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Apostrophe's (was: Merry Christma's)
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wrote: In article , John McWilliams wrote: In addition to it's, we can have hi's, her's and their's!!! "It is", "Hi is", and "Their is"? Uhm, I think that if you re-read the thread, he's listing some of the bad useages that people do, not listing those as correct. :^) -- You need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. -- Charles A. Beard |
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Apostrophe's (was: Merry Christma's)
Ken Lucke wrote:
In article , j ` f wrote: In article , John McWilliams wrote: In addition to it's, we can have hi's, her's and their's!!! "It is", "Hi is", and "Their is"? Uhm, I think that if you re-read the thread, he's listing some of the bad useages that people do, not listing those as correct. :^) I think "Hi is" is a subtle reference to _Raising Arizona_. -- Frank ess Very dry, with a twist |
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OT: Merry Christmas
Bill Funk wrote:
On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:19:09 -0500, Cynicor wrote: A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred. That estimate assumes that the status quo would have remained. If, OTOH, SH had decided the Kurds were no longer to be tolerated, he could very well have launched a 'cleansing.' "Could have." He also "could have" launched an attack on Ireland. But he didn't, and he didn't, and our war has been responsible for over half a million additional deaths. |
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OT: Merry Christmas
"Cynicor" wrote in message t... Bill Funk wrote: On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:19:09 -0500, Cynicor wrote: A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred. That estimate assumes that the status quo would have remained. If, OTOH, SH had decided the Kurds were no longer to be tolerated, he could very well have launched a 'cleansing.' "Could have." He also "could have" launched an attack on Ireland. But he didn't, and he didn't, and our war has been responsible for over half a million additional deaths. It seems to me that most of the killing is being done by Saddam Hussein supporters, and not by British or American troops. The British and American troops might have upset those who had a comfortable living before the invasion, but that is not enough reason for those same Saddam Hussein supporters to slaughter their neighbours because they have now had their nose put out of joint. Put the blame where it belongs, on those that are doing the killing, and not on those that went there to try and prevent it, no matter how misguided this now appears to have been with the benefit of hindsight. |
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OT: Merry Christmas
Harry Stottle wrote:
It seems to me that most of the killing is being done by Saddam Hussein supporters, and not by British or American troops. Er..."most of" the killing? So Shi'ites have done a minority of the killing? At least it's not being blamed on al-Qaeda. The British and American troops might have upset those who had a comfortable living before the invasion, "You forgot Poland." but that is not enough reason for those same Saddam Hussein supporters to slaughter their neighbours because they have now had their nose put out of joint. Put the blame where it belongs, on those that are doing the killing, and not on those that went there to try and prevent it, no matter how misguided this now appears to have been with the benefit of hindsight. So the reason for the invasion was to try and prevent sectarian violence? |
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OT: Merry Christmas
"Cynicor" wrote in message ... Harry Stottle wrote: It seems to me that most of the killing is being done by Saddam Hussein supporters, and not by British or American troops. Er..."most of" the killing? So Shi'ites have done a minority of the killing? At least it's not being blamed on al-Qaeda. The British and American troops might have upset those who had a comfortable living before the invasion, "You forgot Poland." but that is not enough reason for those same Saddam Hussein supporters to slaughter their neighbours because they have now had their nose put out of joint. Put the blame where it belongs, on those that are doing the killing, and not on those that went there to try and prevent it, no matter how misguided this now appears to have been with the benefit of hindsight. So the reason for the invasion was to try and prevent sectarian violence? If you listen carefully to what Blair said before the invasion, I believe that the oppression and sectarian violence carried out by Saddam Hussein and his supporters was part of the reason for him agreeing with the invasion. He was happy to go along with the 'weapons of mass destruction' theory because it fitted in with his ideals against that oppression. |
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Merry Christmas
Bill K wrote:
Hmm. . .let's see. The former Soviet Union was an atheist state--the opium of the masses and all that. China is an atheist state. That brings to mind, Afghanistan, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Tibet. . .just name a few. The United States has no state religion. |
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Merry Christmas
Bill K wrote:
Hmm. . .let's see. The former Soviet Union was an atheist state--the opium of the masses and all that. China is an atheist state. That brings to mind, Afghanistan, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Tibet. . .just name a few. Soviet Union is no more. And Marxist/Leninist Bolshevism for all its "official" atheism, was as much of a religion as scientology is. China is almost as mixed a bag religion-wise as the US (christians, muslims, buddists, confucians ...don't know about wiccans); Afghanistan is predominantly muslim; Hungary, the Czech Replublic & Slovakia are mostly Roman Catholic AFAIK; Tibet is buddist ... |
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OT: Merry Christmas
Bill Funk wrote:
On Mon, 01 Jan 2007 18:19:09 -0500, Cynicor wrote: A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred. That estimate assumes that the status quo would have remained. If, OTOH, SH had decided the Kurds were no longer to be tolerated, he could very well have launched a 'cleansing.' But SH *didn't*. GWB did. |
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