Posted by Alan Moore on January 9, 2008, 9:02 pm
On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:45:17 -0800, Timberwoof
>> On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 17:10:15 -0800, "Eigenvector"
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> >I'm not particularly fond of the pro-Euro commentary that people seem to
>> >think justifies doing it.
>>
>> For what it's worth, the practice is almost universal. I believe it's
>> prohibited throughout Canada, and it's prohibited in some, but not
>> all, US States. It's by no means confined to Europe.
>For the the value of "some" = N-1.
I hoped my post would remain true when some other states choose to
repeal a senseless regulation.
Al Moore
DoD 734
Posted by Rob Kleinschmidt on January 7, 2008, 9:01 pm
> I'm not particularly fond of the pro-Euro commentary that people seem to
> think justifies doing it. "They do it in Europe, so it must be good" is a
> pretty piss-poor argument and completely ignores the radically different
> driving styles. They also invade each other every 30 years or so in Europe,
> but I'm not about to believe that Canada, the US, and Mexico should go to
> war over Lebensraum and be proud of it - because they do it in Europe.
Right.
God forbid the U.S. should run around invading other
countries like Panama, Greneda, Iraq or Afghanistan.
Posted by Rob Kleinschmidt on January 8, 2008, 2:20 pm
On Jan 7, 6:16 pm, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:01:17 -0800 (PST), Rob Kleinschmidt
> >> I'm not particularly fond of the pro-Euro commentary that people seem to
> >> think justifies doing it. "They do it in Europe, so it must be good" is a
> >> pretty piss-poor argument and completely ignores the radically different
> >> driving styles. They also invade each other every 30 years or so in Europe,
> >> but I'm not about to believe that Canada, the US, and Mexico should go to
> >> war over Lebensraum and be proud of it - because they do it in Europe.
> >Right.
> >God forbid the U.S. should run around invading other
> >countries like Panama, Greneda, Iraq or Afghanistan.
> Have you noticed we tend to give them back to the rightful
> owners ? I seem to recall we did something like that in Europe, too.
The assertion was that European countries invade every 30
years. How would you compare our invasions to European
invasions of other countries since 1978 ?
Posted by Seth Hammond on January 8, 2008, 2:25 pm
> On Jan 7, 6:16 pm, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
>> On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:01:17 -0800 (PST), Rob Kleinschmidt
>>
>>
>> >> I'm not particularly fond of the pro-Euro commentary that people seem
>> >> to
>> >> think justifies doing it. "They do it in Europe, so it must be good"
>> >> is a
>> >> pretty piss-poor argument and completely ignores the radically
>> >> different
>> >> driving styles. They also invade each other every 30 years or so in
>> >> Europe,
>> >> but I'm not about to believe that Canada, the US, and Mexico should go
>> >> to
>> >> war over Lebensraum and be proud of it - because they do it in Europe.
>>
>> >Right.
>>
>> >God forbid the U.S. should run around invading other
>> >countries like Panama, Greneda, Iraq or Afghanistan.
>>
>> Have you noticed we tend to give them back to the rightful
>> owners ? I seem to recall we did something like that in Europe, too.
> The assertion was that European countries invade every 30
> years. How would you compare our invasions to European
> invasions of other countries since 1978 ?
We've stoutly supported Israel's invasions of their neighbors since 1948.
Why?
Posted by Rayvan on January 8, 2008, 3:40 pm
wrote:
> > On Jan 7, 6:16 pm, .p.jm@see_my_sig_for_address.com wrote:
> >> On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 18:01:17 -0800 (PST), Rob Kleinschmidt
> >> >> I'm not particularly fond of the pro-Euro commentary that people seem
> >> >> to
> >> >> think justifies doing it. "They do it in Europe, so it must be good"
> >> >> is a
> >> >> pretty piss-poor argument and completely ignores the radically
> >> >> different
> >> >> driving styles. They also invade each other every 30 years or so in
> >> >> Europe,
> >> >> but I'm not about to believe that Canada, the US, and Mexico should go
> >> >> to
> >> >> war over Lebensraum and be proud of it - because they do it in Europe.
> >> >Right.
> >> >God forbid the U.S. should run around invading other
> >> >countries like Panama, Greneda, Iraq or Afghanistan.
> >> Have you noticed we tend to give them back to the rightful
> >> owners ? I seem to recall we did something like that in Europe, too.
> > The assertion was that European countries invade every 30
> > years. How would you compare our invasions to European
> > invasions of other countries since 1978 ?
> We've stoutly supported Israel's invasions of their neighbors since 1948.
> Why?- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
Self defense is an invasion?
LOL!
--
Rayvan
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>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> >I'm not particularly fond of the pro-Euro commentary that people seem to
>> >think justifies doing it.
>>
>> For what it's worth, the practice is almost universal. I believe it's
>> prohibited throughout Canada, and it's prohibited in some, but not
>> all, US States. It's by no means confined to Europe.
>For the the value of "some" = N-1.