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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (23194)	4/2/2002 6:40:12 PM
From: Elsewhere	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

<Imagine no religion... nothing to kill or die for...> You're a John Lennon fan? It's not the religions which are at fault, just Homo sapiens. In the case of Stalin, the no. 1 slaughterer of his own people, no religion (in the theological sense) was involved.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (23194)	4/2/2002 7:01:02 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Historians will debate for the rest of eternity whether Hiroshima was a Good Thing - but it did end the war. Suicide bombing might also be debatable, if it had the desired effect, but it seems to be backfiring. Speaking of New Zealand (well, we weren't, actually, but I missed saying this the last time) the Maori attempt to throw out the Brits in the 19th century is an example of violence that doesn't work.

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (23194)	4/3/2002 3:32:43 PM
From: Math Junkie	Respond to of 281500

"We need a final solution" Odd choice of words. "The USA nuked Hiroshima, which involved a lot of innocent people - that's the nature of desperation" Desperation? The U.S. was winning the war at the time. It had more to do with the belief that there would be fewer casualties than in a conventional invasion. The Japanese population were expected to fanatically defend their homeland, based on prior experience (in Okinawa?).

To: Maurice Winn who wrote (23194)	4/24/2002 2:39:54 AM
From: maceng2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

IRA 'part of global terror network' [snip] The IRA has formed a global terror network based in Colombia where it helps train guerrilla groups, according to a report by the US Congress. The report says American lives are being put at risk by provisional IRA activity in Colombia, and that both Colombian democracy and US national security is threatened [endsnip] news.bbc.co.uk [snip] IRA chiefs are said to have bought a consignment of high powered new Russian special forces rifles in Moscow late last year. The purchase, which would breach the Good Friday Agreement, is believed to have taken place some time between their first act of decommissioning and their second recent destruction of what was described as a substantial amount of ammunition, guns and explosives. The Russian security services are said to have detected the deal and passed details to British military intelligence in London, according to the Sunday Telegraph. [endsnip] ananova.com