -- that evil
is out there and we in here, if powerful enough, can
eliminateit.
Well, how about a premise that includes people `in here'?
On Apr 12, 2005, at 12:21 PM, Damon Agretto wrote:
And, um, what has China to do with any of it anyway?
It's been widely reported that the reason for high fuel costs is
because of China's rapidly expanding economy.
Ah. Not that widely apparently. ;)
I'm not sure how valid that claim is. If the
On Apr 12, 2005, at 12:28 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:08:54 -0400 (EDT), Robert J. Chassell wrote
Nick Arnett wrote
I cannot agree with the premise that underlies this -- that evil
is out there and we in here, if powerful enough, can
eliminateit.
Well, how about a
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On Apr 9, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: Warren
Ah. Not that widely apparently. ;)
Well they said so on CNN today!
I'm not sure how valid that claim is. If the chart here is of any value,
China's economic growth has been on a more or less steady rise since 1998
or so:
http://www.chinability.com/GDP.htm
...while oil prices have been
On Apr 12, 2005, at 2:08 PM, Damon Agretto wrote:
Ah. Not that widely apparently. ;)
Well they said so on CNN today!
I don't work with the television on. The last time I looked at CNN --
couple days ago, I think -- there was interminable live coverage of a
hostage standoff between a man and
From the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/12/nyregion/12video.html?incamp=article_popular_4
(Be prepared to render up your soul), or
http://tinyurl.com/64xlx:
begin article
Videos Challenge Accounts of Convention Unrest
ennis Kyne put up such a fight at a political protest last
As David Brin has pointed out in multiple places, one of the important
lessons to learn from 9/11 is how well the average armature person
was able to respond to a crisis. Self forming and self organizing
groups of common people outperform the professionals time after
time.
Some of you might have
On Apr 12, 2005 11:09 AM, Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't care what anyone says, SW makes a great RPG setting!
Well of course it does, you get to play one of the Heroes =)
In fact, the better the setting for an RPG, the less likely I would
like to actually live in such a place.
Robert J. Chassell wrote:
If the Iraqi government had waited until it had nuclear weapons, Iraq
might well have become the first country since 1945 to annex all of
another country successfully (country as recognized by the UN as a
1648 `Treaty of Westfalia' type of country, not as a `protocol
4!
Sheesh.
Julia
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Julia Thompson wrote:
4!
No, if 4! = 24, then 24? = 4
The interesting thing is that 10? = 3.390 or so.
Alberto Monteiro
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