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wrote in message ... On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 08:38:45 -0500, Dave LaCourse wrote: On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:24:29 -0800, rw wrote: It's torture. Plain and simple. I am so disgusted with our government. Put it this way: If waterboarding would save the life of your wife, children, and boyfriend, would you be in favor of it? Yeah, me too. Torture is pain. Have you even been "tortured?" (and no, reading posts on ROFF doesn't count...) There is no pain in waterboarding. Have you ever been waterboarded? And it lasts only 25 seconds. Not necessarily. It depends on the person being boarded and the technique(s) used. If it saves lives, waterboard away. On that, we agree. Nice troll, btw. d;o) Hmmm...much like the definition of "torture," the definition of "nice" seems to be a rather hard-to-pin-down target... Sorta like trying to pin down a dicklet stance on any subject in the world, huh? :) Wolfgang who can see no reason in the world why there might not be circumstances in which slowly twisting the heads off a dozen or so small children could save a few lives. |
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"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message ... On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 16:42:32 -0500, "Opus--Mark H. Bowen" wrote: I can only suppose that you wouldn't have problem with the so-called enemies of the US torturing our troops at will as well. I mean it could save the lives of our enemies troops. What are you talking about, nitwit. They ARE torturing our troops, and not for info, but just for the pleasure of it. Where the hell have you been for the past few years? I know you live in a backward town in backward section of a great state, but surely they have tv, radio, newspapers. My neice's son was killed there last year. He was killed outright while taking down a couple of al qaeda. His two friends were not so lucky. They were captured and tortured to death. Waterboarding causes NO pain, leaves NO mark, draws NO blood. OTOH, cutting off the genitals and heads of our GI's DOES. You're a fool, Mark. You can get all the formal education you desire, but you will remain a fool and a looser until the day you die. The point, you indescribable idiot, is not that it happens.....no one has contested that.....but that YOU! not only condone but RECOMMEND the torture of American terrorists along with all the rest. And you may rest assured that the whole world is listening to you. Wolfgang who, after several days off, is hardly surprised to note (once again) that stupidity knows no holidays. |
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wrote in message ... On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 06:53:59 -0800, rw wrote: Dave LaCourse wrote: There is no double standard. They practice REAL torture. Ask John McCain. Ask John McCain how he feels about waterboarding. He's the only one of the pathetic bunch of Republican candidates who has the guts to call it for what it is. If waterboarding isn't torture why did the US prosecute and convict a Japanese officer of war crimes for doing it? The US didn't prosecute him (solely, if at all) for "waterboarding," they prosecuted him for a number of types of torture, including "water torture" (that probably _included_ but was not limited to waterboarding), burning, beating, etc. of POWs and civilians, including children (done solely for amusement) as well as stealing Red Cross packages intended for POWs. And they didn't hang him, he was sentenced to 10-20 years at hard labor. Now we know who in ROFF is in favor of torture and who is against it. No surprises. I seriously any group of "we" that includes "you" knows much about much in the real world outside of a sheltered academic environ... Fortunately, we have you to explain the real world to us. And there "we" are, Yeah. Wolfgang |
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"Fishin Technician" wrote in message ... Somewhere I think waterboarding fits into this somewhere in what is written below.... \-"-A-r-e- -w-e- -f-i-g-h-t-i-n-g- -a- -w-a-r- -o-n- -t-e-r-r-o-r- -o-r- -a-r-e-n-'-t- -w-e-?- -W-a-s- -i-t- -o-r- -w-a-s- -i-t- -n-o-t- -s-t-a-r-t-e-d- -b-y- -I-s-l-a-m-i-c- -p-e-o-p-l-e- -w-h-o- -b-r-o-u-g-h-t- -i-t- -t-o- -o-u-r- -s-h-o-r-e-s- -o-n- -[-F-O-N-T-=-V-e-r-d-a-n-a-]-[-C-O-L-O-R-=-r-e-d-]-[-F-O-N-T-=-V-e-r-d-a-n-a-]-S-e-p-t-e-m-b-e-r- -1-1-,- -2-0-0-1-[-/-F-O-N-T-]-[-/-C-O-L-O-R-]-[-/-F-O-N-T-]- ? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /st1:City w:st="on"Manhattan/st1:City , across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in st1:State w:st="on"st1:place w:st="on"Pennsylvania/st1:place/st1:State? Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they? And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet?... Well, I don't. I don't care at all . I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11. I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia I'll care when these thugs tell the world they are sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling slashed throat. I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in st1:country-region w:st="on"st1:place w:st="on"Iraq/st1:place/st1:country-region come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques. I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs. I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights. In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care . When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college-hazing incident, rest assured: I don't care . When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank: I don't care. When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts: I don't care . And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and-you guessed it I don't care!! If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to all your E-mail friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the pe ople responsible for this ridiculous behavior! If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button. Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great Country! And may I add: "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan I have another quote that I would like to add AND.......I hope you forward all this. "If we ever forget that we're One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under." Also by.. Ronald Reagan One last thought for the day: In case we find ourselves Starting to believe all the Anti-American sentiment and negativity, we should remember st1:country-region w:st="on"st1:place w:st="on"England/st1:place/st1:country-region 's Prime Minister Tony Blair's words during a recent interview. When asked by on e of his Parliament members why he believes so much in st1:country-region w:st="on"st1:place w:st="on"America/st1:place/st1:country-region, he said: "A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in... And how many want out." Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you: 1. Jesus Christ 2. The American G. I. One died for your soul, the other for your freedom. YOU MIGHT WANT TO PASS THIS ON, AS MANY SEEM TO FORGET BOTH OF THEM. AMEN?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" /o:p/o:p F/T AND I APPROVE OF THIS MESSAGE!! -- Fishin Technician Moron. Wolfgang |
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wrote in message ... On 31 Dec 2007 20:44:53 GMT, Scott Seidman wrote: wrote in news:g8kin3hqq7cdb1rbdh6kqr6g26gsd7q5sa@ 4ax.com: , absent a bilateral agreement to not use such techniques, Isn't that what the Geneva Convention is?? Another overly broad question, but IAC, when did al-Q'ueda and the like become signatories to the Geneva Convention? And also IAC, that brings a whole 'nuther aspect into the discussion - the legal aspects of (conventional) warfare. If that's the matter under discussion, it's simple: US personnel are under no legal prohibition from waterboarding al-Q'ueda operatives who aren't activated, regular members, and captured in the uniform, of certain countries or forces. And if they are such, depending on what they were doing when captured, they are subject to summary execution. DAMN! you are funny. :) Wolfgang |
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wrote in message ... On 31 Dec 2007 14:55:17 GMT, Scott Seidman wrote: wrote in news:t68fn3lev2rqn8gtb2e18kpi0b77gp1icr@ 4ax.com: Take, for example, the recent coverage of the ex-CIA agent's information - he states plainly that it is effective, but he considers it "torture" and is opposed to it being done. But many or most of those (but importantly, not all) opposed to "torture" claim that "torture" isn't effective or reliable as a method of gaining information. Fine-- if an agent believes that a "24"-like scenario is occurring, where thousands could be saved if nastiness is performed, let him proceed knowing that he could go to jail for a long time. He or she would be doing just that if they are proceeding under their own authority. Let him know he needs to look his citizens in the eye and say "I tortured someone to save you," Er...no... and wonder if they'll understand. What they might or might not "understand" is not an issue. Let him wonder if he'll be pardoned or not. No. Let him wonder if he'll be tried in an international court. Absolutely, positively no way, no how. Perhaps with all this in mind, that agent (or possibly "contractor", which is even more disgusting) would be in the proper frame of mind to make the decision about whether to torture a fellow human being. No, if anyone faced with using extreme methods of interrogation isn't personally and internally conflicted about doing it, regardless of external repercussions or lack thereof, they aren't suited to be using such methods because they are not capable of fully understanding the gravity of what they are doing. If I were put in the position of being a "sign-off" to give authorization to waterboard someone, I would not allow anyone who I wasn't personally convinced was uneasy with even the request and who would proceed with internal conflict and extreme trepidation to so much as be in the room while the technique was used. This isn't something for amateurs to be ****ing around with, a subject for cavalier attitudes or certainty of position (for or against), and it damned sure is not something for sadists to use to get their jollies. Well, you need not concern yourself overmuch with any of the amateurs here ****ing around with any of this stuff. We are all content to leave it to our own one and only obvious professional. For that matter, we amateurs won't be ****ing around with much of anything so long as you are here to explain it all to us in your typically clear and unequivocal manner. :) Imbecile. Wolfgang |
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wrote in message ... On 31 Dec 2007 19:49:08 GMT, Scott Seidman wrote: wrote in news:6tdin3lcg0mtp82eu20lg5djhs6qikk85u@ 4ax.com: This isn't something for amateurs to be ****ing around with, a subject for cavalier attitudes or certainty of position (for or against), and it damned sure is not something for sadists to use to get their jollies. No, just mercenary contractors. Keep in mind that we've been talking about what US forces and employess are allowed to do. Nobody's been asking what the contractors are allowed to do, and they seem exempt from most laws. FWIW, I knew a guy about 15 years ago in Cleveland, and I have zero ways to confirm his story, but he claimed he was an interrogator in Vietnam. He was trained specifically in this business, and there was something much like an apprenticeship program in place. This guy was kept on some pretty heavy duty medications, and was at the time semi functional in an allied health position in the VA. Once, he described some of the things (hey says) he's done. He said he was flown from place to place to question prisoners, and that before he ever got to a site, the prisoners were often placed out in public, seated and bound, with a bucket over their heads and a wrench hanging around their necks. Everyone who passed by would hit the bucket with the wrench-- and this could have gone on for days. The stuff he said would go on after he got there was absolutely bone chilling. I have no way of knowing if he was telling the truth or not, but after a bit of googling around, I just found an account that was eerily like what he said 15 years ago. http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jksonc/docs/vietnam- nviuswcv-19701201.html, and look for "They used one as a scare mechanism...". It's so close, it could have been him testifying. He was certainly screwed up enough for this to be true Um, OK...I wasn't an interrogator in Vietnam and I'm pretty sure I don't and didn't know this guy, in Cleveland 15 years ago or otherwise, so I really have no basis of commenting upon his story. O.k......no reason to comment.....no comment.....got it. But if you simply want comments, here's mine: Um......... You seem to be hinting around that this guy's stories amounted to him having committed what could arguably be "war crimes." I would offer that unless you knew this guy REALLY well and had some commonality of experience with him, Hm..... How well is "REALLY" well? Would that have to be as well as you know everybody who does, says, or thinks anything? Or would a mere lifetime acquaintance and an actaul familiarity with some sort of comment, thought, or action performed somewhere by someone for one reason or another at some time be sufficient? and while it is possible that someone who had done such would sit around bragging, chatting, or talking about it, I'd be dubious of someone discussing such with a mere social friend or acquaintance. Correct. One should only take seriously those few who really KNOW about such matters and offer their comments in Usenet. Happy Holidays, Dumbass. Wolfgang |
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"daytripper" wrote in message ... On Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:19:16 -0500, JR wrote: wrote: ..... Happy Holidays, Same to you. ...and on a more serious note - do you doubt that it is effective? Yes. Here's an interesting thing: The debate, seemingly and for most, is not over its effectiveness in making people disclose information, but rather, whether or not it is or isn't "torture." I don't think that's true. No one doubts that it is highly effective at making people disclose *information," only that it is effective at making people disclose the *truth.* - JR That's true. For instance, if *I* was being waterboarded, the very first double-naught spy I'd give up would be Richard. The solution to all of this mess (and I am truly appalled that none of you has figured it out yet) is for everyone who has a question to offer it to dicklet who, as we all know, is in possession of the whole truth (yes, about ALL of it) and will willingly (nay, GLADLY).....and at great length.....give it up sans coercion of any sort to anyone who is interested. Granted, this will necessarily be a vanishingly small audience, but this is more than made up for by the vast numbers who couldn't possibly care less about nothing much in particular. /daytripper (and then I'd name the rest of you scurvy dogs ;-) I beat you to it. I named names before anybody bothered to ask.....and will continue to do so as long as the possibility of discomfort looms. :) Wolfgang who loves ya? |
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"Ray or Bobbi Adams" wrote in message ... "rb608" wrote in message news:%xsdj.6464$oh5.2546@trndny08... "Dave LaCourse" wrote in message If waterboarding would save the life of your wife, children, and boyfriend, would you be in favor of it? Yeah, me too. Turn that around. Suppose your wife or child was mistakenly taken captive by a foreign government who thought they had valuable information. Would it be okay if they were waterboarded? Hell no; and that's the same outrage you should have when our country does it. With all due respect, the false choice you posit is bull****. It assumes that you *know* you have the right person, you *know* they possess the information you seek, you *know* that information is valid and timely, and you *know* they will give you the correct information under torture. But, the fact is, you can know none of that with certainty before you begin the torture. Further, even with information you glean in that manner, you can't be certain it is truth or made up to stop the torture. IOW, you're going on an inhuman fishing expedition (OBROFF). Torture is one of those crimes that simply cannot be excused. There can be no double standard. If we can do it to them, they can do it to us. If we can do it to save our children, they can do it to our children with the same moral authority. I cannot excuse or condone that. Joe F. sure beats beheading O.k. Wolfgang who has long made it a matter of policy never to disagree about the disagreeability of something disagreeable with someone who has been subjected to it. |
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"Allen" wrote in message ... In article , "Opus--Mark H. Bowen" wrote: "Ray or Bobbi Adams" wrote in message ... "rb608" wrote in message news:%xsdj.6464$oh5.2546@trndny08... "Dave LaCourse" wrote in message If waterboarding would save the life of your wife, children, and boyfriend, would you be in favor of it? Yeah, me too. Turn that around. Suppose your wife or child was mistakenly taken captive by a foreign government who thought they had valuable information. Would it be okay if they were waterboarded? Hell no; and that's the same outrage you should have when our country does it. With all due respect, the false choice you posit is bull****. It assumes that you *know* you have the right person, you *know* they possess the information you seek, you *know* that information is valid and timely, and you *know* they will give you the correct information under torture. But, the fact is, you can know none of that with certainty before you begin the torture. Further, even with information you glean in that manner, you can't be certain it is truth or made up to stop the torture. IOW, you're going on an inhuman fishing expedition (OBROFF). Torture is one of those crimes that simply cannot be excused. There can be no double standard. If we can do it to them, they can do it to us. If we can do it to save our children, they can do it to our children with the same moral authority. I cannot excuse or condone that. Joe F. sure beats beheading Not necessarily. Op As a guy who got waterboarded at SERE let me assure you that beheading (which I admit to not having endured) is likely worse. Of such assurances is certainty born. Congratulations, you are the first person in the history of this newsgroup to convince everyone of the validity and truth of a proposition which they had hitherto flatly rejected. Wolfgang who suspects there is more than one person on this planet confused about whether he was waterboarded or beheaded. |
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so what...so is catchin' fish (if your the fish)..
‹(•¿•)› On Dec 28 2007, 8:24*pm, rw wrote: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=448717 It's torture. Plain and simple. I am so disgusted with our government. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message ... ...No one in the hell holes of Viet Nam knew wether they were going to die, and they fought to survive. Even the Americans? Wolfgang to whom, admittedly, it seems plausible enough. |
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"Dave LaCourse" wrote in message ... On Sun, 30 Dec 2007 10:36:40 -0500, JR wrote: For the most part, that's true. But the thing is, we *are* no better than those we call our enemies and we never have been. The myth of some inherent ethical or moral superiority adhering to Americans because they're American is just that: a myth. Which is exactly *why* the guiding principles of the Constitution--and our ability (so far) to submit to them--are so important. The fact that so many are so ready and willing to find excuses for throwing out them the moment the going gets rough only underscores, to my mind, just *how* important it is to keep and protect them at all cost--rather than rely on knee-jerk hubris about our own personal specialness. John, our country has a history of mis-use of the Constitution. Slavery being the most outlandish. Treatment of native Americans Roosevelt's internment of Japanese Americans. Robert Kennedy wire tapping Americans. I am sure that torture was used against the Germans and Japanese prisoners in WWII Waterboarding, if it obtains information that saves lives, is not only ok, it is imperative if we are to win this war (not Iraq or Afghanistan). If the information is there we HAVE to obtain it, or lose many lives. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS...ml#cnnSTCVideo I know, I know, it is Newt and none of you liberals like Newt, but listen with an open heart and mind. I hope what he says does not happen, but I am deathly afraid it will. Hm...... We've done it before (and there's a LOT of examples you missed) so we MUST do it again. Yeah, that's a powerful argument. :) Dave EOT for me. Good. Idiot. Wolfgang |
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"Fishin Technician" wrote in message ... Somewhere I think waterboarding fits into this somewhere in what is written below.... snipped yet another iteration of mentally deficient drivel Well, you're wrong......again. Imbecile. Wolfgang god, i love these threads! :) |
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"rw" wrote in message ... Mike wrote: Once again you reinforce what I wrote. You and LaCourse have become pariahs and a laughing stock on this newsgroup. Richly deserved I might add. LaCourse and Fortenberry has a curious and telling thing in common. They're prone to insult someone (me, for example) as being "gay" or "effeminate." Anyone who is honest and who knows me personally, and there are several in ROFF who do, knows that I'm neither gay nor effeminate. My two daughters, my wife, and my girlfriend would also back that up. But I don't have to defend myself from the likes of those two. LaCourse and Fortenberry have to defend themselves for their gratuitous, homophobic, insulting behavior. It might be caused by doubts about their own masculinity, or it might be caused by pure pigheaded meanness. Or both. :) Wolfgang |
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"Mike" wrote in message ... On Dec 31, 2:14 am, rw wrote: ...there is no point in even taking any notice of it. And yet........ Wolfgang |
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"rw" wrote in message ... The only effective way to deal with these clowns is to laugh at them. :) Wolfgang |
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"Mike" wrote in message ... On Dec 31, 5:08 am, rw wrote: Mike wrote: That is probably correct, for a while I had a great deal on my plate. No one here really cares what's on your plate. Indeed, and that was one of my basic mistakes, along with assuming that anglers on an angling board would be very interested in angling, and friendly towards each other as a result of their common interest. If none of this can be taken seriously, or has any bearing on the "real" world, then it is just a monumental waste of time. And yet..... Wolfgang |
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On 2-Jan-2008, "Wolfgang" wrote: Somewhere I think waterboarding fits into this somewhere in what is written below.... snipped yet another iteration of mentally deficient drivel Well, you're wrong......again. Imbecile. Wolfgang god, i love these threads! :) I hate them. Mike And I wish that Lacourse Fortenberry and Connor would stop this **** This is the kind of spiteful, hateful, non fishing crap that ruins ROFF for many. Except for Wolfgang Dumbass Fred |
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wrote in message ... On 2-Jan-2008, "Wolfgang" wrote: Somewhere I think waterboarding fits into this somewhere in what is written below.... snipped yet another iteration of mentally deficient drivel Well, you're wrong......again. Imbecile. Wolfgang god, i love these threads! :) I hate them. Thus explaining your participation......right? Mike Gesundheit. And I wish that Lacourse Fortenberry and Connor would stop this **** Well, wish in one hand and **** in the other. Let us know which hand fills up first. This is the kind of spiteful, hateful, non fishing crap that ruins ROFF for many. The rest will presumably have to find some other kind of spiteful, hateful, non fishing crap to ruin if for them. Convenience being convenient (if nothing else), I guess it sucks to be them. Except for Wolfgang Yeah, I'm easy to please. It's not my fault.....peasant stock and all that. Dumbass ouch. Fred Moron. Wolfgang |
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On Dec 28 2007, 10:24*pm, rw wrote:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=448717 It's torture. I've changed my position slightly. I'm now in favor of waterboarding the MI-5 asshole until he agrees to knock it off. Joe F. |
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"rb608" wrote in message ... On Dec 28 2007, 10:24 pm, rw wrote: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=448717 It's torture. I've changed my position slightly. I'm now in favor of waterboarding the MI-5 asshole until he agrees to knock it off. Joe F. For reasons unknown to me, I never see his (her?) original stuff. Wolfgang who lives in an imperfect world. :( |
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"rb608" wrote in message ... On Dec 28 2007, 10:24 pm, rw wrote: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=448717 It's torture. I've changed my position slightly. I'm now in favor of waterboarding the MI-5 asshole until he agrees to knock it off. Joe F. Seconded! Op |
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Wolfgang typed:
"rb608" wrote in message ... On Dec 28 2007, 10:24 pm, rw wrote: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=448717 It's torture. I've changed my position slightly. I'm now in favor of waterboarding the MI-5 asshole until he agrees to knock it off. For reasons unknown to me, I never see his (her?) original stuff. I don't see it while I'm at work, using Supernews, so they must have something set up to filter it. I see it using Comcast, but can't read it unless I click on it. Go figure. Wolfgang who lives in an imperfect world. :( Yeah, but ROFF makes up for that, right? -- TL, Tim ------------------------- http://css.sbcma.com/timj |
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"Tim J." wrote in message ... Wolfgang typed: "rb608" wrote in message ... On Dec 28 2007, 10:24 pm, rw wrote: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...d.php?t=448717 It's torture. I've changed my position slightly. I'm now in favor of waterboarding the MI-5 asshole until he agrees to knock it off. For reasons unknown to me, I never see his (her?) original stuff. I don't see it while I'm at work, using Supernews, so they must have something set up to filter it. I see it using Comcast, but can't read it unless I click on it. Go figure. Wolfgang who lives in an imperfect world. :( Yeah, but ROFF makes up for that, right? Well, to a certain extent. I mean, it ain't that there's any shortage of cretins here but what with the worldwide supply being literally limitless, I can't see where it would hurt anyone to send a few more our way. :) Wolfgang Wolfgang |
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