Exercise for Marlowe.

Post #172,771

9/5/04 2:53:15 AM

Please solve the Chechen problem without ceding Chechnya to the rebels.

Then, when you have provided a solution to that, you may proceed to solve the Northern Ireland question.

Use both sides of the paper. You may not use Google for this exercise.

Post #172,781

by inthane-chan

9/5/04 10:19:51 AM

You forgot to tell him...

...not to use nukes or genocide, either.

What will we do when we are Gods?

Post #172,872

by Ashton

9/6/04 6:06:57 PM

Well then, that only leaves

the Ashcroft/Diebold Covenant:

Conscripted army of 5M or so Peacekeepers to manage the Empire, one smoldering city-block at-a-time. Surely the Nintendo Eloi will join the Elite Volunteer Schutzstaffel, along with the scions of our other National War Heroes (Cheney, Wolfowitz, Rove, Kristol et al - who earlier.. were saving themselves for this now obv. Highest Priority)

Kinda a nice ring to, Obergruppenfuehrer Klaus Philbot, resplendent in that dark-mauve uniform with the shiny black boots, gold embroidered epaulets and the stunning Eagle-over-the-Globe lapel insignia. (No one can even see a bulge.. from the miniaturized Model Airplane Controller in his smartly-tailored inner pocket - via which he sends his minions of Risk-at-a-Distance Stinger-gnats into er combat?)

One might long to see the Purple Heart added to his chest decorations; what's the loss of a few limbs when you're fighting the Perpetual War-on-Peace?

Carrion - - -

Post #172,920

by marlowe

9/7/04 8:54:04 AM

It's very simple, once you decide not to complicate it

First teach the world that hostage taking and others terrorist acts will be rewarded only with death. Then wait a bit, while all these problems begin to solve themselves.

Those who get the message, take themselves out of the equation. Those who don't, are taken out of the equation by us. Subsequently they go on to the hereafter to be judged by Darwin and his angels.

It put an end the Assassin cult of Alamut (though their spiritual heirs have recently risen up, due to current weakness on the part of the civilized.) It worked against the Barbary pirates. It put paid to the Nazi regime. It's making life increasingly difficult for Sadr. And it's already starting to yield results in [link|http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jul2004/pale-j23.shtml|Arafat land].

Just because you don't have the answers doesn't mean there no answers. It could simply be that you're not bright enough. Or that you're trapped in some sort of neo-Marxist interpretation that won't let you see the way out. Which, come to think of it, is just a particular way of being stupid.

To the sufficiently stupid, any problem is intractible.

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Post #172,952

by pwhysall

9/7/04 1:27:38 PM

If it's very simple, provide the answer.

Although you do wave your hands in style, I must say.

Post #173,053

by GBert

9/8/04 8:36:07 AM

Sounds nice...

"First teach the world that hostage taking and others terrorist acts will be rewarded only with death. Then wait a bit, while all these problems begin to solve themselves."

That's not a solution -- that's a rant.

First of all, _all_ human behavior is rewarded only with death (and much too soon) -- and the world has been fully aware of it for a really, really long time.

Second, while we're at it, let's solve a couple other problems:

Let's rid the human race of sexually transmitted diseases -- strict monogamy for 80 to 100 years would just about do it.

Let's improve my standard of living -- if everybody in the US would just give me a dime, the increased utility to me would far outweigh the sum of the decreased utilities to everybody else.

These may seem unrelated to your "answer", but as game theory teaches us, the benefits to local cheating while everybody else toes the line can be high -- high enough to derail even the best-meaning ideologies in practice.

Who would you trust not to ever deal with terrorists?

Giovanni

"Have whatever values you have. That's what America is for. You don't need George Bush for that."

Post #173,066

by Another Scott

9/8/04 10:25:08 AM

OT: Panhandler Joe, is that you?

[link|http://panhandler.refers.to/|Got a dollar?]

;-j

Cheers,
Scott.

Post #173,068

by bepatient

9/8/04 10:27:08 AM

Nope. thats not p-joey

If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition}

[link|mailto:bepatient@aol.com|BePatient]

Post #173,069

by Another Scott

9/8/04 10:28:36 AM

Saw the ;-j right? I know he's not; just reminded me of PJ.

Post #173,081

by deSitter

9/8/04 11:41:41 AM

PJ is Imric, and Imric is PJ, no? Gainfully employed now

-drl

Post #173,086

by boxley

9/8/04 11:56:36 AM

back when he was wineing a lot :-)

These miserable swine, having nothing but illusions to live on, marshmallows for the soul in place of good meat, will now stoop to any disgusting level to prevent even those miserable morsels from vanishing into thin air. The country is being destroyed by these stupid, vicious right-wing fanatics, the spiritual brothers of the brownshirts and redstars, collectivists and authoritarians all, who would not know freedom if it bit them on the ass, who spend all their time trying to stamp, bludgeon, and eviscerate the very idea of the individual's right to his own private world. DRL
questions, help? [link|mailto:pappas@catholic.org|email pappas at catholic.org]

Post #173,142

by imric

9/8/04 3:25:16 PM

Hey, things were bad!

Imric's Tips for Living

Paranoia Is a Survival Trait
Pessimists are never disappointed - but sometimes, if they are very lucky, they can be pleasantly surprised...
Even though everyone is out to get you, it doesn't matter unless you let them win.