Posts by Xander

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Fatties won't pony up cash for two seats

by ashitaka in

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frankly, if you are that overweight, you should pay for two seats, pure and simple.

why should someone have to be crushed by someone obese?

skinny people have rights, too

Xander

go through hell to lose it

It's easy.

Really.

You just don't eat as much.

because they have no self control and eat too much

Well, actually, yes they are.

Sure, there may be some genetic or cultural influence to make them eat too much.

But saying it's okay is like condoning alcoholism.

It doesn't matter WHY the person is an alcoholic/tub of lard. It's still wrong.

(And no, I don't but into the media perception of every women as a size 2 or something. However, fat IS wrong - it's a proven health hazard, inconveniences others, and burdens society as a whole.)

Finally....

the air companies make a bomb in money

mmmm....not so much. You know how much aviation fuel an airliner burns? And what it costs? And that's not counting maintenance costs, pilot pay, foods, entertainment, etc.

If it was such a booming industry, why do you think almost ALL airlines are just barely hanging on, with every other one going out of business on a fairly regular basis?

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Israel Making Threats?

by Satanus in

http://www.yourmailinglistprovider.com/pubarchive.php?iapinfo+833

speaking during an interview which was published in jerusalem friday, professor martin van crevel said israel had the capability of hitting most european capitals with nuclear weapons.

we possess several hundred atomic warheads and rockets and can launch them at targets in all directions, perhaps even at rome.

Xander

More like:

Because they know just as well as everyone else in the Middle East this war will end with a US occupation of Iraq.

Once we actually control Iraq, we will no longer need the puppet state of Israel in the region.

Think about that a minute.

- US has a bunch of fairly pissed of Muslims since Iraq becomes a US Territory

- US no longer needs Israel

- Muslims would be very happy if they got Israel 'back'

You do the math.

Israel is worried, and they are thus trying to point out to the world that they can defend themselves even without US support. I don't think anyone is buying it.

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HIGH Terrorist Threat

by email in

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u.s. raises terrorist threat to high... 'soft targets' focus of threat.. http://www.cnn.com/2003/us/02/07/threat.level/index.html.

washington (cnn) -- the federal government on friday raised the national terrorism threat level to "orange," indicating a "high risk of terrorist attacks.

the move is only the second time since the september 11 terror attacks that the level has risen above "yellow," or elevated risk.

GEEK Mail help please?

by SixofNine in

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quick, before comf sees that i've posted a computer question on a jw board.. so my outlook mail program is crashing... bad.

can't seem to fix it.

it will open, but the second i click on anything, an error window pops up that says "outlook.exe has errors.

Xander

What I was going to say. That you've listed three things you've done (Outlook, email, installing Windows) that give you errors makes me think one of two things:

1) Bad virus (BAD! BAD Virus!! Go to your room!!)

2) Going bad hard disk or - more likely - flaky RAM

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Fatties won't pony up cash for two seats

by ashitaka in

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friends

frankly, if you are that overweight, you should pay for two seats, pure and simple.

why should someone have to be crushed by someone obese?

skinny people have rights, too

Xander

Hmmmm...what's easier....bitch at for being discriminated against....OR GO ON A DIET?

Sadly, with the American legal system in the shape it's in....the former.

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Terror threat to go to Orange

by PurpleV in

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http://www.cnn.com/2003/us/02/07/threat.level/index.html

we're going to a high terror alert today.

please be careful everyone.

Xander

You know, I should bookmark this thread and bump it to the top again, oh, say 10 years from now or so.

Anyone actually ever read '1984'?

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Comming Out Of The Apostate Closet

by ColdRedRain in

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i finally have the courage to come out of the apostate closet with my extended family and my old family friends.

i thought that day would never come, but i just got the courage today.

what ironically inspired me was a kingdom hall.

Xander

Although 'apostate' is a real word with perhaps applicable meaning, be careful of taking it as a label.

The JWs have, as with many otherwise perfectly good English words, perverted it to their own use. To them 'apostate' means 'liar'. This I take great exception to, for I am NOT a liar.

Thus, even though I reject their definition of the word, I do not accept being called that by a JW, for to them it means something that is not true of me.

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Is North Korea getting out of hand?

by JH in

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n korea threatens us with first strike

pyongyang asserts right to pre-emptive attack as tensions rise over american build-up .

jonathan watts in pyongyang.

Xander

"starwars II" system since it is 'Defensive'

A good idea on paper, but with a number of fairly significant flaws. Still, I think it's worth continuing research in with one major caveat: once we've created it, make the research and technology available to ANYONE WHO WANTS IT (even if they do have to pay for it).

After all, if its only purpose is to prevent a nation from being the victim of an ICBM attack, surely we would not have a problem with everyone having such protection?

Unless, of course, this is another one of those "US and friends" club things....

If you think less people would have died in an conventional attack on the Mainland compared to the 200,000 who died with the A-bombs

Oh, I agree, surely many more lives would have been lost in an invasion.

We COULD, of course, have just accepted the cease-fire agreement we were offered instead of requiring unconditional surrender. Then, no nukes and no invasion.

The best defense is a strong offense

Surely you realize that is taken out of context. In context, it makes sense and is true. In a war, the best 'defensive posture' is generally not to maintain a defensive posture, but to attack.

The best defense of a nation's *sovereignty* in PEACETIME is certainly not, under any conditions, to run around invading other nations (IE., 'offense').

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5th Estate-The Patriot Missiles.

by foreword in

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last night's "fifth estate" was about the patriot missiles.. well it seems that during and after the gulf war, the us was claiming almost 100% accuracy in intercepting the scud missiles with the patriots.. shortly after the war, bush sr. visited raytheon, the company which manufactures the patriot missiles.

in a speech there, and although he knew then that the accuracy was....well....0%..he still claimed 100%.. during the war, through their media cronies, they actually had footage of patriots intercepting scuds, which was all a set-up.. what they failed to mention when they talked about 100% accuracy, was that the accuracy they were talking about was that the patriots entered the same airspace as the scuds but not at the same time.

there was not one contact with the scuds.

Xander

1) The Patriot was designed (like the Hawk, its predecessor) was designed as an anti-aicraft weapon. The 'TBM-defense' role (theater ballistic missile) was added fairly recently through software and hardware upgrades. At the time of Gulf War 1, the software upgrades were not nearly as mature as they are now, and the newer missiles had not entered service. A 'low' success rate should be expected. The point was that they were show pieces that kept Israel out of the war - that's all that they were *needed* for then, and they succeeded in their mission.

Now, of course, we may worry about much more with potential NBC attacks coming against US troops moving towards Baghdad. The Patriot and Hawk MUST be able to intercept Iraqi missiles more reliably. Fortunately, we now have at least one entire new generation of missiles available, with countless software updates.

2) They did have SOME success in Gulf War 1 - the ratio was low, but not 0%

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Is North Korea getting out of hand?

by JH in

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n korea threatens us with first strike

pyongyang asserts right to pre-emptive attack as tensions rise over american build-up .

jonathan watts in pyongyang.

Xander

let Hitler Storm his ass around EUROPE

You're attacking another symptom of the problem as if it were the cause.

Tell me, what kind of support would Hitler have been able to gather if WWI had ended just like every other war in Europe ended for the past few millenia? You know, the wars the US *didn't* get involved in to hand one side a decisive victory?

what happens if we let Saddam or Kim II get some nukes?? They could invade whatever country they wanted 2 without fear because we wouldnt do a damn thing about it.

Indeed, because our non-nuclear forces are so lame and crippled that without nukes to back them up, they couldn't even wake up in the morning. After all, that's why we've had to use nukes in every single conflict we've ever been in....

Oh, wait, that's not true. Our 'conventional' forces are MORE than capable of defending US interests.

YES NUKES are DEFENSIVE

Do you understand the definition of the word 'defensive'?

A Phalanx gun on a carrier is 'defensive'. A Patriot missile is 'defensive'. The SM-1 is 'defensive'.

True, at points in the past, the US *has* deployed defensive nuclear weapons. Those have all been withdrawn now, however (their usefulness was always in question).

ICBMs are *NOT* defensive. They can be used for offense or as a deterrent. Not as a defense.

EDIT:

hitler did not pose a threat to the west

I think even I would argue this point. Hitler WOULD have been a threat to the west, after a while. He was more than a little crazy in the head. The issue at hand, of course, is what caused his rise to power.

Edited by - Xander on 6 February 2003 15:11:52