Gosh !, Golly !, Gee !, Wesley, are you and Jones telling me the world
ain't run on the level? Who would have thunk it?
Richard
Unintended or honourable attempt. --[very OT]--
There are times in history when Generals and politicians must attempt
the impossible just to prove its impossible. The Dieppe raid in WW2
comes to mind. People were demanding action and something had to be done
even if it cost thousands of lives.
Jones Beene wrote:
Ever wonder why everything that the USA touches or attempts to do in a
particular region, seemingly tends to backfire in the worst sort of
way? Is it some kind of Crusader's curse?
How about, it's prophetically ordained?
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On 4/15/07, Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
My stepfather was an intelligent man, and devout -- but he refused to
believe that the Jehovah and the Allah could be the same. Maybe they are
simply different 'mainframes' so to speak Wonder which one reports
to the AC Clarke obelisk ?
S
You *have* read William Bramley's _The Gods of Eden_, n'est-ce pas?
Terry
Hmmmmaybe, but do not recall it ... am heading to the library just
now anyway, so its on my list.
According to this review-- it is an interesting thesis - especially if
more-than-one, shall we say: 'competing
On 4/15/07, Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Speaking of screenplays, why does the 'human predicament' seem to be so
obviously "scripted" for the Law of Unintended Consequences, and/or the
Catch-22 ?
You *have* read William Bramley's _The Gods of Eden_, n'est-ce pas?
Terry
Ever wonder why everything that the USA touches or attempts to do in a
particular region, seemingly tends to backfire in the worst sort of way?
Is it some kind of Crusader's curse?
Do not adjust your (sub)set... The Law of Unintended Consequences is
more than a version of Murphy's law, or even
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