There is nothing to be done, Doug, except saying so
Opposing the idea that there must be a fix is a start
Dominic as you quote him is absolutely right in what he says
We cannot stop it though. No matter how hard we think, even with our heads
in strange places. Or so I feel. I think I am thinking (ha!) every bit as
much as those who rake over big N. Just differently. Inherently differently.
I look forward to being embraced as a contradiction
We might have been able to stop it, if only a bit, if we had dropped food on
Afghanistan, along with a note saying sorry about the taliban, honest, we're
all going to give ourselves up to the war crimes commission
meanwhile the world gets more like the hitchhikers guide - i was in the
royal free hospital today, trying to get out actually, and found a row of
lifts bearing a sign DO NOT USE THESE LIFTS
straight douglas adams
i mention him because of a bit right from the beginning - ruined by the
film -
shouldnt we put paper bag on our heads or something
yes, if you like
will it do any good?
no
and that applies to much analysis
because if I am right we're stuffed
one can't say I'll change what I believe if what i believe doesnt give me
the result i want
L
----- Original Message -----
From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 3:39 PM
Subject: Re: London calling
> Well, here I am a day behind, but, I read more of your posts, Lawrence,
> & I guess I was saying that I do sort of agree with you but can't think
> of how to apply your thinking really, or rather, as you do too, I don;t
> see anyone in power (or those behind them) doing so. Also I'm just too
> given to easily demonizing such as Bush/Blair, taking their names as
> signs for the powers that be ( behind them). But that's why I used the
> term 'state terror' which agrees with you about what 'we' (the West
> etc) have done. Certainly, the people in Iraq, & elsewhere can't but
> feel 'terrorized' by the was *against terror.
>
> On the other hand, I also see Dominic's point about young men easily
> led to become terrorists in such place where there seems to be no
> answer & then someone comes along & says You can do this & God is with
> you. Even though I can't *understand it at all...
>
> If I think about these things too much, despair is the only thing I
> feel....
>
> As I type this, an announcer on CBC's The Current just said, well, the
> war hasn't worked in Afghanistan, it hasn't worked in Iraq, so what if
> we declare a Truce on Terror. Then mumbled, Well, it worked in Grade
> 3....
>
> Doug
>
>
> On 10-Jul-05, at 9:43 AM, Lawrence Upton wrote:
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Douglas Barbour" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 4:18 PM
> > Subject: Re: London calling
> >
> >
> >> I'd like to agree with Lawrence here, but, in the face of the
> >> terrorist
> >> attacks (though not necessarily those in occupied countries [although
> >> what the Taliban represent as an 'insurgency' is appalling]), I can't
> >> but take your points to heart.
> >
> > does that mean you dont agee with me, Doug?
> >
> > I have no time for the Taliban, but it's hardly as if theyve dropped
> > from
> > nowhere
> >
> > and some of the countries supporting the _war on terror_ are pretty
> > despicable states
> >
> > the terrorist attacks on london were coming; that they have come
> > changes
> > nothing
> >
> > terrorism is quite explicable, perhaps inevitable - though not
> > therefore
> > justifiable
> >
> > *and it corrupts and long before any justification of ends justifying
> > means
> > cut in
> >
> > the ira come to mind
> >
> >
> > L
> >
> >
> Douglas Barbour
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