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You must get *all* your news from the BBC and CNN. You might want to broaden your horizons (can you google?), but you can start here:

I've been pretty clear where I live. Vermont, USA (the only state that is so blue it's pinker than MA).

Really? The Italians were hunky dory? What about the Russians? Can you say Imperialism (Dutch/English/French/...)? Good greaf, Pooh!

...and middle-easterners. At least Tony Blair has *some* backbone.

So you invite more in? Good plan (though the US is no better here).

Good idea that, eh?

That "far right-wing interest" is called "self-preservation".

"The final solution"? ...makes sense.

Sure, tehre are extremist in every crowd. The ones here seem to be quite well educated and fit into society as well as any other group.

A Kirpan-carrying Sikh?

Yes, in 1985 (following India's Golden Temple Massacre of Sikhs in

And, of course, Indira Gandhi was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards in 1984 following the Golden Temple massacre, and many thousands of Sikhs were killed in the (allegedly) deliberately organized riots that followed.

The issues with India aside, Sikhs generally seem like dignified decent folks. Especially the kindly old fellow who runs my favorite Punjabi restaurant.

Best regards, Spehro Pefhany

Sadly so. Volvo's Ford now too.

Graham

First I've heard of any propensity in that direction. Have you experienced one ?

Graham

Talking of ditinctions, the 'Ulstermen' have an almost entirely incomprehensible hard guttural accent, whilst those from the South have a nice gentle lilt.

Graham

Before the ice melted and uncovered Scotland ?

Graham

You see Saabs as a 'nut case' car ?

I have to admit they are rather fun. :-)))

Graham

Rather than respond individually, I'll simply point out that what you suggest would simply deepen Moslem hatred for the West and ensure it gets worse.

Graham

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What the hell is this rubbish ?

" The increasing frequency and severity of anti-Semitic incidents since the start of the 21st century, particularly in Europe, has compelled the international community to focus on anti-Semitism with renewed vigor "

No wonder the USA hasn't a clue about foreign affairs.

Graham

I read in sci.electronics.design that Jim Thompson wrote (in ) about 'failure', on Mon,

It IS. A theory is something that has been confirmed by numerous experiments with no countering evidence. But they deliberately misled people by using it is if it were something UNCONFIRMED.

See my previous post on acceptable and unacceptable ways to tell kids about ID.

Do you really want a lecture on 1500+ years of Irish history? The Scots came in fact from Ireland, and arrived in Scotland in the 6th and 7th centuries, creating the kingdom of Dalriada. But that's not what you meant, and the ancestors of today's Scots (and of that fairly small number who settled in Ireland about the same time as the Pilgrim Fathers were just finding their feet in New England) are a mixed bunch including the said Irish, the Strathclyde Britons, Northumbrian Angles, Vikings, and Picts, though nobody's quite sure who they were. Oh, and Romans too, unless the garrisons of the forts north of Hadrian's Wall were a peculiarly ascetic bunch.

Paul Burke

Saab's still haven't got over Timo Makkinnen (sp) in the 60s. Different car then anyway, 3 cylinder 2 stroke. It's just another big heavy family car now. And Subarus round here are used to take the kids to school.

Paul Burke

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community

That's because any criticism of Israel is counted as an "anti-Semitic incident". This post probably will be added to the pile.

Paul Burke

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Puul Burke

Not personally; I think Saabs look silly, and the turbos blow up too often. But a few years ago, there was a scandal here in California. Inside the glove box there was a fuse panel. It was a phenolic board with the fuse clips and wire connectors rivited on. Everybody here will know what happens next: i^r heating, cold flow, runaway. The glove boxes were catching fire on the road and, in a couple of cases, in garages. Saab stonewalled it, and didn't fix it, for several years until the lawyers picked up on it. Story was that one old guy in Sweden (or whherever Saabland is) was in charge of the fuse panels, and nobody dared to annoy him about it.

Interestingly, most car reliability problems are now electricals, and the quality is now, in order, Japanese, US, European. BMW and Mercedes are (from reports I've read) far behind on connector and harness quality. My '93 VW has been fine so far, but then it was made in Mexico.

John

Anybody remember how they got to be occupied? Or why Israel is about three times a big as the UN defined it to be? Anybody remember the slogan "Drive the Jews into the sea"?

John

I personally suspect that the Darwinian model, random mutation and natural selection, is naive. DNA is a lot smarter than that. It's reasonable to point out that the standard model of evolution still has a lot of holes, which it certainly does.

What's the harm of mentioning it, or of teaching the history, theory, and effects of religion? As far as I know, every known human culture has had fire, language, and religion.

John

I have no problem teaching our heritage. For that matter I have no problem with the placement of most of the Ten Commandments plaques.

What I do have a problem with is ANY religious event which places ANY child in an uncomfortable situation.

Therefore I'm dead-set against ANY religious teachings in PUBLIC schools.

But then that's why I'm for vouchers. If you want your kid to get religious training in school, spend your voucher accordingly.

Just don't try to impose any of your religious opinions on me.

...Jim Thompson