Post #21,322
12/13/01 10:58:48 AM
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Perhaps I misread?
>>On the other hand, I have to say: 62 civilians a day? >>My ass. >>We have not bombed 3700 Afghan civilians out of existance
I inferred that you thought 62/day killed was an unbelieveably high number. Only tried to point out that 62/day is small, very small, in fact, when compared to auto deaths, which don't seem to make much news, and which seem to be "an acceptable number".
62/day civilian dead is both believeable, and very small when compared to our war with Iraq. Doesn't make it any more acceptible - (we're at "war" apparently with one man and his gang, who are not Afghani), but it is a relatively small number. I dragged in auto deaths only to illustrate how relatively small the number is, then ranted a bit, sorry ;-)
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Post #21,325
12/13/01 11:04:44 AM
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From what I read...
...that "civilian" count is going to be overstated.
Night security guards at military installations was just one that I saw that would be...um...questionable to count as civilian.
Any deaths are unfortunate. The question will then become...through continued intervention and assistance...can we get a "stable" regime in place that will be able to stop the internal civilian killing going on.
Think of that as a "seat belt law"...if you want.
You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! Laurie Anderson
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Post #21,327
12/13/01 11:09:12 AM
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Good Luck.
>>can we get a "stable" regime in place that will be able to stop the internal >>civilian killing going on.
Interesting notion, that. A "stable regime" comprised of drug running war lords. Oops, sorry, those are "our guys in the region". I forgot.
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Post #21,332
12/13/01 11:19:00 AM
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Oh...thats right...
...we're the only ones involved in development of the coalition government...even though it was held in Germany by the UN and I'm not sure if we even had anyone of real importance there at all.
Slipped my mind.
You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! Laurie Anderson
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Post #21,336
12/13/01 11:46:18 AM
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Huh?
It's still a "coalition" of drug running war lords, no?
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Post #21,339
12/13/01 11:55:03 AM
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Now you're going to make me go all liberal on you
I don't care what or how many drugs they grow or manufacture. Ship them over here in bulk cargo carriers and give them out free. *Poof* 95% of the problems involved in our so-called war on drugs, drug violence, drug racketeering go away.
As if that would ever happen; there's too many people with too much time, effort, and ego involved in the War on Drugs.
"Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it." -- Donald Knuth
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Post #21,342
12/13/01 11:58:47 AM
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Yikes! I've been found out.
My one ultra-conservative stance: I strongly oppose the legalization of the non-therapeutic use of psycho-active medications.
Please don't tell anyone I am not purely Left. <:-O
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Post #21,358
12/13/01 1:33:33 PM
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snort ---------> :)
tshirt front "born to die before I get old" thshirt back "fscked another one didnja?"
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Post #21,364
12/13/01 2:08:59 PM
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Traitor... ;-)
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Post #21,378
12/13/01 4:39:25 PM
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180\ufffd backwards, at least.
Leave the psychoactives alone! An\ufffdsthetization is essential relief during the self-destruct phase of a declining civilization; it Will be sought out by more and more; make it illegal and.. there won't be room left in the jails for the actual criminals. Like now.
OTOH - for 50K years or so, people needed far fewer alkaloids and other effective plant remedies; no one needs .01% of the Rx, Rx-OTC and other nostrums available in your drug.. store, supermarket and 7-11. Surely the (apparently daily & hourly) headaches alone! >> Think about that. Surely this adfactoid is the least subtle Clue-x-Four imaginable ? that:
Our society Makes Our Heads Hurt. Psychosomatic up the wazoo: start eliminating the causes; convert the pharm-chem aisles into Segway playpens, divert pharm-chem and insurance drains into grants for orchestras and other useful stuff..
But leave the useful drugs alone. OK?
Ashton Solutions for Moribund Cultures AG \ufffdOur Motto\ufffd
Act-out your delusions of world domination with a pinch of methyl benzoyl ecgonine HCl ... and leave the rest of us alone!
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Post #21,480
12/14/01 10:11:59 AM
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No headaches at all
I wonder how much of that lack of headache 50000 years ago can be explained by premature loss of head. What was the life expectancy back then? 25 years? 30 years? Got kids - can die.
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