Jim Perhaps you would not think that the world is better off when Hitler decides to send to the gas chambers all people with first name Jim . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [OT]: Happy birthday USA > Sounds to me the appraisal of someone 'technical' > (verily, 'a techie') that is in denial of their > humanity - and thereby denies the fallibility of > man .... > > Someone who has not yet comes to grip with how > things work in the real world, someone who still > looks up to all 'authority' figures (be they 'the > king' or their own local despot) as a 'father' figure > and therefore an infallible leader who may do no > wrong. > > Perhaps THE WORLD would have been better off NOW > should Hitler have come to power in all of Europe. > > Ya think? > > Just my take (and my last response to this particular > thread) ... > > Jim > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gabriel Caffese" > To: > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 10:39 AM > Subject: Re: [OT]: Happy birthday USA > > > > I AGREE 0 \ > > / / > > > > -----Mensaje original----- > > De: pic microcontroller discussion list > > [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]En nombre de wouter van ooijen & floortje > > hanneman > > Enviado el: Lunes, 08 de Julio de 2002 20:33 > > Para: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > > Asunto: Re: [OT]: Happy birthday USA > > > > > > > World, if you have a bona-fide problem give us (the U.S) > > > a call. > > > > There are quite a few problems in the world, and the US is one of them [ > in > > fact it is one of the N - fill in the number of countries in the world > ;) ]. > > And before you start eradicating those problems one by one: maybe I still > > like the world as it is... Or maybe I should not worry about the US > > intervening in other countries, generally speaking the US don't know other > > countries exists, much less where they actually are ;) > > > > For anyone who did not notice: there are some ;) in the above text, and I > > would make 'm bigger if ASCII allowed me (note the A in ASCII?) > > > > Wouter van Ooijen > > -- > > Van Ooijen Technische Informatica: http://www.voti.nl > > Jal compiler, Wisp programmer, WLoader bootloader, PICs kopen > > > > -- > 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