Theos-Talk Archives (August 1998 Message tt00469)

i don't hink i've ever read a bigger load of stinking bullshit in my life.
no Offense.


At 01:45 PM 8/28/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I had thought to stay out of this thread, but there is importance in my
>answer.
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>	Far too many people have the belief that if something is wrong (or
>generates personal karma), then it should not be done. But our choices
>do not always include the right thing. Sometimes, we have a choice of
>nothing but evils, and must choose between them. It is easy for those
>not forced into such a position to force a choice on others, based on
>arbitrary criteria, when that choice may be far worse than others.
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>	Such is the case with land mines. Land mines are bad things, and they
>cause much suffering. But by some strange coincidence, none of the
>countries that ratified the land mine agreement have hostile enemies
>across a land border from them. For the countries that do, then the
>evils of land mines pale before the possibility of being overrun,
>enslaved, and slaughtered.
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>	The United States government understands this, and that is why they do
>not and will not endorse the land mine agreement.
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>	Bart Lidofsky
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>M K Ramadoss wrote:
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>> At 08:02 PM 8/27/1998 +0100, you wrote:
>> >mkr wrote:
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>> >>The recent success in banning land mines was possible because all the
>> >>coordination between activists in various countries was done using
e-mail.
>> >>I am sure there are other applications where it is showing its
>> >>effectiveness as a tool.
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>> >It is apparently very effective as far as pornography, paederasty, etc,
go?
>> >I thought I heard a figure of 70%, but find it difficult to believe.
>> >Perhaps it was 17%, which still seems high.  Does anyone know the
>> >percentages of the different applications on the internet.
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>> >Also it is potentially good for business.
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>> >Also for the many shades of "spiritual" groups.
>> >
>> >Have the US actually ratified the land mines agreement?
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>>         Not yet.
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