Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-27 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
On 24 December 2010 09:31, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: For a western politcian who has made his life in this secular environment, bending to the demands of Islam under the guise of religious freedom could wake up an old, dormant and perhaps even more deadly adversary - the Christian right

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-25 Thread underscore
On 12/24/10, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: But of late I have been wondering if there are deeper reasons for the peculiar reaction to Islam from western politicians. It occurs to me that the entire western democratic political set-up exists in a secular environment that was created by the

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-25 Thread ss
On Sunday 26 Dec 2010 4:06:30 am underscore wrote: Everything possible has also been legislated to death in europe. Anything that does not fit within a strict set of rules is upsetting the apple-cart ... the examples you mentioned and even very simple things are all going to contravene one

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-24 Thread Heather Madrone
On 12/22/10 10:36 PM December 22, 2010, Lawnun wrote: On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Nikhil Mehra nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com mailto:nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com wrote: You know this just might be an Indian speaking, but I seriously want you very privileged American bastards (and I was

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-23 Thread underscore
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Nikhil Mehra nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com wrote: Fuck this. And fuck this list if this is the lot of asswipes I have to deal Fuck you. I sure hope its all consensual and you are using a condom. Advocate, Supreme Court of India Tel: (+91) 9810776904 Res: C-I/10

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-23 Thread Bharath Chari
On Thursday 23 December 2010 11:52 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: 1. assume goodwill. 2. A well done rant is a thing of beauty. Incoherent ranting, however, becomes tedious very quickly. If your intent is to cause offense with the *content* of your post, then it is counter-productive to be

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-23 Thread Nikhil Mehra
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Bharath Chari ch...@arachnis.com wrote: On Thursday 23 December 2010 11:52 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: 1. assume goodwill. 2. A well done rant is a thing of beauty. Incoherent ranting, however, becomes tedious very quickly. If your intent is to cause offense

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-23 Thread Biju Chacko
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:38 PM, underscore listmans...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Nikhil Mehra nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com wrote: Fuck this. And fuck this list if this is the lot of asswipes I have to deal Fuck you. I sure hope its all consensual and you are using a

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-23 Thread Biju Chacko
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Nikhil Mehra nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com wrote: Anyway, I think I made my point but it might not have been completely clear because it wasn't meant to be. That is the nature of rants. You didn't because it wasn't. Tough Luck. -- b

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-23 Thread Deepa Mohan
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.com wrote: Tough Luck. Oh, there are other four-letter words ending in uck, too! Not useful for ranting purposes, thoughNikhil, I think I enjoyed this thread for more reasons than the usual ones. However, I disagree with

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-23 Thread Nikhil Mehra
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Deepa Mohan mohande...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Biju Chacko biju.cha...@gmail.comwrote: Tough Luck. You missed my point altogether the second time around too. So tough luck, big man. Oh, there are other four-letter words ending

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-23 Thread ss
On Thursday 23 Dec 2010 2:26:22 pm Nikhil Mehra wrote: Udhay, wtf? I behave like a twat and the best you can do is assume goodwill? Sheesh! I once knew a bong who looked at a fellow bong and asked Are you Doshgupto from London? No replied fellow bong Oh but you look very similiar he said

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-23 Thread ss
On Thursday 23 Dec 2010 2:26:22 pm Nikhil Mehra wrote: In America, in contrast, the treatment of Islam represents a rejection of the founding principles and a degeneration of past relations. To me this is a thought provoking statement because I have been wondering about visible reactions in

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-23 Thread Indrajit Gupta
Read me at: --- On Fri, 24/12/10, ss cybers...@gmail.com wrote: From: ss cybers...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument To: silklist@lists.hserus.net Date: Friday, 24 December, 2010, 8:06 On Thursday 23 Dec 2010 2:26:22 pm Nikhil Mehra wrote: Udhay, wtf? I behave

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-22 Thread Sean Doyle
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Calvin cjwl...@yahoo.com wrote: A more poignant reminder would be to body search everyone who enters the building, Congressmen included. I suspect that most Congressmen are exhibitionists - so this might actually be an incentive for them :-).

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-22 Thread Nikhil Mehra
You know this just might be an Indian speaking, but I seriously want you very privileged American bastards (and I was till recently one of them by sheer virtue of having lived there) to truly fearfully deal with terror cynicism or theatre, to know Schneier's article is everything but fantasy. So,

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-22 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Nikhil Mehra [23/12/10 06:08 +0530]: You know this just might be an Indian speaking, but I seriously want you very privileged American bastards (and I was till recently one of them by sheer virtue of having lived there) to truly fearfully deal with terror cynicism or theatre, to know Schneier's

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-22 Thread Udhay Shankar N
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:08 AM, Nikhil Mehra nikhil.mehra...@gmail.com wrote: Fuck this. And fuck this list if this is the lot of asswipes I have to deal with. Could you kindly disown me, Udhay? This isn't even a rant. I'm just that cynical about American   security theatre. But much more so

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-22 Thread Lawnun
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Nikhil Mehra nikhil.mehra...@gmail.comwrote: You know this just might be an Indian speaking, but I seriously want you very privileged American bastards (and I was till recently one of them by sheer virtue of having lived there) to truly fearfully deal with

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-21 Thread Calvin
A more poignant reminder would be to body search everyone who enters the building, Congressmen included. - Original Message http://bit.ly/gx7cDA An empty Washington Monument would serve as a constant reminder to those on Capitol Hill that they are afraid of the terrorists and what

[silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-20 Thread Biju Chacko
http://bit.ly/gx7cDA An empty Washington Monument would serve as a constant reminder to those on Capitol Hill that they are afraid of the terrorists and what they could do. They're afraid that by speaking honestly about the impossibility of attaining absolute security or the inevitability of

Re: [silk] Close the Washington Monument

2010-12-20 Thread Sean Doyle
This is a good idea but doesn't really go far enough. They need to recover the outside of the monument in some reflective material so they can project ads on the side. After a generation people will think of this as large HD TV and will lose its iconic status. It can then be safely moved to