Re: 40 REASONS TO SUPPORT GUN CONTROL

ben wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 22:35:07 -0000, Bill Weston
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I have to agree with you - if your country took airport security as
>> seriously as we always have, 911 may have been avoided.
>
> Pray tell, what did the events of September 11, 2001 have to do with
> airport security?  The hijackings were a succesful exploitation of
> the then current hijacking response protocol.
>
But the protocol as you put it was clearly ineffective as anyone who has got
on an internal flight in the US will testify.

>> Of all the govt.s that have allowed and sponsored terrorism, the US
>> contributed certainly the most funds.
>
> Nice try.  Prove it.  Supplying arms, or money to buy arms, to foreign
> nations or factions for legitimate purposes which are subsequently
> used by terrorists is not the same as sponsoring terrorism.
>
Arms and money were transferred directly to the mujahadeen in afghanistan by
the CIA when they were fighting the russian invasion. There was no afghan
nation or govt at the time, so the stinger missiles, 88mm rockets et al were
given directly to the terrorists/freedom fighters. The same thing happened
with the sandanistas in nicaragua.

>> Or, in typical American fashion, are they only terrorists if they are
>> against you?
>
> Well, duh.  Were the IRA terrorists or revolutionaries?  I guess it
> depends on who you ask.
>
I'm afraid not - whether you agree with the aims of a particular group or
not, if they use terrorist actions against democratic govts and innocent
civillians, they are terrorists. It is your way of thinking that encourages
terrorism.

> BTW, if your country RULES! and our country SUCKS! why do you spend
> so much time here on business?

If you learn to read you will find that I have never said such a thing. Your
question is irrelevant anyway as ones does business where the needs of ones
company demands, not in the places one favours.

The only thing I have against america is that there seems to be an
increasing number of people there like you who believe that anyone who does
not exactly share your values and beliefs is clearly wrong. Apart from that
and a tendancy to shoot each other, it's a fine country.

-- 
Julian
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