From fork-admin@xent.com Mon Sep 23 18:48:42 2002 Return-Path: Delivered-To: yyyy@localhost.spamassassin.taint.org Received: from localhost (jalapeno [127.0.0.1]) by jmason.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 792B616F03 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:48:41 +0100 (IST) Received: from jalapeno [127.0.0.1] by localhost with IMAP (fetchmail-5.9.0) for jm@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:48:41 +0100 (IST) Received: from xent.com ([64.161.22.236]) by dogma.slashnull.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8NHhuC27760 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:43:57 +0100 Received: from lair.xent.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF03A2940C5; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:40:07 -0700 (PDT) Delivered-To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org Received: from dream.darwin.nasa.gov (betlik.darwin.nasa.gov [198.123.160.11]) by xent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD46B29409A for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:39:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from cse.ucsc.edu (paperweight.darwin.nasa.gov [198.123.160.27]) by dream.darwin.nasa.gov ( -- Info omitted by ASANI Solutions, LLC.) with ESMTP id g8NHh2h19764 for ; Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:43:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <3D8F52A5.5090709@cse.ucsc.edu> From: Elias Sinderson Reply-To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS sun4u; en-US; rv:0.9.4.1) Gecko/20020518 Netscape6/6.2.3 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: fork@spamassassin.taint.org Subject: Re: sed /s/United States/Roman Empire/g References: <979BE8FE-CCF6-11D6-817E-000393A46DEA@alumni.caltech.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: fork-admin@xent.com Errors-To: fork-admin@xent.com X-Beenthere: fork@spamassassin.taint.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Friends of Rohit Khare List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:43:01 -0700 Hmm, if the shoe fits... I think these five attributes could more or less describe various actions of the US over the past decade or so... > In the 1990s we witnessed the emergence of a small number of rogue > states that, while different in important ways, share a number of > attributes. These states: > > * brutalize their own people and squander their national resources > for the personal gain of the rulers; The first part of this doesn't really fit, except in isolated cases - certainly not en mass. The second part though... Hmm... > * display no regard for international law, threaten their > neighbors, and callously violate international treaties to which they > are party; Well, think about it. > * are determined to acquire weapons of mass destruction, along with > other advanced military technology, to be used as threats or > offensively to achieve the aggressive designs of these regimes; We already have weapons of mass destruction, but are actively developing bigger and better ones. > * sponsor terrorism around the globe; and Heheh... Anyone know about the 'School of the Americas'? What about the monies, supplies, and training that supported the contra rebels? Oh, I forgot, their government was "bad" and needed to be overthrown (with out help). > * reject basic human values and hate the United States and > everything for which it stands. Basic human values like the first ammendment? The fourth ammendment? Sorry, Shrub, your political newspeak is falling on deaf ears. Oh, sorry, maybe I should self-censor my thoughts to avoid being put in a 're-education camp' by Ashcrofts gestappo? Gads, maybe someone on FoRK has joined your T.I.P.S. program and became an official citizen spy? In disgust, Elias