On Mon, 15 Oct 2001, Oboegal Janie wrote:

Dear Willie, I look at it this way. The United States of America sends billions of dollars into the Middle East to keep the oil tap on "open." If I have a bad case of Ebola and don't feel well, then I probably won't fill up my tank in my new Honda CR-V...you know. Now...I suggest that someone over there has figured this out, and it may be the guy who turns the oil faucet from *on* to *off.* I really don't think this oil SOMMELIER is about to allow his crop to rot in the fields, ravaged by some foreign bacteria from Afganistan. We are talking BIG BUCKS, and I don't think the leadership of the Middle East will give it up for the "afterlife."

Janie Atlanta

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And this, my dear Janie, is one of the very attitudes that got us into this mess in the first place. Just because you are a socioeconomic flake whose every waking moment is consumed by the passion of your "toys", does not mean that the rest of the world follows in your twisted footsteps For one, your comments above imply that the Afghani's actually *have something to lose*. I think you need to reexamine the premise. Second, you are assuming that your value systems can be reliably projected onto other societies. Bzzzt. This type of societal narcissism is where the current fad treatment with spoorozites originated... Step back from all the jingoist rhetoric a little, and examine your underlying issues. Between you and "Dr." Willie, this list is a microcosm of Amerikka - a last great bastion of hate and predjudice: certainly not the kind of place people want the medical practitioners "hanging out". -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org If Governments really want us to behave like civilized human beings, they should give serious consideration towards setting a better example: Ruling by force, rather than consensus; the unrestrained application of unjust laws (which the victim-populations were never allowed input on in the first place); the State policy of justice only for the rich and elected; the intentional abuse and occassionally destruction of entire populations merely to distract an already apathetic and numb electorate... This type of demogoguery must surely wipe out the fascist United States as surely as it wiped out the fascist Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The views expressed here are mine, and NOT those of my employers, associates, or others. Besides, if it *were* the opinion of all of those people, I doubt there would be a problem to bitch about in the first place... --------------------------------------------------------------------