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To: sea_urchin who wrote (18079)	4/23/2003 5:10:23 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 80976

And some British style democracy. thisislondon.com >>>The graphic review XXX, which had its premiere last night at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, featured some of the most explicit sex scenes ever seen in Britain. At one point a man from the audience was dragged on stage where a female member of the cast appeared to perform oral sex on him.<<< I wonder if he screamed while they dragged him on stage?! I would have.

To: sea_urchin who wrote (18079)	4/23/2003 7:04:27 PM
From: Gary H	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 80976

Now, will they show us a map of the Nuc's the US has?? Will they tell us why they have more right to them then anyone else?? Oh I forgot! Democracy. That item that has killed as many as any other system. Right is right even when it is wrong.

To: sea_urchin who wrote (18079)	4/25/2003 4:13:11 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 80976

Looks like Mr Annan, like the rest of his defunct organization, is in the deep doo-doo. Firstly, for saying the "US-UK's war on Iraq was illegitimate" because the US-UK pursued the war in Iraq "without specific authorization by the Security Council." arabicnews.com Secondly, for calling the US an "occupying power". What a damn cheek. Everyone knows that the US was specifically authorized by Resolution 1441 to "liberate" Iraq. Or was it to remove those WMDs which were a threat to world peace? Or was it to perform "regime change" because that awful dictator what's-his-name was busy killing his own people? Or was it because the Iraqi people demanded "democracy"? news.bbc.co.uk And, for what it's worth, here's UN Resolution 1441 un.int And here's the specific Clause which entitles the US to do as it pleases: "13. Recalls, in that context, that the Council has repeatedly warned Iraq that it will face serious consequences as a result of its continued violations of its obligations" And, as we now all know (as result of all the WMDs which were subsequently found by the US), Iraq indeed violated its obligations and thus had to face the serious consequences (which the US had decided to implement anyway).