Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-06 Thread Halupovich Ilana
J. van Baardwijk Sholom Aleichem, Ilana. :-) Aleichem Hashalom! :-) This is greeting - something like "may you have peace" Ilana ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Russia (Intellectual output from the Arab World)

2002-10-06 Thread Halupovich Ilana
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <> Ilana < >> Jeroen <> I watch NTV - there is daily program about Israel and I can't even compare it to the programs I saw as a kid - 30 or more years ago. News *are* pro-Israeli and there is weekly program "Today in Israel", that sometimes interviews our politicians

Off again... (was RE: Hey, can we can this?)

2002-10-06 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 6 Oct 2002 at 22:34, Jon Gabriel wrote: > >From: "Joe Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: RE: Hey, can we can this? > >Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:58:20 -0400 > > > >Why can't you just kick Jeroen out of the group? > > > > It's not the civilized thing to do. To take your analogy further, > wo

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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'

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Ritu Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 11:40 PM Subject: RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack > Dan M. wrote: > > > > If that outside help is coming from Uncle Sam, I'd say that > > my concerns > >

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Ritu Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 11:29 PM Subject: RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack He also found > Socialism more attractive than Capitalism [have I mentioned that he as > an idiot?]...so,

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

Latin for those who want it. (humor)

2002-10-06 Thread Medievalbk
Veni Vedi Velveeta I came I saw I got creamed and stuffed into a box. Vilyehm Teighlore ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

Re: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/6/2002 7:49:05 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << ---David Hobby -- Demanding prunes and raisins! >> Today the pits, tomorrow the wrinkles. Sunsweet marches on. -- Stan Freber

The article Julia mentioned

2002-10-06 Thread David Hobby
> 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 would suck, but many > othe

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 10:46 PM Subject: Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack > > - Original Message - > From: "Ritu Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:55:30PM -0500, 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 is your point

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Ritu Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 10:33 PM Subject: RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack > I mean, look at what happened in 1947/8 and '71 - India won both the > wars decisively and convincingl

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Ritu Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 10:24 PM Subject: RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack > > If that outside help is coming from Uncle Sam, I'd say that my concerns > are reasonably valid. > Y

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Ritu Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 10:23 PM Subject: RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Actually, if you're a woman, there are *much* suckier rulers to live > >

Re: Craft 'rammed' French oil tanker

2002-10-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 10:25 PM Subject: Re: Craft 'rammed' French oil tanker > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > xponent > > Speedboats Laden With Explosives Delenda Est Maru > > rob > > Hey, ca

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

Re: Craft 'rammed' French oil tanker

2002-10-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > xponent > Speedboats Laden With Explosives Delenda Est Maru > rob Hey, can we get a good Latinization of this? It would be more amusing for a few of us that way Julia Fried Green Brains Maru ___ http://www.mccme

Fw: Beatallica

2002-10-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Culture - Brin-L Satellite List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 4:33 PM Subject: Beatallica > http://www.sensoryresearch.com/~starkeff/beatallica.html > > Awesome !! > > xponent > Enter Taxman

Re: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "David Hobby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 10:11 PM Subject: Re: Hey, can we can this? > Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > I'll think about it. I think it's smart advice anyway. :) > > > > On to more important matters: W

Re: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread David Hobby
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > I'll think about it. I think it's smart advice anyway. :) > > On to more important matters: Why are you demanding prunes and raisins??!? > > Jon Wow, man. Maybe I got it wrong. There was this dude, on Brin-List, man. And there was this like really big, like f

Re: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "David Hobby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 9:47 PM Subject: Re: Hey, can we can this? > Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > I'd be happy to can the discussion, except that if I walk away from this > > conversation, *I'll* be

Re: SH OKs WOMD In Case Of TWAT

2002-10-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 9:41 PM Subject: RE: SH OKs WOMD In Case Of TWAT > > Rob's painful subject line > > > Subject: SH OKs WOMD In Case Of TWAT > > > Wow, Dude! > > That subject line made li

Re: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
I'll think about it. I think it's smart advice anyway. :) On to more important matters: Why are you demanding prunes and raisins??!? Jon >From: David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Hey, can we can this? >Date: Sun, 06 Oct 2002 22:4

Re: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread David Hobby
Jon Gabriel wrote: > I'd be happy to can the discussion, except that if I walk away from this > conversation, *I'll* be accused by him of not answering his questions. Yeah, I was around the last time such accusations were made. Big deal! Ignore such accusations--most of us are able to

RE: SH OKs WOMD In Case Of TWAT

2002-10-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
T he W ar A gainst T error Jon, who's glad no one reads over my shoulder at work. GSV Looked to me like Shocks Wombed in case of... well, you know. >From: "Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: SH OKs WOMD In Case Of TWAT >Date: Sun,

RE: SH OKs WOMD In Case Of TWAT

2002-10-06 Thread Gary Nunn
Rob's painful subject line > Subject: SH OKs WOMD In Case Of TWAT Wow, Dude! That subject line made little explosions go off in my head while trying to decode it. So far, I have come up with his. Saddam Hussein OK's Weapons Of Mass Destruction in case of I just can't seem to m

Re: Definitiions (was Intellectual output from the Arab World)

2002-10-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
OK, that's very cool. I learned something. :-) Thanks, and my apologies -- you were right! Jon >From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Definitiions (was Intellectual output from the Arab World) >Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 14:49:32 +0200 > >At 07:39 05-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel w

Re: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
Well said. :-) Very nice post Rob, and a much more effective answer than mine, i think. :) Jon >From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Hey, can we can this? >Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:44:47 -0500 > >- Original Message - >From: "Joe Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Sund

RE: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
>From: "Joe Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: RE: Hey, can we can this? >Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:58:20 -0400 > >Why can't you just kick Jeroen out of the group? > It's not the civilized thing to do. To take your analogy further, would you have him executed or locked up in the real world for

SH OKs WOMD In Case Of TWAT

2002-10-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://library.northernlight.com/FB2002100687015.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0# doc NEW YORK, Oct 6, 2002 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Intelligence intercepts in the gulf region tell of a meeting Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had with local military commanders in August, in which he discussed the possib

Craft 'rammed' French oil tanker

2002-10-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2303363.stm The owners of a French oil tanker on fire off the coast of Yemen say they believe it was rammed by a smaller boat, before exploding into flames. Much more on site. xponent Speedboats Laden With Explosives Delenda Est Maru rob _

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > And how is it that you know what the Iraqis want? I don't know, but I'd > bet that being ruled by Saddam really sucks. Do you have evidence to the > contrary? Actually, if you're a woman, there are *much* suckier rulers to live under. (Or die under.) Saudi Arabia, for a bi

Re: This Message Is For Male Brinellers Only

2002-10-06 Thread Julia Thompson
"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > ATTENTION: This message is for MALE Brinellers only. All FEMALE members > should close this message IMMEDIATELY!!! You should *know* that's not going to work on me. > Housewife seeking appreciation quits housework. > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Midwest/10/05/wif

Re: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Joe Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 7:58 PM Subject: RE: Hey, can we can this? > Why can't you just kick Jeroen out of the group? > Well we could. But we choose not to. Speaking only for some of us, I would sa

Re: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:58:20PM -0400, Joe Hale wrote: > Why can't you just kick Jeroen out of the group? Why should "you"? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: This Message Is For Male Brinellers Only

2002-10-06 Thread Medievalbk
Change the subject heading. My AOL profile says "Househusband in training". I'd rather stay at home and sell books. [And writing science fiction would be fun too..] William Taylor ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread Joe Hale
Why can't you just kick Jeroen out of the group? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jon Gabriel Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 8:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hey, can we can this? Julia, I appreciate that you're no doubt inte

Re: Hey, can we can this?

2002-10-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
Julia, I appreciate that you're no doubt interested in not having this become yet another "MidEast Hell" debate. Thank you for posting such a well thought out solution to the problems we've been having. But I do believe my conversation with Jeroen is indicative of a larger problem that I thi

RE: This Message Is For Male Brinellers Only

2002-10-06 Thread Jim Sharkey
J. van Baardwijk wrote: > Housewife seeking appreciation quits housework. > > http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Midwest/10/05/wife.strike.ap/index.html Good for her! If she cleans the house while her husband goes fishing, she should do something to call him on it. Normally cutting him off from sex

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 10:24:18PM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > >Are you saying that dropping leaflets saying that if they fire on US > >planes, they will be fired upon, is arrongant? > > > No How about arrogant? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http:

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Erik Reuter wrote: > >Are you saying that dropping leaflets saying that if they fire on US >planes, they will be fired upon, is arrongant? > No Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 01:31:02AM +0530, Ritu Ko wrote: > I am not claiming that the former should be protected. But just that > there are proper channels to take these actions. And that when these > channels are ignored, things worsen. They don't get better. At least > not for the non-Americans

A Country In Mourning

2002-10-06 Thread J. van Baardwijk
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands (Reuters) -- Prince Claus of the Netherlands, the husband of Queen Beatrix, died on Sunday, the government information service said. http://europe.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/06/netherlands.prince/index.html Jeroen "no wisecrack tagline tonight" van Baardwijk

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Ritu Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 3:06 PM Subject: RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack > > Dan Minette wrote: > > > Indeed, for Americans, Europe's and its failure to respond to > > Hitler ha

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman

This Message Is For Male Brinellers Only

2002-10-06 Thread J. van Baardwijk
ATTENTION: This message is for MALE Brinellers only. All FEMALE members should close this message IMMEDIATELY!!! Housewife seeking appreciation quits housework. http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/Midwest/10/05/wife.strike.ap/index.html Guys, if our female significant others find out about this

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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'

Re: cars, air L3er

2002-10-06 Thread freewire
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Laden

2002-10-06 Thread The Fool
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,805618,00.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 13:33 06-10-2002 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: >Surely you can see the difference between a fascist dictator and a >and a democractically elected government? Why should the former be >protected? Especially when the former has repeatedly disobeyed >instructions of the United Nations? Well, other c

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Ritu Ko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 11:11 AM Subject: RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack > > Remember, Iraq lost a war > > and agreed > > to a treaty. > > Yes, I remember. I also remember the

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread The Fool
> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You think Saddam and BJP are comparable??? Have you any conception of > how Saddam has "ruled" Iraq? Both have used chemical weapon on their 'native' populations. I will get to it. Sometime. ___ http://www.m

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 10:38:41PM +0530, Ritu Ko wrote: > 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. > > Fai

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

h2o

2002-10-06 Thread The Fool
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Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 09:41:51PM +0530, Ritu Ko wrote: > Well, I'd suggest that the US govt. calms down a bit. 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 di

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

science Vs religion

2002-10-06 Thread The Fool
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,361521,00.html Jesus and the FDA BY KAREN TUMULTY Saturday, Oct. 05, 2002 A quiet battle is raging over the Bush Administration's plan to appoint a scantily credentialed doctor, whose writings include a book titled As Jesus Cared for Women: Restor

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:27:58PM +0530, Ritu Ko wrote: > > 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

RE: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Ritu Ko
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

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 02:52:15AM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > >The U.S. military has dropped leaflets (...) > > > 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 sa

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Alberto Monteiro
> >The U.S. military has dropped leaflets (...) > Are USA strategists aware that the more arrogance the USA exhibits, the stronger will be the Iraqi people's support for Saddam? Eventually, Saddam may even be able to call for free elections, and then win with 90% of the votes. Heck, even here i

Re: Definitiions (was Intellectual output from the Arab World)

2002-10-06 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 19:57 06-10-2002 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: > > And guess what -- I found that message... > >Congratulations! Bit like finding the needle in the haystack??? Then it was either a small haystack or a big needle. It only took me three minutes to find it. > To make it entirely corre

Re: Definitiions (was Intellectual output from the Arab World)

2002-10-06 Thread Ray Ludenia
J. van Baardwijk wrote: > At 23:31 05-10-2002 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote about me: > >> Not ONCE has he ever admitted to being wrong about ANYTHING. > > Do you know what the problem is with that blanket statement? I need to find > only *one* message in which I admit to being wrong, in order to pr

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-06 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 08:01 06-10-2002 +0200, Ilana Halupovich wrote: >It's "Jeroen displays opinions that are seemingly prejudiced against >Israel" usually that is. That is still not really correct, but at least it is a little bit less wrong that "Jeroen displays opinions that are seemingly prejudiced against J

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-06 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 07:50 06-10-2002 +0200, Ilana Halupovich wrote: >> > >I understand that you don't watch Russian TV. You understand correctly. We do not get Russian TV here. But even if we would, the few words of Russian I know are not enou

Re: Truce, anyone?

2002-10-06 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 14:56 05-10-2002 -0500, Adam Lipscomb wrote: > > The anti-Semite argument has stagnated, devolving into an unpleasant > > shouting match, could we drop it and move on? > >It's dropped. Done. Finished. At least on my end. I freely admit I >should never have wasted my time on it, as I knew h