Re: {W&P} home-cooked meals and bloody murder

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "Jackson Jeffrey W 1stLt AAC/INA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "Derek C. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sin is sin, no one sin is greater > > than another . > > Let's play a logic game here. > > Given: > No sin is greater than another. > Lying is a sin. (Thou shalt not lie) Um, not reall

Re: {W&P} war and evil

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "F. Leon Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > There is no connection between the two. Only hindsight. > On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, John Torpey wrote: > > sorry, I beg to differ war is often the tool of evil. > > > > But that leads to the qu

war_and_politics@topica.com

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "David G. McDivitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The question inferred wars are evil. I can't say that's always the case. > WWII is commonly not considered evil on the side of the Allies, but is > considered evil on the part of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Because the histories are invariably wri

Re: {W&P} war and evil

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "al winslow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The question inferred wars are evil. > > I can't say that's always the case. > > "Evil"? I don't really know how to apply the word to war. War is at > least undersirable but not as undesirable as LOSING a war to an > enemy nation that would impose its wil

Re: {W&P} war and evil

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "F. Leon Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > There is no connection between the two. Only hindsight. > > F. sorry, I beg to differ war is often the tool of evil. But that leads to the question of "what is evil?" How do you define it? __

Re: {W&P} Anyone following the Conventions?

2000-09-05 Thread John Torpey
From: "Bruce Cherry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Why are you using the taxpayer's computers to post personal messages > unrelated to state business. Why do you care? And why did you not bother to edit the comments out? That's a waste for everyone.. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > I'm dupl

{W&P} Anyone following the Conventions?

2000-08-15 Thread John Torpey
So, what's the story? I caught a brief bit of Clinton on the Gore show last night.. wasn't impressed... but then again, I've never been impressed with Clinton/Gore. Saw some of the Bush show last week... or was it two weeks ago?... anyway, seems like a lot of hoopla :) So who's going to win

{W&P} Colin Powell?

2000-08-01 Thread John Torpey
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Make it a rule .... (was Re: {W&P} Welcome Aboard!)

2000-07-25 Thread John Torpey
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I know it started long before him, but that dentist who invented the > Gattling gun should be horse whipped ... if the horror of war is removed > there's no reason to stop fighting. They ought to make it a rule that > the only way you can kill someone in a war is if you

Re: {W&P} Welcome Aboard!

2000-07-24 Thread John Torpey
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi John T, (every time I write that, I think of John Wayne in "Rio Bravo") Hmm, it's been a while since I've watched the Duke in Rio Bravo, please explain?? > Does the topic "War" include "private" wars ... like sports wars? People are > mindlessly killing other pe

{W&P} Welcome Aboard!

2000-07-24 Thread John Torpey
Hi Folks, Looks like quite a few of the regular posters from the eGroups version of this list have made the transition. Please start moving your discussion threads over to this version of the list. Cross posting between the two, while frowned upon, will be permitted until the transition is compl