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| Re: Found main reason for my crashes... [message #54757 is a reply to message #54755] |
Mon, 20 June 2005 08:48   |
Tom Bruhl
Messages: 1368
Registered: June 2007
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in
>> your
>> >worst nightmares. None of this kind of stuff is good, but I can assure
>you
>> >that Americans weren't the only ones associated with death squads. It
was
>> >just reported that way in the press.
>> >
>> >As far as my comments which apparently have convinced you that I am
>> >unrecoginzable, perhaps I am. People change. We have been attacked. We
>know
>> >how long it takes the UN do anything. In the meantime.....millions of
>people
>> >can die. Sadaam had been in violation of the UN sanctions for years and
>> was
>> >in a position to do us a lot of harm. I don't buy the idea that he was
>some
>> >non-threat. Saying that we should have waited longer after we had waited
>> for
>> >10 years while the French, Russians and the UN bureaucrats had supported
>> >Sadaam against the same resolutions they had approved gives me little
>faith
>> >in the UN doing anything right or in a timely manner and given this
>> >experience.
>> >
>> >I think the European people should be supporting us and they are very
>> >divided about this. My opinions are mixed about them as well so
>yes......I
>> >have changed. I'm tryly sorry that you now see me as some kind of evil
>> >person, but I'll get over it.
>> >
>> >Regards,
>> >
>> >Doug
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >"Mr Simplicity" <animix_spamless_@animas.net> wrote in message
>> >news:42d54f92@linux...
>> >> Ok Derek,
>> >>
>> >> >maybe im missing the irony or some linguistic fineprint,
>> >> but as far as im concerned, doug, no i dont understand you. reading
the
>> >> stereotype BS you spread<
>> >>
>> >> I'm not spouting stereotypes for the sake of trying to make someone
>*bad*
>> >> and someone else *good*. I am relating the truth I have seen based
on
>> real
>> >> world experience. If it's ugly to you, then that's good. It's ugly
to
>> me
>> >> too. When I look at what is happening I see stereotypes, though they
>are
>> >not
>> >> racial, they are cultural, they are constantly evolving and they are
>very
>> >> real. From around 1965 through 1995 I spent a good part of my life
as
>> part
>> >> of one of these evolving stereotypes.
>> >>
>> >> I am old compared to most of the folks here, I think. I was born in
>1950.
>> >> The town where I was born was a small town in the southern US which
was
>> >full
>> >> of hypocracy and racial predjudice. I remember some very ugly things
>very
>> >> vividly. Without going into a lot of detail about this, the effect
of
>> this
>> >> made me really angry and very willing to believe that there was
>something
>> >> wrong with what my parents generation was saying, but not doing. I
also
>> >came
>> >> to distrust organized religion at a very early age because of these
>> >> experiences and the hypocracy I saw.
>> >>
>> >> My grandmother had a big hammond organ in her parlor and also a baby
>grand
>> >> piano. From the time I was about 5 years old, I would climb up on the
>> >> benches and play the keys. I was told I had a *good ear* because I
>could
>> >> listen to the radio songs and figure out how to play them on the keys
>> >> (though I couldn't reach the pedals ;o). During the 50's, I lived in
>south
>> >> Texas (part of the time in Erling's favorite place, Corpus Christi,
>Texas)
>> >> and travelled across the border into Mexico often with my father.
He
>> was
>> >a
>> >> merchanical design engineer and a pilot and did a lot of work designing
>> >&
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| Re: Found main reason for my crashes... [message #54768 is a reply to message #54766] |
Mon, 20 June 2005 10:53 |
Dimitrios
Messages: 1056
Registered: August 2005
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "derek" <derekvonkrogh@gmx.net> wrote in message news:42d45df1@linux...
>> >> >
>> >> > maybe im missing the irony or some linguistic fineprint,
>> >> > but as far as im concerned, doug, no i dont understand you.
>> >> > reading the stereotype BS you spread, im frankly shocked,
>> >> > thats pretty much all there is to it. i definetly dont recognize
you.
>> >> >
>> >> > maybe its because im a european hypocrite sitting on my ass or
>> >something.
>> >> > cause thats the way we are, we "euros", right?
>> >> >
>> >> > *shakes head in disbelief*
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > "Mr Simplicity" <animix_spamless_@animas.net> wrote:
>> >> > >Yes I do. Unfortunately, we apparently understand each other.
>> >> > >
>> >> > >Regards,
>> >> > >
>> >> > >DJ
>> >> > >
>> >> > >"derek" <derekvonkrogh@gmx.net> wrote in message
>> >news:42d
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