Linux-Advocacy Digest #205, Volume #35 Wed, 13 Jun 01 20:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: Linux penetration MUCH lower than previously claimed (mlw)
Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: Why homosexuals are no threat to heterosexuals (Steve Chaney)
Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
("Stephen S. Edwards II")
Re: European arrogance and ignorance... (was Re: Just when Linux starts getting
good, Microsoft buries it in the dust!) ("Stephen S. Edwards II")
Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
("Stephen S. Edwards II")
Re: Debian 2.2r2, I *love* you! (longish) (Terry Porter)
Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: IBM Goes Gay (The Ghost In The Machine)
Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
("Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)")
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:48:39 +1200
> Considering that the USA is globalizing the entire world I would
> say that there is an American or two who realizes the world beyond
> the US shores.
Europe has told you to piss off, New Zealand told you to piss off, and Asia
told you to piss off. The only lackie that wants to bum the US is Australia,
mind you, they have never had a train of original thought in their countries
history. What ever the US did, Aussie was sure to follow. The US had
conscription, the Aussies did that too.
> Are you really that ignorant to continue with that line of insult?
Should I use the interesting study that showed how pathetically, uneducated
US youth are, in terms of the world outside the US?
Matthew Gardiner
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
Sepo is a cockney term for yank,
however, in New Zealand and Australia
a yank is a wank, well, same thing ;)
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From: mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux penetration MUCH lower than previously claimed
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 19:58:10 -0400
Stuart Fox wrote:
>
> "mlw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Jon Johansan wrote:
> >
> > [big snip]
> >
> > One thing I noticed about our colo facility was that we have 12 rack mount
> > Linux boxes. Every last one shipped with Windows 95 installed on it.The
> vendor
> > wanted more to ship it with Linux than with obsolite versions of Windows
> 95.
>
> Which vendor ships rack mount Windows 95 boxes? This seems a little
> optimistic?
They had obsolete Windows licenses, but wanted more money to install Linux on
it. We decided to let them put Windows 95 on it, so they could test it or what
ever, and we would put Linux on it.
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:51:51 +1200
"Stephen Cornell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [pasteurised cheese]
> > I think you can, if you went to a shop with a good range of cheese. It
is
> > normally located around the Deli section of the supermarket.
>
> It's rare, and becoming rarer in Britain. The EC keep trying to kill
> it off, for the absurd reason that it carries a health risk. I'm
> happy at the moment, because I smuggled a few cheeses back from France
> this weekend that smell (and look) like something that had crawled
> behind the fridge and died six months ago :)
>
> > oh, btw, we also have unpasteurised beer as well :)
>
> But I bet it's fizzy and too cold :-)
>
> > In regards to the food, did you ever hear the CEO of Be Inc complain
> > that the food in the US is not as nice as it is in France?
>
> No, but I have met American students in Britain who complain that they
> miss the food - especially Wendy burgers and Taco Bell.
>
> By the way, you're wrong to poke fun (in another thread) at black
> pudding - slice it, grill it, and serve it with apples and
> yoghurt, and it's wonderful.
I worked in a super market to pay for Uni. and the number of people who
bought Black pudding was amazing. The most profitable fast food chain in
New Zealand is KFC, for a number or reasons. If you are a New Zealander, you
would know why ;)
Matthew Gardiner
--
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a yank is a wank, well, same thing ;)
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:53:31 +1200
"Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9g83te$ibp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Stephen Cornell"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > [pasteurised cheese]
> >> I think you can, if you went to a shop with a good range of cheese. It
> >> is normally located around the Deli section of the supermarket.
> >
> > It's rare, and becoming rarer in Britain. The EC keep trying to kill it
> > off, for the absurd reason that it carries a health risk. I'm happy at
> > the moment, because I smuggled a few cheeses back from France this
> > weekend that smell (and look) like something that had crawled behind the
> > fridge and died six months ago :)
>
> yay! Now we can have a holy war about which cheese it best :-)
> I'm quite a fan of proper mature English Cheddar
>
> >> oh, btw, we also have unpasteurised beer as well :)
> >
> > But I bet it's fizzy and too cold :-)
>
> What is your tipple of choice?
>
> Fortunately they sell Old Speckled Hen in my college bar. It's not my all
> ime favourte, but its good enough.
I'm not too sure whether I have heard of that beer, however, most Brits in
New Zealand like either Steinlarger, Mac's Ale or Guiness.
Matthew Gardiner
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
Sepo is a cockney term for yank,
however, in New Zealand and Australia
a yank is a wank, well, same thing ;)
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:55:03 +1200
"Thaddius Maximus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Stephen Cornell wrote:
> >
> >
> > The main
> > reason why the US enjoys such prosperity is that you have a huge land
> > mass with a wealth of natural resources, thousands of miles away from
> > any serious aggressor.
> >
>
> Mexico has huge amounts of natural resources and look at their
> lack of prosperity. The reason the USA enjoys such great prosperity
> is because of the flexibility of the US market and the ease at which
> new businesses can be started with minimal government interference
> relative to other countries, especially European countries.
However, New Zealand was third most liberal economy in terms of setting up a
business, just after Hong Kong and Singapore.
Matthew Gardiner
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
Sepo is a cockney term for yank,
however, in New Zealand and Australia
a yank is a wank, well, same thing ;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Chaney)
Crossposted-To: alt.bonehead.steve-chaney,soc.men,soc.singles,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
Subject: Re: Why homosexuals are no threat to heterosexuals
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 23:57:14 GMT
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 14:11:32 -0400, "S.T. Pickrell"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I just wanted to see that again.
Ask him for the AIDS stats in Asia and Africa sometime.
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From: "Stephen S. Edwards II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 16:57:59 -0700
"Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9g72gl$qqf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Ignorance must be bliss in the US, hence the reason why so many
> groups/nations just want to blow the crap out of the country.
>
> Have you ever been outside the US once? maybe you should realise the world
> doesn't stop at the shores of the US.
Germany, Japan, France, Egypt, Holland, etc.
As I said, all of the alternatives I've seen
so far suck. Hence, why I've stayed here.
*Yawn!*
Same old same old. Non-U.S. folks always say
that very same statement, when their reason
runs out, and they have no more ammo to back
up their ludicrous socialist ideals. "Have
you ever been outside the U.S.?" How typical.
BTW, how many times has the U.S. been invaded?
Zero.
But still, I guess our way of life must be
weak and pathetic nonetheless, because some
socialist ne'er-do-well weenie on the other
side of the world says so.
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From: "Stephen S. Edwards II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: European arrogance and ignorance... (was Re: Just when Linux starts
getting good, Microsoft buries it in the dust!)
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 17:01:11 -0700
"David Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9g75ar$rtm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
8<snipped communist apologist crap>8
> They did it for the profit. That is all that is left of the "American
way".
I'm assuming you are a U.S. citizen...
Then here's a suggestion... get the fuck out if
it's so bad here. Nobody's coercing you to stay
here. If you don't like it here, then leave.
What? You don't want to leave? Hmmm... I wonder
why that is?
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From: "Stephen S. Edwards II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 17:05:21 -0700
"drsquare" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 23:51:27 -0700, in comp.os.linux.advocacy,
> ("Stephen S. Edwards II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>
> >"Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>
> <snip igorant whining>
>
> >> Yes, proud, but not ignorant of other countries. Too many times I have
see
> >> yanks living a life that is oblivious to the world around them. For
> >
> >Really? How long have you lived in the U.S. yourself?
> >
> >Tell me, how is it that you can know about every
> >single person here, what they think, and how they
> >feel...
>
> So you're criticising generalisations? Well, that's all you Americans
> seem to do about the rest of the world.
>
> > you must be Jesus Christ returned.
>
> Don't tell me you're another American Christian Loon.
Catholic, and also proud of it.
Your personal attacks say much about you. So I ask
you to simply piss off, because you're not worth
speaking to.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Porter)
Subject: Re: Debian 2.2r2, I *love* you! (longish)
Reply-To: No-Spam
Date: 13 Jun 2001 23:58:07 GMT
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 21:51:42 +0200,
Mart van de Wege <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now, it gets better Terry!
>
> Debian 2.2 is the stable distro. It is about 3/4s of a year out of date.
> If you don't mind a little flakiness with the occasional app (oh, good
> sigmonster), you should try upgrading to testing or the real bleeding
> edge, unstable!
RedHat and Mandrake had enuf bleeding edge for me Mart, I just wanna
have a nice *maintainable* distro, that I can install on my own
or the pc's of friends etc.
I just love the *simple* rc.d layout in Debian, it's easy to understand
and modify. This was one area I never understood well with Redhat/Mandrake.
> very simple, open /etc/apt/sources.list in a text editor,
> change all uncommented lines that mention stable to either 'testing' or
> 'unstable', save and issue 'apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade'. BANG!
> you're box is immediately up to date with the latest in Free Software.
> Debian's great innit?
Oh yeah, Debian is very smooth!
apt-get is so easy to use, and so far, no conflicts etc!
>
> Mart.
>
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and
ignorance...)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 11:59:01 +1200
> > The Conservative's had a crushing defeat :) well, it definately shows
that
> > the British public aren't about to be sucked into the "lower tax" hype
> > created by the Bush admin. in the US. Well, hopefully Tony Blaire's
second
> > term will be a good one. Oh, also, what's even better, we know who won!
> > unlike the US election that just dragged on and on. Mind you, I never
> > followed it, esp. when a nation that preaches democracy doesn't practice
it
> > when election time rolls around.
>
> <sigh>
>
> Talk about keeping your head in your own little world. You don't
> know the first thing about American Democracy. That election fiasco
> was an example of how firm and solid the American democracy is and
> how it can withstand the challenge of corrupt officials (Gore, Clinton)
> and an attack from within.
Well, for 500 years, Britainnia has never had that sort of issues to worry
about. New Zealand, that hasn't happened. I think it happened once in
Australia, but the governor general desolved parliament and there was a
re-election.
Also, we all know what American Democracy = Large corporations using parties
to push their agenda.
Matthew Gardiner
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
Sepo is a cockney term for yank,
however, in New Zealand and Australia
a yank is a wank, well, same thing ;)
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and
ignorance...)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:00:08 +1200
> > <sigh>
> >
> > Talk about keeping your head in your own little world. You don't know
> > the first thing about American Democracy. That election fiasco was an
> > example of how firm and solid the American democracy is and how it can
> > withstand the challenge of corrupt officials (Gore, Clinton) and an
> > attack from within.
>
>
> I think that the first-past-the-post method used in the UK and US for
> elections is out of date. It had its place when communications were poor
> and proportional representation would have been very difficult to do. In
> this day and age, I can't see how a system which lets the guy who got
> fewer actual votes overall get in to power can be justified. We have a
> similar problem here that the number of seats a party gets is not
> linearly related to the number of votes they get, but rather less fair.
>
> And oddly enough we will never get proportional representation here
> because it least benefits the party in power.
>
> -Ed
MMP is quite a workable system. Germany uses it. New Zealand uses it.
Matthew Gardiner
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
Sepo is a cockney term for yank,
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a yank is a wank, well, same thing ;)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Ghost In The Machine)
Subject: Re: IBM Goes Gay
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 00:02:27 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Peter Hayes
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote
on Wed, 13 Jun 2001 18:44:04 +0100
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 18:17:06 +0100, "Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> "pip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> > Edward Rosten wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >> I have recently been singing the praises of BBC Basic. Will that do?
>> >> >
>> >> > The Z80 was the best processor ever made.
>> >>
>> >> Gak!
>> >>
>> >> 6502 rules OK!
>> >>
>> >
>> > What are you two on about ???? There is no debate here : it was the
>> > MC68000 (and is the processor where I tried my hand at assembly coding).
>> > Not your 8-bit junk in a 1-bit computer.
>> >
>> > :)
>>
>> No fair!
>>
>> The 68000 is newer (I think).
>>
>> To be honest, I've only done assembly coding for the 6502 and it was
>> pretty good fun. It is quite amazing the performance you can get if you
>> do it by hand.
>
>The 6502, wasn't that the one in the Beeb? I could never get the hang of it,
>probably because I found I'd to hand code stuff that one Z80 instruction
>would do for you, and my enthusiasm waned after that...
>
>Whether the one Z80 instruction took longer than all the 6502 instructions
>was beside the point...
>
>I liked the "alternative register set" in the Z80, where with one
>instruction you could flip the thing into a separate task entirely. I had a
>Rugby clock programmed in about 50 bytes, and no external memory either,
>just using the alternative registers as memory,. I didn't program it, too
>cleverly done for my abilities , but I learned a lot from it.
>
>But to prove my original point, the Z80 is still being produced in its
>millions for embedded applications such as washing machines, microwaves,
>etc.
>
>Peter
Personally, I think the 1802 was about the absolute minimalist
8-bit processor I can think of, from a software development
standpoint. (Too bad it was dog slow, too.) There was no JSR or
RET, for example. Hardware interface wasn't bad, either;
a bounceless switch, a couple of latches (it multiplexed its
address lines), and some other random logic, and hey presto!
(Harris still sells the things, last I looked.)
Compared to that, the 6502 was just plain peculiar. Zero-page got
awful crowded on the Apple ][, as I recall... :-) But it worked
reasonably well, enough so that Apple could go to the next step,
the "Peanut".
I never did get to work on the 6809. The 68000 isn't bad, but came
out late -- but it was reasonable and had 32-bit addressing logically,
if not physically (of course, Microsoft did have to put in that stupid
byte-in-the-pointer bodge in their Basic). 8080 was interesting, but
I didn't work with it too much, but in high school (yes, I'm dating
myself) we had a couple of 8080(A?)notebook computers whose display consisted
of two hex 7-segment displays. We also had an S-100 bus computer, but
I don't remember ever seeing it working. (We also had even older
equipment, such as an 8k core memory HP 2114B and a couple of
Datamec (D?)3030s -- those things could have been used in a bad
sci-fi movie as "the computer" [*], but they could also actually
read 1/2" 9track tapes (800 bpi? I don't remember now) -- and
a PDP/8 at one point.)
And then there was the Amiga, a shining example of what the 16-bit
computer could do, with a little help from a coprocessor and a
lot of imagination. (Atari wasn't too bad, either, although I
can't say I ever used it. But there was a fierce rivalry, which
Amiga might have won had Commodore not gone belly up. And all this
was somewhat after the IBM PC.)
So how did we all get stuck with that incredible piece of bodgework,
the 8088? Blecch. I hope IBM can make up for that by heavily
promoting Linux... :-)
[*] which shows how much Hollywood valued motion above accuracy, although
later movies might have at least tried to show the blinking console
lights as opposed to just the tape unit spinning away, if I'm not
mistaken. _Colossus: The Forbin Project_ is vaguely typical of
the genre, or the era. (It's the only one I remember.)
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and
ignorance...)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:01:11 +1200
"Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9g83h9$i3f$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Thaddius Maximus"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > "Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)" wrote:
> >>
> >> "Edward Rosten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >> news:9g7njd$9ko$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >> > > Cultured? The French/Germans/Italians are cultured, the British are
> >> > > no more cultured than the Americans.
> >> >
> >> > The average levelof culture is falling rapidly, but we've got a long
> >> > way to go to catch you guys up. Still proud to be forging a new path
> >> > at the head of the world?
> >> >
> >>
> >> The Conservative's had a crushing defeat :) well, it definately shows
> >> that the British public aren't about to be sucked into the "lower tax"
> >> hype created by the Bush admin. in the US. Well, hopefully Tony
> >> Blaire's second term will be a good one. Oh, also, what's even better,
> >> we know who won! unlike the US election that just dragged on and on.
> >> Mind you, I never followed it, esp. when a nation that preaches
> >> democracy doesn't practice it when election time rolls around.
> >>
> >> Matthew Gardiner
> >>
> >
> >
> > If you are going to bash the US incessantly please understand that the
> > USA is a republic and NOT a democracy.
>
> It's a representative democracy.
>
> -Ed
Also, until the day that the US practices what it preaches, no one will
really see the US as a true democracy.
Matthew gardiner
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
Sepo is a cockney term for yank,
however, in New Zealand and Australia
a yank is a wank, well, same thing ;)
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From: "Matthew Gardiner \(BOFH\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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Subject: Re: Where is American pride?... (was Re: European arrogance and ignorance...)
Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 12:06:32 +1200
YATY = Yet Another Typical Yank
You have now been kill filed.
Matthew Gardiner
"Stephen S. Edwards II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:F6TV6.314$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Matthew Gardiner (BOFH)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:9g72gl$qqf$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> > Ignorance must be bliss in the US, hence the reason why so many
> > groups/nations just want to blow the crap out of the country.
> >
> > Have you ever been outside the US once? maybe you should realise the
world
> > doesn't stop at the shores of the US.
>
> Germany, Japan, France, Egypt, Holland, etc.
>
> As I said, all of the alternatives I've seen
> so far suck. Hence, why I've stayed here.
>
> *Yawn!*
>
> Same old same old. Non-U.S. folks always say
> that very same statement, when their reason
> runs out, and they have no more ammo to back
> up their ludicrous socialist ideals. "Have
> you ever been outside the U.S.?" How typical.
>
> BTW, how many times has the U.S. been invaded?
>
> Zero.
>
> But still, I guess our way of life must be
> weak and pathetic nonetheless, because some
> socialist ne'er-do-well weenie on the other
> side of the world says so.
>
>
--
I am the blue screen of death
nobody hears your scream's
Sepo is a cockney term for yank,
however, in New Zealand and Australia
a yank is a wank, well, same thing ;)
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