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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: gao seng who wrote (33910)	10/17/2001 11:17:15 PM
From: gao seng	Respond to of 82486

Boring Night. Maybe P is right, and the good guys have won. In any case, I want to post the lyrics to my favorite song. Be Bop Deluxe Possession There's such a beautiful mess up in my room, My thoughts are tangled up in the legs of chairs, I like to think that it's my token of genius, But then again... Maybe I just don't care... I'm going crazy with the speed of living, I'm leaving parts of me all over the place... I think I've found a piece that looks like my heart, But then again... Maybe it's just my face... Possession, possession, Paying the price... Possession, possesssion, Run for my life... I charge my dreams up with the cheapest batteries, The light goes out and everything looks dim, I stumble 'round, pretending that I'm dancing, Doing fine... Until the truth breaks in... Cameras are thieves, they always take my picture, A tape recorder stole my voice today... I think machines have secret motives, But then again... Maybe they're made that way... Possession, possession, Paying the price... Possession, possession, Run for my life... I paint my shirt with all the latest outrages, Just like I did so many years before, It drives me to the brink of pink disaster, But I don't mind... That's what possession's for... partyvibe.com

To: gao seng who wrote (33910)	10/18/2001 12:12:25 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

I am of course in agreement, that to understand, is to prevent in future (if one has a hopeful turn of mind).

To: gao seng who wrote (33910)	10/18/2001 8:08:03 AM
From: thames_sider	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

gao, you're not someone I figured would post an article like that... but I appreciate it. It's pretty much what I said very soon after the attacks - by all means exact vengeance, but also understand the why's and the causes, to stop it happening again... we can try to learn from this horror how to minimize bin Laden's appeal. Or we can be oblivious to the consequences of our conduct and just try to kill not only the current crop of terrorists faster than they can kill us, but the doubtlessly long line of enraged masses who may come into being in the future. This is not an argument for failing to seek decisive victory now. We surely will have to fight a war of extermination against bin Laden's gang and such other sources of current danger as Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq. But we should be simultaneously trying to understand what words and actions unnecessarily may rally even more people to the anti-American terrorist banner. Nearly perfect. I'd wait for a little (even a lot) more evidence before attacking Iraq - the fact that Saddam cheers on anyone attacking the West is only to be expected, not proof of involvement, he'd cheer on a meteorite if it hit the US - but otherwise, precisely.