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BAN: Photography on USA trains and buses
FLY135 wrote: "Wilbert Dijkhof" wrote in message ... FLY135 wrote: "Any Moose Poster" wrote in message ... In article . net, "FLY135" FLY_135(@hot not not)notmail.com wrote: "Any Moose Poster" wrote in message ... In article , Rata Rioja wrote: Anyone with half a brain, doesn't want to go to a police-state anymore. Anyone with half a brain wouldn't say it was a police state. Anyone who wasn't terrorist sympathizer wouldn't say it was a police state. Damn Moose, didn't you recently castigate me for saying as much? No you called him a terrorist sympathizer. At least that's the way your posting sounds. No terrorist sympathizer = no a police state. and thus police state = terrorist sympathizer Let's try again... "Anyone who wasn't terrorist sympathizer wouldn't say it was a police state" Remove the redundant "nots", which cancel each other out.... They don't. They cancel out if you reverse the assumption and the conclusion. a - b = !b - !a Anyone who was (a) terrorist sympathizer would say it was a police state ? Are you saying that terrorist sympathizers claim that America is a police state? I don't think terrorists care about that, so why would they think that? I'd say it would be a good guess to assume English isn't your first language, so the error is understandable. Except it's not an error. And yes, English is not my native language. May I ask you what measures do you think should be taken to turn a country (America, Canada or in Europe) into a police state? Sure you can ask.... "None" So, you think they can't become a police state, no matter what measures they take? Or, all of them are already police states? Wilbert |
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BAN: Photography on USA trains and buses
"Wilbert Dijkhof" wrote in message ... FLY135 wrote: "Wilbert Dijkhof" wrote in message ... FLY135 wrote: "Any Moose Poster" wrote in message ... In article . net, "FLY135" FLY_135(@hot not not)notmail.com wrote: "Any Moose Poster" wrote in message ... In article , Rata Rioja wrote: Anyone with half a brain, doesn't want to go to a police-state anymore. Anyone with half a brain wouldn't say it was a police state. Anyone who wasn't terrorist sympathizer wouldn't say it was a police state. Damn Moose, didn't you recently castigate me for saying as much? No you called him a terrorist sympathizer. At least that's the way your posting sounds. No terrorist sympathizer = no a police state. and thus police state = terrorist sympathizer Let's try again... "Anyone who wasn't terrorist sympathizer wouldn't say it was a police state" Remove the redundant "nots", which cancel each other out.... They don't. They cancel out if you reverse the assumption and the conclusion. a - b = !b - !a Yes they do, and this example is irrelevant. In fact your previous "and thus" completely supported my contention, but was obtuse because it removed any context surrounding the assertion. Anyone who was (a) terrorist sympathizer would say it was a police state ? Are you saying that terrorist sympathizers claim that America is a police state? I don't think terrorists care about that, so why would they think that? Where do you get that? I clearly was translating (by removing redundant "nots") a statement made by someone else. I'd say it would be a good guess to assume English isn't your first language, so the error is understandable. Except it's not an error. And yes, English is not my native language. Yes it was an error. May I ask you what measures do you think should be taken to turn a country (America, Canada or in Europe) into a police state? Sure you can ask.... "None" So, you think they can't become a police state, no matter what measures they take? Or, all of them are already police states? The real answer to your question is not clearly black and white. Marshall law has been invoked when the security of a nation cannot be maintained by conventional policing. That isn't necessarily a bad thing. It's simply the result of conditions beyond our ability to maintain security. I would call a nation under Marshall law a police state. But I would advocate that be only a temporary condition and not an ideology. I don't believe that the US is a police state by any stretch of the imagination. Although some measures that are characteristic of a police state have been taken because of security issues. It's a matter of scope and scale. To claim that the US is a police state is a bombastic exageration. |
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BAN: Photography on USA trains and buses
In article .net,
"FLY135" fly_135(@ hot not not)notmail.com wrote: To claim that the US is a police state is a bombastic exageration. Which was my intial reason to say what I said. To imply that Rata think about the implication of the "Police State" statement made. I don't think Rata is a Terrorist sympathizer, however I leave that answer up to him. -- Duzz that A moose you ? |
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BAN: Photography on USA trains and buses
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:02:28 GMT, Any Moose Poster
wrote: Vigilance is a requirement at this point, a better tact would be refinements of the Patriot act. Who comes into this country we need to know who they are whether they have good intentions. You don't suggest otherwise, do you? Yep. It is the right of every country to deny access to a person, if they feel threatened by this person. But the draconinc measures it takes, makes travelling for those with good intentions difficult too, and the system is not bulletproof. America has a very very long border, and your coastguard and customs-officials can't be everywhere. IMHO you would be better off making your country a less likely target for terrorism. rr |
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BAN: Photography on USA trains and buses
"FLY135" fly_135(@ hot not not)notmail.com wrote in message
link.net... "Wilbert Dijkhof" wrote in message ... Let's try again... "Anyone who wasn't terrorist sympathizer wouldn't say it was a police state" Since when is a double negative an example of adequate logical argument? It's not even terrific English. Nor are you developing a logical argument from a proven premise as "logic" would require. Since Rata said that the US is a police state, the logic of Moose's post dictates that he is a terrorist sympathizer. That is of course predicated on the correctness of Moose's logic. In this instance, a big predicate. |
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BAN: Photography on USA trains and buses
Rata Rioja wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:02:28 GMT, Any Moose Poster wrote: Vigilance is a requirement at this point, a better tact would be refinements of the Patriot act. Who comes into this country we need to know who they are whether they have good intentions. You don't suggest otherwise, do you? Yep. It is the right of every country to deny access to a person, if they feel threatened by this person. But the draconinc measures it takes, makes travelling for those with good intentions difficult too, and the system is not bulletproof. America has a very very long border, and your coastguard and customs-officials can't be everywhere. IMHO you would be better off making your country a less likely target for terrorism. rr followup set |
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BAN: Photography on USA trains and buses
In article ,
Rata Rioja wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:02:28 GMT, Any Moose Poster wrote: Vigilance is a requirement at this point, a better tact would be refinements of the Patriot act. Who comes into this country we need to know who they are whether they have good intentions. You don't suggest otherwise, do you? Yep. It is the right of every country to deny access to a person, if they feel threatened by this person. But the draconinc measures it takes, makes travelling for those with good intentions difficult too, and the system is not bulletproof. America has a very very long border, and your coastguard and customs-officials can't be everywhere. IMHO you would be better off making your country a less likely target for terrorism. With that I agree. -- Duzz that A moose you ? |
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[OT] BAN: Photography on USA trains and buses
Any Moose Poster wrote:
In article , Rata Rioja wrote: On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:02:28 GMT, Any Moose Poster wrote: Vigilance is a requirement at this point, a better tact would be refinements of the Patriot act. Who comes into this country we need to know who they are whether they have good intentions. You don't suggest otherwise, do you? Yep. It is the right of every country to deny access to a person, if they feel threatened by this person. But the draconinc measures it takes, makes travelling for those with good intentions difficult too, and the system is not bulletproof. America has a very very long border, and your coastguard and customs-officials can't be everywhere. IMHO you would be better off making your country a less likely target for terrorism. With that I agree. Good. TID! TID! |
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BAN: Photography on USA trains and buses
"Rata Rioja" wrote in message ... On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:02:28 GMT, Any Moose Poster wrote: Vigilance is a requirement at this point, a better tact would be refinements of the Patriot act. Who comes into this country we need to know who they are whether they have good intentions. You don't suggest otherwise, do you? Yep. It is the right of every country to deny access to a person, if they feel threatened by this person. But the draconinc measures it takes, makes travelling for those with good intentions difficult too, and the system is not bulletproof. America has a very very long border, and your coastguard and customs-officials can't be everywhere. IMHO you would be better off making your country a less likely target for terrorism. Fine. So let every minority pressure group get their way. Pull back all financial aide for everyone. And let everything outside of your own shores turn to ****. Then another set of terrorists will be doing god knows what until someone does something to help them. You can't please all of the people all of the time. Somebody somewhere will always be disatisfied. Somehow they will reason that all the problems they face are your fault. Especially if you are a particularly well off country and the disgruntled bloke comes from an obscure **** ant little country who are slaughtering each other cos they disagree over how they should worship god. |
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