On 24 December 2010 09:31, ss 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 wing.
>
Perha
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
On 12/24/10, ss 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 poltical defeat of
On 12/22/10 10:36 PM December 22, 2010, Lawnun wrote:
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Nikhil Mehra
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 till
recently one of
Read me at:
--- On Fri, 24/12/10, ss wrote:
> From: ss
> 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 like
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
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"
Nikhil Mehra [23/12/10 15:20 +0530]:
Err... let me be clear. It wasn't meant to be a good rant. It was meant
merely to show that Schneier is generally good, but his piece was his bad
rant. Granted my vocabulary needs trimming.
He's generally abysmally bad and this was just par for the course.
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Biju Chacko wrote:
>
> 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 in "uck", too! Not useful for
> r
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Biju Chacko 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 you...as Udhay says, even a
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Nikhil Mehra 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
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:38 PM, underscore wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Nikhil Mehra
> 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.
If not, at least that it isn't i
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Bharath Chari 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 with
>>
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
incompr
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:38 AM, Nikhil Mehra 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.
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On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Nikhil Mehra wrote:
> 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 theat
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 6:08 AM, Nikhil Mehra 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 about
> American protes
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
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,
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Calvin 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 :-).
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
t
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 Disneyl
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
terr
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