as if to prove the point... -----Original Message----- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Bob Calco Sent: Friday, 2 October 2009 5:29 PM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [OT] - Terrorist Threat Levels
Clearly, we need more regulation over who thinks what's funny. Oh, where is the Joke Czar when you need one? - Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On > Behalf Of Geoff > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 10:18 PM > To: 'ProFox Email List' > Subject: RE: [OT] - Terrorist Threat Levels > > only Bob could take something very funny and turn it into pointless > political posturing. > > -----Original Message----- > From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On > Behalf > Of Ricardo Aráoz > Sent: Friday, 2 October 2009 11:41 AM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] - Terrorist Threat Levels > > Bob Calco wrote: > > Argentina doesn't have "threat levels" per se but rather national > "moods." > > It recently changed its national mood from "Not Crying For You" to > "Laughing > > At Our Own Irrelevance." Other moods include "Preoccupied With Our > Own > Body > > Functions," and "Making Up For Our Lack Of Wit By Being Rude." > Yup, we also have "Let's make NATO change their naval tactics" and > "Let's use a couple of Exocets". But you've probably never heard about > them. > > BTW, this is an international list (as opposed to a US only list). So > if > you are about to insult other nations' character you'd better have a > thick skin dear (and I don't mean the harmless comments about > Argentina, > but the previous posts). > > > There are > > complex rules governing valid transitions from one mood to another > but > > nobody understands them, and they don't result in any noticeable > change of > > behavior. > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On > >> Behalf Of Ricardo Aráoz > >> Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:55 PM > >> To: ProFox Email List > >> Subject: Re: [OT] - Terrorist Threat Levels > >> > >> Bob Calco wrote: > >> > >>> Russia lowered its threat level from "Actively Support Iran" to > >>> > >> "Covertly > >> > >>> Support Iran" in the face of ineffectual Western sanction-rattling, > >>> > >> and a > >> > >>> naïve US President determined to disarm unilaterally and concede > huge > >>> > >> swaths > >> > >>> of Eastern Europe back to Russia's "sphere of influence." > >>> > >>> > >> USA went from "I don't know why everybody hates us" to "fighting > >> Islamic > >> terrorism" to "let's bomb those towel heads" to "support our poor > boys > >> dying out there" to a final "Hey, the war is over there, they are > not > >> supposed to fight back and bring war to New York!". > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/00c801ca4342$40ebacd0$c2c306...@com.au ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
