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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (22640)	3/30/2002 9:33:00 AM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

And now for something completely different: Jack rabbits attack walkers in Sonoma County; man bitten, woman forced to evade jack rabbit Published 8:10 p.m. PST Friday, March 29, 2002 SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) - Sonoma County musician Doug Bowes will remember this Easter season as the one where he happened upon the Easter Bunny, and it attacked him. Bowes was walking near his home at about 11 a.m. Wednesday when the attack occurred. A small, gray jack rabbit bounded toward him from a nearby fence. "I thought, 'Gosh, this is somebody's pet,' " Bowes said. He put his hand down in a friendly gesture and the bunny lunged and bit him. Bowes began to walk home, nursing a sore hand with broken skin, but the rabbit followed him. A short time later, a nearby neighbor had to retreat up a hill after another aggressive jack rabbit forced her back. Bowes had to get rabies shots and faces five additional vaccinations, though area health officials say it would be rare if the animal had rabies. "If it were (rabid) it would make history," said David Yong, director of laboratory services for the county public health division. No rabbit has tested positive for rabies in Sonoma County in the past 16 years, Yang said. sacbee.com cc.gatech.edu Bring up the "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch"!!!!! cc.gatech.edu cc.gatech.edu Now how does that holy incantation go again???? cc.gatech.edu Hawk

To: Hawkmoon who wrote (22640)	3/30/2002 9:55:48 AM
From: Dayuhan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

...displays just how arbitrary the geographic boundaries are, with regard to respecting the national interests of various cultures. The notion that borders could be arranged and populations shuffled to suit the whims of the colonial powers was one of the more self-serving conceits of the imperial age. It has also played a part in many of the most intractable conflicts of the post-imperial age. In many ways, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is a direct outgrowth of this phenomenon. The notion that one could simply take a group of people and move them to a different place, completely ignoring the desires of the people who already lived there, is really pretty astonishing by todays standards. It fits right in, though, with the basic Imperialist mindset that prevailed in Europe during the early years of Zionism. Unfortunately, many things that seemed simple during those days turned out not to be so simple, and an awful lot of people are still paying the price, many generations later. Note on Iraqi demographics: 80-85% Arab, 97% Muslim. These numbers deserve consideration by people who aren't worried about who succeeds Saddam because they think nothing could be worse. Does anyone think it likely that the Islamist political ideology will not be a significant force in a post-Saddam Iraq?