[ILUG] [OT] FYI: Newsflash

[kevin lyda]

On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 03:46:42PM +0100, Noel Carroll wrote:
> I really hope there wasn't 50,000 people at work at the time.  Thats just

good chance there was close to that number.

> way, way too fucked up.  Anyway, why the WTC?  I wouldn't have figured it to
> be a centre or symbol of Americanism?   The Pentagon and State dept. sure,

well, this is the second time the wtc has been hit.

> but not that.  Aside from that, how do you coordinate something so big
> without any US intelligence finding out?   This is so bad, considering

while i still think encryption should be legal and unencumbered, this
is a good example of the other side's argument.  regardless you can't
read minds.  people going from place to place with plans in their heads
can't really be spotted.  (dear god, i was almost on topic)

> George Bush Snr's little gulf war jaunt over Kuwait, one wonders what dubya
> is going to do.  I know his old man was a bit crazy, but dubya's mad as a
> coot!  Oh fuck!!!

it's not just him, but his staff who seem to think that unilateral
foreign policy (as opposed to consensus built policy) is a viable course
of action.

kevin

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