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To: TobagoJack who wrote (2664)	12/11/2005 6:11:36 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 218605

at an individual level to, economically prosper one have to be a subversive. If one walks the line he end up poor. I'm not implying one have to be lawless to advance economically. I'm saying one need to bend the law technically to prosper. A company need to be based in Cayman island or a rich person needs to constitue a foundation or use NGO to avoid taxes. The nation-state is our problem. You can't get rid of it at a single go because we know the outcome through history. Now, here we are: We need to avoid the results of our risk-taking and our effort to be eaten up by governments. We need to do that because the nation-state may take a century to work itself out. And in this long termn the damage will be already done. But you have to understand that this is only a viable option for a tiny minority. The vast majority can't grasp the whole construction neither how the script will play on.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (2664)	12/12/2005 9:45:43 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 218605

TJ, "I have a bomb!" Message 21967007 While Americans check each others' underwear and take Granny's nail clippers, and shoot the mentally disturbed, I dare say Al Qaeda is doing something quite different, with nothing to do with airlines, if they are able to do, which I expect they are. Even an all-American Desert Storm warrior like Tim McVeigh could brew up some fertilizer and diesel and destroy a large federal building in revenge. I'm sure a bunch of Islamic Jihadists could do as well. With some imagination, which Condoleezza says Americans don't have, I'm sure Al Q could come up with some interesting mass-produced co-ordinated tricks. While Americans have their underwear checked in airport security, perhaps while still on their body, using the latest Superman x-ray vision, which will be a lot of fun for the inspectors. "Madam, would you please go through that again as we just want to check that those bulges really are breasts and not bombs ... drool, dribble...", the real-deal will go down elsewhere. Meanwhile, our great and estimable idol, Uncle Al KBE, must be preparing about his last interest rate rise preparatory to handing over to Big Ben. I will have Happy Meals coming out my ears! Mqurice