Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-04-04 Thread Bill Frantz
At 8:02 PM -0800 4/2/03, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote: In other words, you can't formulate a cogent argument against this point. Ever heard of the Ten Commandments? Most of these deal with treating others well. My reading says that five commandments deal with people's relationship with god and five

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-04-04 Thread Tyler Durden
for those undermining the war effort? Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2003 10:12:53 -0600 Harmon Seaver wrote: Translate/transliterate is irrelevant -- you don't change people's names, Ever hear of King Ferdinand of Spain? His real name was, of course, Fernando -- Ferdinand is merely the English equivalent

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-04-04 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 10:12:53AM -0600, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote: Harmon Seaver wrote: Translate/transliterate is irrelevant -- you don't change people's names, Ever hear of King Ferdinand of Spain? His real name was, of course, Fernando -- Ferdinand is merely the English equivalent.

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-04-04 Thread Kevin S. Van Horn
Harmon Seaver wrote: Translate/transliterate is irrelevant -- you don't change people's names, Ever hear of King Ferdinand of Spain? His real name was, of course, Fernando -- Ferdinand is merely the English equivalent. Likewise, English and Spanish speakers use different names for the same

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-04-04 Thread Ken Brown
Harmon Seaver wrote: Translate/transliterate is irrelevant -- you don't change people's names, you especially don't change the name of the god. This was a Jewish religion, after all, and as I mentioned before, the Old Testament is simply awash with praises for the *name*. The whole name thing

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-04-03 Thread Kevin S. Van Horn
Harmon Seaver wrote: If you read the history, there were just as many christer theologists and ministers arguing *for* slavery as there were against. Their religion was not the cause of their support for slavery; self-interest was. On the other hand, many, many abolitionists became devoted to

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-04-03 Thread jayh
On 2 Apr 2003 at 22:02, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote: Christer establishment? Are you out of your mind? We're talking about a country where a big stink was raised just because someone found the word god on a spelling list. This is irrelevant.You are looking at specifcs of court ordered

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-04-03 Thread Kevin S. Van Horn
Harmon Seaver wrote: No, they weren't christian -- they were followers of Rabbi Yeshua ben Yoseph ha Natzri, later called Mesheach ha Israel. [...] Jesus and Christ and christianity were something invented by the europeans [...] [Marcion] took a scissors and cut out anything that was at all

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-04-03 Thread Ken Brown
Harmon Seaver wrote: You don't translate names. Especially you don't change the name of the god. Read the Old Testament, see how incredibly many times you find phrases like the holy name of the lord, blessed be the name, the wonderful name, etc. You don't even know the difference between

RE: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-04-03 Thread Trei, Peter
Harmon Seaver[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 10:12:53AM -0600, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote: Harmon Seaver wrote: Translate/transliterate is irrelevant -- you don't change people's names, Ever hear of King Ferdinand of Spain? His real name was, of course, Fernando

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-04-02 Thread Ken Brown
Harmon, your knowledge of the history of the Roman Empire early Christianity is flakier than Choate's physics. Go home and read some history books instead of New Age loonies with a persecution complex. No point in refuting the heap of ignorance appended below because there isn't enough

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-04-02 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Wed, Apr 02, 2003 at 12:22:31PM +0100, Ken Brown wrote: Harmon, your knowledge of the history of the Roman Empire early Christianity is flakier than Choate's physics. Go home and read some history books instead of New Age loonies with a persecution complex. I'm not reading new age

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-04-01 Thread Kevin S. Van Horn
Harmon Seaver wrote: And what makes you think things would have been any better in the absence of Christianity? You've heard of the Inquistion perhaps? The Catholic Church (which carried out the Inquisition, in cooperation with various governments) is not the whole of Christianity. There are

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-04-01 Thread Duncan Frissell
At 09:06 AM 3/29/2003 -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: Tim wrote: To cut to the chase, several of my former friends are calling me a traitor and claiming to have reported me to the FBI for my statements about how the war machine ought to be hacked and undermined. See below. A so-called conservative

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-04-01 Thread Kevin S. Van Horn
Harmon Seaver wrote: But of course, the problems really pre-date all that, going back to when the christer Romans came and killed off the Druids and Wiccans who wouldn't bend the knee to conversion, as they did in the rest of Europe. You are completely and utterly wrong here. The Romans never

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-04-01 Thread Tyler Durden
commanded by God to slaughter all sorts of pagans in the Torah and Joshua and beyond. -TD From: Kevin S. Van Horn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 22:09:17 -0600 Harmon Seaver wrote: And what makes you think

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-31 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 30 Mar 2003 at 23:29, Harmon Seaver wrote: Don't know where you got this idea from, the First Papal Inquisition in 1232 was specifically for witches and sorcerers. And a bit later, in the Burning Times (1450-1700 roughly) the church burned and hanged hundreds of thousands of

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-31 Thread Steve Schear
At 06:34 PM 3/30/2003 -0500, stuart wrote: On Sunday, March 30, 2003, Harmon Seaver came up with this... You give too much credit to the Romans. Catholicism worked so well because it is a virus, and conversion was often forced upon heathens by their fellow countrymen. Interestingly though,

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-31 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 30 Mar 2003 at 16:40, Harmon Seaver wrote: The number of women, in particular, who were murdered by the church is pretty high, not just during the initial conversion but also during the following Inquistion. You are deluded. The church murdered perhjaps a thousand or so women

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-31 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 06:34:08PM -0500, stuart wrote: First of all, 'wicca' is some bullshit thought up by a delusional old man less than 75 years ago, the only persecution of wiccans the world has seen is when they get made fun of in high school. Don't know where you got this idea

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-31 Thread Steve Schear
At 11:39 PM 3/30/2003 -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: Very, very few religions, other than the judeo/christer/islamic, are interested in forced conversions, or even do any proselytizing at all. Nor do they usually persecute women. The entire christer theology makes persecution inevitable. Any

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-31 Thread Steve Mynott
Harmon Seaver wrote: On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 01:25:47PM -0500, stuart wrote: [..] Apparently you know nothing of the history of Britain and Ireland. No, I do. No you don't. But of course, the problems really pre-date all that, going back to when the christer Romans came and killed off

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-31 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:15:46AM +0100, Steve Mynott wrote: Harmon Seaver wrote: On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 01:25:47PM -0500, stuart wrote: [..] Apparently you know nothing of the history of Britain and Ireland. No, I do. No you don't. But of course, the problems really

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-31 Thread Kevin S. Van Horn
Harmon Seaver wrote: Encouraging the imperial persecution of a religious minority? Well, it looks at this point that it would have been a reasonable trade-off, given the millions who have been tortured and murdered in Europe and the Americas since the Council of Nicea in 425 by the offspring of

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-31 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 10:55:46PM -0600, Kevin S. Van Horn wrote: Harmon Seaver wrote: Encouraging the imperial persecution of a religious minority? Well, it looks at this point that it would have been a reasonable trade-off, given the millions who have been tortured and murdered in

Final solutions (was Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort)

2003-03-31 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 01:34 PM 3/30/03 -0500, stuart wrote: On Sunday, March 30, 2003, Harmon Seaver came up with this... HS Too bad the Romans didn't finish the job of feeding that lot to the lions HS a couple of milleniums ago. A similarly open-minded friend once commented (far too loudly in a cafe) that

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-31 Thread Bill Frantz
At 5:44 AM -0800 3/31/03, Harmon Seaver wrote: On Mon, Mar 31, 2003 at 10:15:46AM +0100, Steve Mynott wrote: 3. Wicca is a modern invention. Hardly. WEIK- [2]. In words connectid with magic and religious notions (in Germanic and Latin). 1. Germanic suffixed form *WIH-L- in Old

Re: Final solutions (was Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort)

2003-03-31 Thread Thomas Shaddack
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Harmon Seaver wrote: I still think the best solution is just huge tanker planes full of LSD spraying combative groups/areas once a week. Actually, LSD was considered as an incapacitating chemical weapon. Another psychedelic, 3-quinuclidinyl benzilate, aka BZ, was even

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-30 Thread Bill Stewart
At 06:09 PM 03/29/2003 -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: Check out http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48331-2003Mar29.html If all the Iraqi farmers/civilians have half this guy's stash... It's probably safer to invade Iraq than, say, Switzerland, because the Iraqi government probably

iraqi gun ownership (was Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-30 Thread jet
At 0:55 -0800 2003/03/30, Bill Stewart wrote: At 06:09 PM 03/29/2003 -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: Check out http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48331-2003Mar29.html If all the Iraqi farmers/civilians have half this guy's stash... It's probably safer to invade Iraq than, say,

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-30 Thread Bill Stewart
At 01:15 PM 03/30/2003 -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: IIRC, the protestants aren't Irish, they are Brits, the remainder of the brit occupying forces. The Irish were essentially slaves of the brits for centuries. You don't remember correctly. Most of the Protestants in Ulster were moved there in

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-30 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 01:34:38PM -0500, stuart wrote: On Sunday, March 30, 2003, Harmon Seaver came up with this... HS Too bad the Romans didn't finish the job of feeding that lot to the lions HS a couple of milleniums ago. Encouraging the imperial persecution of a religious minority?

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-30 Thread stuart
On Sunday, March 30, 2003, Harmon Seaver came up with this... HS Too bad the Romans didn't finish the job of feeding that lot to the lions HS a couple of milleniums ago. Encouraging the imperial persecution of a religious minority? -- stuart We wave the flag of freedom as we conquer and

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-30 Thread stuart
On Saturday, March 29, 2003, Harmon Seaver came up with this... HSYeah, too bad they don't feel the same way about Ireland. The HS Irish have been trying to kick the Brits out for what, 400 years? HS At least. Apparently you know nothing of the history of Britain and Ireland. The story of

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-30 Thread stuart
On Sunday, March 30, 2003, Harmon Seaver came up with this... HS On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 01:34:38PM -0500, stuart wrote: Encouraging the imperial persecution of a religious minority? HSWell, it looks at this point that it would have been a reasonable trade-off, HS given the millions who

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-30 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 01:25:47PM -0500, stuart wrote: On Saturday, March 29, 2003, Harmon Seaver came up with this... HSYeah, too bad they don't feel the same way about Ireland. The HS Irish have been trying to kick the Brits out for what, 400 years? HS At least. Apparently you know

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-30 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 02:09:11PM -0800, Bill Stewart wrote: At 01:15 PM 03/30/2003 -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: IIRC, the protestants aren't Irish, they are Brits, the remainder of the brit occupying forces. The Irish were essentially slaves of the brits for centuries. You don't

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-30 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 12:22:41AM -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 04:36:08PM -0800, Eric Cordian wrote: Are there specific facts on that Web page that you believe to be in error? Did you read the hilarious description of FCF and EFF? I assume not, if you had to

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:50:50AM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: Here's an interesting site about the FCF http://www.politicalamazon.com/fcf.html Interesting, but mostly insanely wrong. Written by someone who is a hardcore leftist, it seems, and heavily slanted. I know the folks at FCF, and

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-29 Thread jet
FCF is in bed with fine folks like Scaife, Family Research Council, the Eagle Forum. Head of the FCF (Paul Weyrich) founded the Heritage Foundation. Lots more interesting bits here: http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipients/free_congress.htm -- J. Eric Townsend -- jet spies com buy

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-29 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 07:25:41PM -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 08:50:50AM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: Here's an interesting site about the FCF http://www.politicalamazon.com/fcf.html Interesting, but mostly insanely wrong. Written by someone who is a

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-29 Thread jet
At 18:42 -0500 2003/03/29, Declan McCullagh wrote: I went to the Timonium hamfest and computer show today (surprisingly good, even with the rain). On the way back, listened to an NPR Baghdad correspondent report that the mood in the city had subtly changed -- basically that since Saddam didn't

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-29 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 04:01:12PM -0800, jet wrote: At 18:42 -0500 2003/03/29, Declan McCullagh wrote: I went to the Timonium hamfest and computer show today (surprisingly good, even with the rain). On the way back, listened to an NPR Baghdad correspondent report that the mood in the city had

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-29 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 09:06:27AM -0500, Declan McCullagh wrote: Tim wrote: To cut to the chase, several of my former friends are calling me a traitor and claiming to have reported me to the FBI for my statements about how the war machine ought to be hacked and undermined. See below. A

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 10:47:51AM -0800, Tim May wrote: (As they may be, but this whole clusterfuck is showing the well-known problems with invading another country with strung-out supply lines and with urban/guerilla battles. We could all write for pages and pages on Heh. I like this

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Sat, Mar 29, 2003 at 04:36:08PM -0800, Eric Cordian wrote: Are there specific facts on that Web page that you believe to be in error? Did you read the hilarious description of FCF and EFF? I assume not, if you had to ask... I have better things to do with my time than critique this stuff or

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-29 Thread Tim May
On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 07:29 PM, J.A. Terranson wrote: On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Harmon Seaver wrote: That may well be. Sedition trials and concentration camps wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. The concentration camps are jails this time, where you are held as a material witness.

Re: CDR: Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-29 Thread J.A. Terranson
On Sat, 29 Mar 2003, Harmon Seaver wrote: That may well be. Sedition trials and concentration camps wouldn't surprise me in the slightest. The concentration camps are jails this time, where you are held as a material witness. The trials will be in a secret court, fed by secret evidence,

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort

2003-03-29 Thread Eric Cordian
Declan writes: Interesting, but mostly insanely wrong. Written by someone who is a hardcore leftist, it seems, and heavily slanted. I know the folks at FCF, and they're not mass murderers, racists, xenophobes, or guilty of the other allegations the author makes. Hmmm. I read through the