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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (128118)	4/1/2004 6:05:37 PM
From: Rascal	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

First they came for the Media Co.s then they came for the artists. TThen they came for cable, and satellite. Then they came for SI. channels.netscape.com Key supporters continue to push the bill. Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., and Rep. Bart Stupak, D-Mich., said they expected enactment. "I think the chance of the bill getting through and signed this year is better than 50-50," Brownback said. But he cautioned that amendments added to the bill that would include cable and satellite TV in the legislation would make it harder. Still, he did not rule out the chances of them being added. Under the legislation approved by the House and the Senate Commerce Committee, fines for broadcasters would rise to a maximum of $500,000 for each indecent action. The current level is $27,500. Rascal @OrAreTheyHere?.com

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (128118)	4/1/2004 7:12:02 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Respond to of 281500

It would only be remotely similar if in November 1941 the US, declaring its intention to wipe Japan off the map, had massed 2 million troops in the Phillipines, readying for the invasion of Okinawa and Kyushu. That would be an equivalent situation, in which a Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor would have had no quality of surprise at all. One million troops on the border + daily speeches declaring the intent to wipe Israel off the map, and you have the nerve to compare June 5th, 1967 to Pearl Habor. Obviously, you feel the only moral action for the Israelis was to permit themselves to be invaded and have their country cut in half. Maybe if they had lost an extra 10,000 or 20,000 casualties or so you might grudgingly grant them the right to fight for their lives. But probably not.

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (128118)	4/1/2004 7:34:06 PM
From: Sig	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Re:6 day war Let me get this straight, for posterity and the history books... Six countries have troops on the Israeli border or are planning to arrive. Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iraq, Algeria, and Kuwait They have 465,000 troops and 810 airplanes 2880 tanks are revved up and ready to go. Are they going to have a party.? No. And then Israel, instead of surrendering, starts a war. Why, those dastardly, dirty dogs attack and destroyed 300 enemy airplanes in 2 hours before they could get off the ground to bomb Tel Aviv. How unfair. How cruel. Accusations that Israel started the war have failed miserably. yahoodi.com Sig

To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (128118)	4/2/2004 10:08:18 AM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 281500

Thank you, Jacob, for your April Fool's joke. Comparing Japanase militarists to the Israeli military force in 1967is like comparing Little Red Riding Hood to Dracula and saying they're the same thing because they both wear capes. You got me! Good one. But now that April One is dead and gone, perhaps you'll give us a few parallels between Israel's pre-1967 actions and the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Perhaps you'll find a way to analogize Israeli actions pre-1967 with those of the Japanese in China pre-1941. Give it a try, the results should be interesting. Don't forget the rape of Nanking, surely something the Israelis did is comparable to it. ibiblio.org