Hello, Santa!
You wrote on Sat, 19 Jun 2004 08:26:10 GMT:

Oh ****! Another american who thinks Africa is a country!

?? On Sat, 19 Jun 2004 07:06:16 GMT, Gunner
?? wrote:
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?? Welcome back, Gunner.
??
?? I had no doubt at all.
??
?? Nor do I see any need to coddle a tough son-of-a-bitch like you:
??
?? That rifle hanging on the wall of the working-class flat or
?? labourer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see
?? that it stays there. - George Orwell
??
?? No. Rifles are the symbol of brutal conquest, which is just a fancy
?? term for armed robbery on a large scale.
??
?? Ballot boxes are the symbol of democracy.
??
?? There are a WHOLE lot of people with a LOT of weapons that
?? don't have any democracy...Not a ballot box in sight.
??
?? Duh.
??
?? :-)
??
?? Does America's violence around the world create democracy? Try
?? this little quizz:
??
?? It consists of one (1) multiple-choice question. Here's a list of the
?? countries that the U.S. has bombed since the end of World War II,
?? compiled by historian William Blum:
??
?? 1. China 1945-46
?? 2. Korea and China 1950-53
?? 3. Guatemala 1954
?? 4. Indonesia 1958
?? 5. Cuba 1959-1961
?? 6. Guatemala 1960
?? 7. Congo 1964
?? 8. Peru 1965
?? 9. Laos 1964-73
?? 10. Vietnam 1961-73
?? 11. Cambodia 1969-70
?? 12. Guatemala 1967-69
?? 13. Grenada 1983
?? 14. Lebanon 1983, 1984
?? 15. Libya 1986
?? 16. El Salvador 1980s
?? 17. Nicaragua 1980s
?? 18. Iran 1987
?? 19. Panama 1989
?? 20. Iraq 1991-2003
?? 21. Kuwait 1991
?? 22. Somalia 1993
?? 23. Bosnia 1994, 1995
?? 24. Sudan 1998
?? 25. Afghanistan 1998, 2001-2004
?? 26. Yugoslavia 1999
?? 27. Iraq 2002-2004
??
?? Q: In how many of these instances did a democratic government,
?? respectful of human rights, occur as a direct result?
??
?? Choose one of the following:
??
?? (a) 0
?? (b) zero
?? (c) none
?? (d) not a one
?? (e) a whole number between -1 and +1
?? (f) zip
?? (g) squat
?? (h) nada
??
?? AC

SCM Ok Everybody.. sing along with the oscar meyer weiner song:

SCM Oh I wish and was liberal like AC..
SCM that is truely what I'd like to be ee eee
SCM And then I take the guns awaayyaa
SCM And give them to the big bad goverments...

SCM How many tyranical goverments maintain control over their citizens
SCM with guns and violent weapons? How many goverments keep the citizens
SCM in check and subject to their laws and judicial systems with guns???


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