Agreed. Makes me wish I hadn't written my earlier message. Piling on is a drag.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Nice recovery Edg. > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > Sgrayatlarge, > > > > I sincerely apologize for suggesting that you are a pro-war poster. I > > was entirely wrong -- I was flat out wrong. I beg your forgiveness, > > and I hope my other posts here will have convinced you that I was > > doing one of my "shoot from the hip at 120 words per minute" thingies, > > and that we probably see eye to eye on humanitarian issues. As a > > punishment, if you desire, I will refrain from posting here for any > > amount of time you decree -- even banning me forever. I simply fucked > > up big time, and if I'm willing to ban the War Monger, surely, I must > > be subject to the same verdict if you see fit. I have deleted the > > offensive post as a very small token. > > > > Edg > > > > "curtisdeltablues" wrote:> "Aside from the fact that Steve is a great > > guy who doesn't deserve a tirade...This perspective on terrorism is a > > myth. None of the 9-11 hijackers were poor. I'm all for human aid to > > poor countries but trying to link this to the war on terror has been > > proven to be bogus." > > > > Curtis, > > > > I just now reread all of sgrayatlarge's last twenty posts, and > > > > I WAS WRONG. Don't know why I got him confused with other War Mongers > > here, but I did -- his post had something smarmy and I took it as a > > willingness to bomb Iran. Some days, I'm like this, and GAWD GAWD > GAWD. > > > > If Sgrayatlarge bans me, nice knowing ya, folks! > > > > Edg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > no > > > > child IN THE ENTIRE WORLD dies because of dirty water, bad > nutrition, > > > > etc. Only with such measures can we ever hope to mend the > fences and > > > > let the dark memories fade over the decades. > > > > > > > > Failing this, the third world will continue to produce > > > > terrorists....and thus the war profiteers will have their windfall > > > > profits. > > > > > > > > > Edg, > > > > > > Aside from the fact that Steve is a great guy who doesn't deserve a > > > tirade... > > > > > > This perspective on terrorism is a myth. None of the 9-11 hijackers > > > were poor. I'm all for human aid to poor countries but trying to link > > > this to the war on terror has been proven to be bogus. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Duveyoung <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Sgrayatlarge, > > > > > > > > You've been posting way too many supportive-to-war pieces here > lately, > > > > so yeah, I'm thinking you're a murder loving creep like Shemp > and the > > > > War Monger. > > > > > > > > Tell us all plainly: do you discount the carnage on children and > > > > innocents like FFL's resident War Monger does -- is such carnage > > > > acceptable to you for the imagined political gains? Would you cheer > > > > if Hillary nukes Iran? > > > > > > > > Iran's leaders say what has to be said in order to keep their > jobs -- > > > > to spotlight them personally is entirely missing the point. > > > > > > > > It is the will of Iran's people that keeps their leaders > employed, and > > > > what the War Monger, and you too it seems, are ignoring is the > ENTIRE > > > > HISTORY OF THE WESTERN POWERS ABUSING THE ISLAMIC CULTURE, and how > > > > that has created the very mindset we see today. Tell us, > > > > Sgrayatlarge, what would you do if Canada had nukes and America > didn't > > > > and regularly the Canadians bombed our nuke research facilities > which > > > > killed your child in collateral damage? What would you do if Canada > > > > simply declared that California and Oregon and Washington were > to be a > > > > new country run by a militarily imposed de facto dictatorship? > > > > > > > > I'm no lover of burkas etc., in fact, of all the major religions, I > > > > find Islam to be the one that most disgusts me, but I find every > > > > religion generally to be immorally power-seeking, but to ignore what > > > > has been done in the past to alienate the Muslim nations is to > be, in > > > > fact, a collaborationist for BigBiz. > > > > > > > > War itself must be demonized, and that means that only extraordinary > > > > peace-supporting efforts would do when it comes to international > > > > politics. An example of extraordinary effort would be: making > sure no > > > > child IN THE ENTIRE WORLD dies because of dirty water, bad > nutrition, > > > > etc. Only with such measures can we ever hope to mend the > fences and > > > > let the dark memories fade over the decades. > > > > > > > > Failing this, the third world will continue to produce > > > > terrorists....and thus the war profiteers will have their windfall > > > > profits. > > > > > > > > How you respond to this post is critical in that you're either > part of > > > > the problem or part of the solution. Do you have the guts to > plainly > > > > tell us that killing children for oil doesn't bother you? > > > > > > > > Edg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Oh right, that big campaign by the neocons and you know what > > > > > their is no homosexual problem in Iran either. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for setting the record straight on that great guy > > > > > who really needs a shave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_reply@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sgrayatlarge <no_reply@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Defending Ahmadinejad... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Classy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ********** > > > > > > > > > > > > Just as there was a mendacious campaign by neocons to get the > > > > > country > > > > > > behind the war with Iraq, there has been an attempt to demonize > > > > > > Ahmadinejad by those same neocon elements, in order to justify > > > > > > another war in the Middle East. Think the scheeple are stupid > > > > > enough > > > > > > to buy this? Personally, I'll pass. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <no_reply@> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > > > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "feste37" > <feste37@> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This discussion is so twisted in its logic. Iran > does not > > > > > > have > > > > > > > > > nuclear > > > > > > > > > > weapons. Israel does. So why are people creating > > fictional > > > > > > > > scenarios > > > > > > > > > > of Iran nuking Israel? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) Because all indications are that, like North Korea > > before > > > > > > > them, > > > > > > > > as > > > > > > > > > they are with full speed ahead enriching uranium and only > > > > > > > claiming > > > > > > > > it > > > > > > > > > is for use in generating electricity that, in reality, > they > > > > > are > > > > > > > > doing > > > > > > > > > it to make nuclear bombs; and > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2) Because, time and time and yet time again, the elected > > > > > > > > > representative of the Iranians, Mr. Ahmedehejad, has said > > > > > that > > > > > > > > Israel > > > > > > > > > will be wiped off the map. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *********** > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ahmadinejad did not say that he was going to destroy > > Israel -- > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > more reasonable translation of what he was saying was that > > the > > > > > > name > > > > > > > > of Israel is not going to be on future maps of the Middle > > > > > East, > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > I'm quite sure that will happen within a generation or two: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_and_Israel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It's the ultimate hypocrisy for the U.S. to OK Israel's > > > > > enormous > > > > > > > > cache of nuclear weapons while insisting that other > countries > > > > > do > > > > > > > not > > > > > > > > have the same right to WMD to assert their national > > interests, > > > > > > and > > > > > > > as > > > > > > > > noted in another post, the U.S. has had to back down on > this > > > > > > > > untenable position: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "VIENNA (AP) Facing international opposition, U.S. > > > > > negotiators > > > > > > at > > > > > > > a > > > > > > > > nuclear meeting have dropped their insistence on a ban > on the > > > > > > > transfer > > > > > > > > of uranium enrichment technology to non-nuclear states, > > > > > diplomats > > > > > > > said > > > > > > > > Tuesday. > > > > > > > > The compromise, which moves American closer to the > positions > > > > > of > > > > > > > other > > > > > > > > nations selling nuclear technology and material, is > important > > > > > > > because > > > > > > > > it could give ammunition to Iran, which is under U.N. > > > > > sanctions > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > defying a Security Council demand that it give up its > > > > > enrichment > > > > > > > > program. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (more) http://tinyurl.com/4c78tk > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
