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 the
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
GCU You Can't
Rich wrote:
unsubscribe jeroen-l
Me too.
Ritu
GCU Please
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Rich wrote:
unsubscribe jeroen-l
Me too.
Ritu
GCU Please
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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. evil grin.
chuckle
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
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
Ritu
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Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
Remeber, if it's perpetrated against the hegemonist, colonialist,
capitalist pig-dog oppressors, it's not really violence. :-)
LOL
Y'know, I have *always* wondered how many people wished to say that to
Gandhi...
Ritu
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 characteristics' of
Ronald Blankenship wrote:
Define theocracy.
Frex, Christians believe that at some point in the future,
Jesus Christ will
return to Earth as its ruler.
g
In which case, wouldn't the belief that the entire Creation is God's
doing and, thus, under Her ultimate control be defined as a
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
GCU Hanumani-Sindoori?there goes a
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.. :)
Ritu
GCU Oops!
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 order
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 agreed to
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?
g
..the US has *let* the UN deliberate...?
Interesting terminology there,
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, but I guess to be expected.
sigh
Okay
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), wristlaces (6)
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?
g
..the US has *let* the UN deliberate...?
Interesting terminology there, JDG. :)
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!
A lot
A very happy Diwali to all of you. :)
Ritu
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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
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
to
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 *long*,
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 effect...
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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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 your
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 should anyone *have*
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
attacks are
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; salt
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
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
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.
Why the
I wrote:
LOL
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
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. G
chuckle
Sometimes I feel as if I carry a neon sign over my head, proclaiming my
opinion of BJP et al.
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 encouraging
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 practice
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Nope, I have no idea how you feel about living under
the BJP government.
g
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
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. For
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
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 were an
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 whether
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?
Ritu
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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 case
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 number of
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 but
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.
chuckle
I have to say I agree.
But like you siad, he is busy. :)
(I think I told you, Ritu, that
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 web
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