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To: Razorbak who wrote (7956)	9/15/2001 7:57:28 PM
From: BigBull	Respond to of 23153

Seen many pirates off the Barbary Coast lately? ;-) ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!! I can't stand it. That's the first belly laugh I've had in four days!!!!!! Thanks. Didn't you know that Ben Franklin (a notorious member of the military industrial complex) was an undercover agent who manufactured the Barbary monster so that he could profit when ultra pacifist Thomas Jefferson was forced to accept reality and proclaim "Millions for a navy but not one penny for ransom" Ooooooo now there a real Rambonie for ya.

To: Razorbak who wrote (7956)	9/15/2001 11:28:37 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23153

Razorbak, You have a razor mind. I'm delighted by your latest. Today, it's the Straits of Molucca that the pirates occupy. Pretty interesting territory. Not for the squeamish. You seem to have a fair bit of the buccaneer about you. I'm encouraged. You'll continue to do well in the rough and tumble of the dangerous portions of the world. I like your spirit. Though your attitude about the missile defense system sucks. You game to try Egypt? On your dime? The SS weren't very successful recruiting many more fanatics when Berlin was burning That's what you get with a terrible fertility rate coupled with the attrited. This ain't no issue in the Arab world. the Japanese warlords weren't able to recruit many more fanatics after the surrender on the USS Missouri. I have no data, but I don't believe it was fanatics that were in short supply. It was fuel. Dood, if you don't adopt a permanent war footing against terrorism, it will slowly eat you alive. A measured and considered response is doomed to failure. Dude, I utterly disagree. This permanent war footing results in way too much collateral damage, from Middleton, CO to Springfield, OR we are spawning a nation of jerks. The best idea I can think of is to limit the growth of means of destructive power. That means that the U.S. needs to grow up and finally become an adult culture (I can dream, can't I?) We need to quit supplying every tin horn dictator and crummy reactionary with enough arms to destroy every honest yeoman in his sight. It means an attitude adjustment that you probably aren't ready to make. It means having the Y-chromosome contingent among us grow up. That may be more than they and you can bear. Hey, first introduction to a 3rd world country and the understandable desire to carry firearms for protection! <g> It may come as a disappointment to you, but there was never a moment in that incident when I felt that it was my right, privelege, duty or obligation to have a firearm to destroy these kaffirs. I knew from a lifetime of abolitionist heritage from Krakow to Freeport that these were oppressed men who were dealing with the rotten hand that was dealt them at birth. Did I feel that it was my place to eradicate them because they saw me as the enemy? Hardly. I fully understood their antipathy for the honkie. I was more likely to want to suggest that I'd like to follow in the foootsteps of my uncle who was the last white precinctman in a district that was going black. That I "felt their pain", as the saying goes. That I understood the evil of the system that has evolved in so many societies that can create class distinctions that have nothing to do with merit and everything to do with prior class heritage (did I mention I'm more articulate than our el presidente, that tin horn?) Seen many pirates off the Barbary Coast lately? ;-) Dood, I'm part of the Hanna-Barbera generation. Don't expect me to have a clue as to what you are referring to. <w> Remember, I was supposed to be brainwashed and duped. How did I turn out so wrong? Salaams, Ray