Hi all, I've seen and heard, and I stand without words lika a lot of people in the world. But the text below can be found in every cheap Tom Clancy novel (with variations). BUT - I think this list is not a forum for such abuse...James... Best wishes, Jochen Feldhaar DH6FAZ (Germany) Ron Anthony schrieb: > You are being far too specific. I couldn't care less who "actually" did > this. Let me get this straight: If 20 people total pulled this off, you > want us to get these 20 madmen, and give them life in prison. And, at > taxpayer expense, give them 3 sqaure meals a day, and warm, dry beds, and > cable television, until they die of old age, with full access to the > prison's health care system? Even giving all perpetrators the death penalty > is meaningless. That takes 10 years. And is irrelevant. > > We know quite well who the usual suspects are. It's time to lump them all > together, and call them the "official" list of rogue nations. We need to > tell them all when any single terrorist incident occurs to US or US allies' > interests, all nations on the list will pay a price by absorbing measured > but nonetheless enormous surgical strikes aimed at their most critical > infrastructure. And... consequences be DAMNED. Escalation be DAMNED. You > want a war of escalation, we WIN. And, if you escalate, our rate of > escalation will be exponential to yours. > > Our official policy to the rogue nations should be: "We fully understand > that you wish to murder every single US citizen and vanquish the Great > Satan. We have no problem with your thoughts. Think all you want. But > should you try to translate your thoughts to reality in this regard, you > will find that the Great Satan is far too powerful to be hurt by you in any > statistically signifigant way. We can absorb your greatest attack more than > millions-fold. You haven't the means to detroy us. And, you will learn > that attacking the Great Satan will be your own undoing, in the most > immediate fashion -- even if it requires our reluctant physical destruction > of your entire country, our reluctant extermination of your entire > population, and our reluctant annexing of your geographical landmass as the > next US state. We beg you to leave us alone, and be yourselves, by > yourselves, in your own little corner of the world." > > Our military might must no longer remain caged. Reality is that we are the > strongest nation on the face of the Earth. This is no mistake. We've > EARNED it. All democratic semi-rational nations have nothing to fear. Only > the "official" list of rogue nations will be attacked. > > -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of D Lloyd > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 6:48 PM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [OT]: TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK, EASILY PREVENTABLE > > At who/where are you going to strike? Strike at the wrong people and they > will strike back. Or, there is a possibility that other countries get > involved, escalation occurs and mutual destruction could be on the cards. > > It's time to keep a cool head about this and find the *real people* > responsible.....not what media speculation has suggested. Once they are > found then action is justified. > > Dan > > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > cc: > From: Ron Anthony > Subject: [OT]: TRAGEDY IN NEW YORK, EASILY PREVENTABLE > > Hello All. A somber day indeed. Incredible details: All 4 planes are now > presumed to have been taken over by knife wielding terrorists, > approximately > 6 men per aircraft. How did we allow a half-dozen simple steak knives to > become multiplied by such destructive power, effectively turning these few > dollars worth of short range interpersonal weapons (simple knives) into > fuel-laden guided missile that have now changed the world? > > Details are now that the terrorists told the captain "If you don't open the > cockpit door we will kill the stewardess we are holding right now". As > simple policy this proposal must be ignored across the board. We must > NEVER > let the controls to be given to madmen. At all costs, control of the > aircraft must never fall into enemy hands, and in this case, religeous > psychipaths on their exultant way to "paradise". > > Telling the pilots to ignore all demands and leave the cockpit door locked > at all costs would have made this factors of magnitude less both in terms > of > lives lost and countless billions of dollars in damage. > > The pilot, crew, and passengers of the 4th aircraft are couragous heroes, > apparently mouting a physical challenge to the terrorists and ditching the > plane in a rural area. All hands lost. And a smoking hole in the ground. > But, no multiple-thousands of casualities on the ground in the world's > largest and most famous city. And no "victory" for these madmen to inspire > the next generations of psychopatchs, already well formed -- witness the > children in Palestine dancing in the streets like it's a national holiday. > > My friends, it's time to stop playing by gentleman's rules. The murderer > wins over the pickpocket. We need to strike pre-emptively in a massive > pro-active campaign to exterminate every last vestige of these > irretrievable > madmen from every corner of the globe. > > And, as a final note: Bleeding heart liberals, go the hell home. You're > USELESS. > > Proud and Furious Citizen of the USA > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body > > -- > http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! > email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body