Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 15 Mar 2003 at 22:59, Han Tacoma wrote: My opinion is that the French have the same misgivings as the American Jewish community has: | But some Jews are increasingly concerned about the lack of widespread | international support for a pre-emptive strike, and skeptical that the United |

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-16 Thread Han Tacoma
On Sunday, March 16, 2003 8:10 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 15 Mar 2003 at 22:59, Han Tacoma wrote: My opinion is that the French have the same misgivings as the American Jewish community has: I retract my _generalization_ of the American Jewish Community in the context that I used it.

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 16 Mar 2003 at 18:10, Han Tacoma wrote: On Sunday, March 16, 2003 8:10 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: I realize that Rabbi Schorsch's views are his. While you don't indicate what you mean by proportion (i.e. a percentage), it seems to me that you are using the word as an implication -- that

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: At the risk of ruining it, can you explain the joke? I know that le is and article for the, but what is le weekend? I thought the French worked short weeks compared to Americans, so they would have at least as long a weekend as Americans. The French adopted the term le

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-15 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 03:38:56PM +, Robert J. Chassell wrote: And, since the US has more power than Iraq, economically, militarily, and culturally, from the point of view of a non-US government, the US presents a more pressing danger, even if, at the moment, it is much nicer than Iraq.

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-15 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 9:48 AM Subject: Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3 On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 03:38:56PM +, Robert J. Chassell wrote: And, since

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-15 Thread Robert J. Chassell
... do the French really think the probability of the US attacking or subverting their country sometime in the future is greater than the dangers posed by Hussein? That is not the question. The question is, for example, whether a US government thinks it better that France workers

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-15 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 15 Mar 2003 at 19:54, Robert J. Chassell wrote: ... do the French really think the probability of the US attacking or subverting their country sometime in the future is greater than the dangers posed by Hussein? That is not the question. The question is, for example, whether

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-15 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 12:34:34PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you think many French reason this way? I can understand being concerned about excessive American power in general. But when specifically compared to Hussein, do the French really think the

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-15 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 07:54:38PM +, Robert J. Chassell wrote: ... do the French really think the probability of the US attacking or subverting their country sometime in the future is greater than the dangers posed by Hussein? That is not the question. The question is, for

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-15 Thread Doug Pensinger
Erik Reuter wrote: At the risk of ruining it, can you explain the joke? I know that le is and article for the, but what is le weekend? I thought the French worked short weeks compared to Americans, so they would have at least as long a weekend as Americans. The use of the word weekend rather

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-15 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 5:33 PM Subject: Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3 Erik Reuter wrote: At the risk of ruining it, can you explain the joke? I know

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-15 Thread Han Tacoma
On Friday, March 14, 2003 10:38 AM, Robert J. Chassell wrote: Robert Heinlein expressed the problem in a science fiction story in 1941, `Solution Unsatisfactory'. I will get to that in a moment. [...snip...] The question here is whether this French policy is even worse than the `Solution

Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-14 Thread Robert J. Chassell
Robert Heinlein expressed the problem in a science fiction story in 1941, `Solution Unsatisfactory'. I will get to that in a moment. First, the `Jacksonian' tradition in the US. On 13 Mar 2003, Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think part of the problem is that there is one party