On Dec 11, 2004, at 11:21 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
The reason we need to preserve good relations with other countries is
because the terrorism we are fighting is stateless and has tendrils in
many other countries. If we work together to root it out we stand a
far better chance of defeating
From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was wrong because it didn't have anything to do
with 9/11 or the war on
terrorism.
So you say. Yet there is, in fact, a pretty coherent
argument otherwise. You don't like it, but that
doesn't make the people who feel otherwise deluded or
In looking at DVD burners and the blank discs for them, I have noticed that
some are labeled DVD-RW while others are labeled DVD+RW. So,
naturally, I wonder,
(1) What's the difference?
(2) Which, if either, is preferable? Is this something like VHS/Beta,
where those who choose wrong now will
Ronn Blankenship wrote:
In looking at DVD burners and the blank discs for them, I
have noticed that some are labeled DVD-RW while others
are labeled DVD+RW. So, naturally, I wonder,
(1) What's the difference?
Good question. They are different, but the difference was
too technical for even the
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 07:58:11AM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
In looking at DVD burners and the blank discs for them, I have noticed that
some are labeled DVD-RW while others are labeled DVD+RW. So,
naturally, I wonder,
(1) What's the difference?
Physically different formats. If you
--- Andrew Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would be interested to hear this coherent
arguement.
The one that demonstrates that Saddan and Iraq were
intimately involved in 9/11.
They clearly were not.
Or was it the second part you were referring too the
War on Terror?
Is the Bastion of
Agh, somebody make me stop!
Here's another philosophical/social essay, trying to put in
perspective what I see going on all around. I have GOT to flee from
all this into fiction
Comments welcome.
db
Is the Radical Notion of Modernism Relevant for the Twenty-First Century?
by David
In answer to your question Gautam, overthrowing Saddam's government
could be morally wrong because it was as gross a violation of Iraq's
soveirgnty as could be found. Also, it violates the people's moral
right to choose their own government- nowhere have I heard a formulation
which goes 'the
In a message dated 12/12/2004 9:38:21 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
. I have GOT to flee from
all this into fiction
Comments welcome.
Donning a black robe, and riding a NAS-CAR, but with gul-wing doors
making it almost a NAS-gul, I begin to chant:
Come
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From: maru [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 8:54 PM
Subject: Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz
In answer to your question Gautam, overthrowing Saddam's government
could be morally wrong because it was
Note that I am more interested in using said drive and discs
for storing massive amounts of data than in making multiple
bootleg copies of the extended edition of LotR, if that makes
any difference . . . ;-)
-- Ronn! :)
Here are a couple of links about the difference between DVD+R and
--- maru [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In answer to your question Gautam, overthrowing
Saddam's government
could be morally wrong because it was as gross a
violation of Iraq's
soveirgnty as could be found. Also, it violates the
people's moral
right to choose their own government- nowhere
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 11:51:53AM -0500, Gary Nunn wrote:
My new and improved, paranoid level, backup strategy is to backup to
DVD monthly, make TWO copies, verify them, one copy stays here at
home, one copy goes in my lock box at the bank with my film negatives
and other selective
Perhaps; most bad governments eventually get overthrown, irregardless of
to how high a pitch of perfection of oppression their ruling elites have
managed,
when they piss off their people enough.
I would say though, certain rights must be respected by all governments,
if the 'marketplace' of
--- maru [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Not really Gautam: you asked for a way in which you
could interpret the
invasion as morally bad, and I provided it.
Yes, and I was pointing out the premise which makes
your statement true. It's only morally bad if you put
an extremely high - a
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From: maru [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz
Perhaps; most bad governments eventually get overthrown, irregardless of
to how high a pitch of perfection
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=519ncid=519e=16u=/a
p/20041209/ap_on_re_us/believing_atheist
http://tinyurl.com/5ljs5
A British philosophy professor who has been a leading champion of
atheism for more than a half-century has changed his mind. He now
believes in God more or
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
If not pissing people off is an important concern of
yours
I'm wondering where you read this in Doug's words... I'm reading
quickly, but the Doug's premise seemed to be that we ideally decide what
is the right thing and then do our best to build a coalition around it.
It
South Vietnam wasn't an independent country?
No, under American law, it was not. Nor was North Vietnam. The US
considered South Vietnam a `protocol state' meaning that its president
would be given honors as if he were president of an independent
country. However, the US could and did turn
In both cases the US was the occupying force, in both cases the
US met much heavier resistance than anticipated, and in both
cases the US was caught off guard.
Well, among other things, because your first statement is false
and your third statement is questionable.
I can't even come up with a plausible story in which defending
Israel and Taiwan is in our national interest defined in anything
but idealogical terms (democray is good, basically), ...
A former Israeli paratrooper told me many years ago that he thought
the US supported Israel because
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From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:21 AM
Subject: Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz
I thought I already sent this - over three hours ago, but I don't see it
on the list so I'll try
On Dec 12, 2004, at 9:32 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I honestly don't know why the lessons of history manage to go
unlearned, Dan. I only know that they do.
That wasn't the question.
It wasn't?
When a foreign policy graduate student at MIT,
who received a degree
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From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: God Is With Us L3
On Dec 11, 2004, at 10:33 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Let's see. For
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4077987.stm
God cut from Dark Materials film
Pullman's books are much praised
The director and screenwriter of the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's His
Dark Materials is to remove references to God and the church in the movie.
Chris Weitz,
On Dec 12, 2004, at 8:44 AM, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I honestly don't know why the lessons of history
manage to go
unlearned, Dan. I only know that they do.
Well, you think that _your_ lessons of history go
unlearned. Other people (people who, among other
On Dec 12, 2004, at 10:35 PM, The Fool wrote:
They have expressed worry about the possibility of perceived
anti-religiosity, Weitz told a His Dark Materials fans' website.
But ... but ...
What've they done, cut 98% of the STORY? It's just gonna be about this
girl and a polar bear now?
:(
--
--- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 12, 2004, at 8:44 AM, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Yes, interpretation of historical events is at least
partly objective.
Given that I can see how some things that might be
clear to me may not
be to others.
Or, alternately, why things you think
Not really Gautam: you asked for a way in which you could interpret the
invasion as morally bad, and I provided it.
If i had said, that under no circumstance should we violate soveirgnty,
then I would be elevating it mighty high ( could only
defend it by extension from individual rights).
And
Minor nitpick:
Alas, by that point modernist meddlers were too far gone down the
road of arrogant sureness -- so full of their own certainty of what
was right that they were incapable of even tweaking or adjusting
their plans under intelligent criticism. Le Corbusier in Brasilia
and ___ in
On 12 Dec 2004, at 7:30 pm, Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=519ncid=519e=16u=/a
p/20041209/ap_on_re_us/believing_atheist
http://tinyurl.com/5ljs5
A British philosophy professor who has been a leading champion of
atheism for more than a half-century has
--- Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A former Israeli paratrooper told me many years ago
that he thought
the US supported Israel because it was an
`unsinkable aircraft
carrier' in a part of the world which provides much
oil.
(A consequence of this theory is that the
On Dec 12, 2004, at 10:33 AM, Erik Reuter wrote:
My opinion is that if a backup system isn't automated, then it isn't
reliable -- humans are the weak link in the backup strategy.
You are the weakest link.
rm -rf /Erik
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:48:36 -0500, Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 07:58:11AM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
In looking at DVD burners and the blank discs for them, I have noticed that
some are labeled DVD-RW while others are labeled DVD+RW. So,
naturally, I
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