OT : Australian intervention in Solomon Islands

[tbontob]

Loser, I agree with you about sex. Repressing it only makes it go underground where it may surface in other ways.

In a broader light...the problems may be a result of our not being willing to consider the brotherhood of man.

If we think a person or a group of people as "other", then it is a short step to the use of force.

About Oz...I was confused about it too some years ago. Oz = Aus (Australia).

[sachmo]

Originally posted by dogscoff:

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trafficking and a terrorist hide-out".

I don't care what they say, western governments love terrorism. It has provided them with a readymade, universal justification to do whatever the hell they like.

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Or the first undefeatable enemy in history?

[ July 09, 2003, 15:03: Message edited by: sachmo ]

[Q]

Originally posted by dogscoff:

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trafficking and a terrorist hide-out".

I don't care what they say, western governments love terrorism. It has provided them with a readymade, universal justification to do whatever the hell they like.

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May be not all western governments (I believe I live in a country that still puts human rights first before combat against terrorism) but I must agree that some activities of the US government really frighten me more than any terrorist activities. And if deccan is right (I know too little about the political situation in that part of the world) I am worried about that too.

[sachmo]

Originally posted by Q:
May be not all western governments (I believe I live in a country that still puts human rights first before combat against terrorism) but I must agree that some activities of the US government really frighten me more than any terrorist activities. And if deccan is right (I know too little about the political situation in that part of the world) I am worried about that too.

Well, if that's true, then it's a good thing you didn't have any relatives working in a certain New York building on a certain day in 2001.
Once something like that happens in your country, the matter becomes a lot more complicated.

[oleg]

Originally posted by sachmo:

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Originally posted by Q:
May be not all western governments (I believe I live in a country that still puts human rights first before combat against terrorism) but I must agree that some activities of the US government really frighten me more than any terrorist activities. And if deccan is right (I know too little about the political situation in that part of the world) I am worried about that too.

Well, if that's true, then it's a good thing you didn't have any relatives working in a certain New York building on a certain day in 2001.
Once something like that happens in your country, the matter becomes a lot more complicated.

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So, now that gives you right to do whatever you like. You are always the GOOD guys, sure.

[Loser]

Whoa there limey, he kind of implied that he lost family there. And he didn't say it was right, just that it's more complicated than it may have been presented.

At least throw something in there so a reader can tell just how sarcastic or light your text might be. There's little tone or signal, after all.

[edit: the actions of our government tend to occasionally frighten us too, in fact I'll bet Plisken there has a few complaints himself, but it's ... complicated]

[ July 09, 2003, 18:53: Message edited by: Loser ]

[Master Belisarius]

[quote]Originally posted by oleg:

So, now that gives you right to do whatever you like. You are always the GOOD guys, sure.

The power is enough to grant the rights. I think this principle is old like the world...