X-Google-Thread: f996b,7ac7ec72b810736a X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Date: Wed, 01 Dec 2004 18:25:50 +1100 From: ABCGi Reply-To: abcgi@yahoo.com User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art Subject: Re: ASCII Art Fart for Thu, 2004 Nov 25 References: <41a9422b$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <3118a7F355004U1@uni-berlin.de> <311v72F35a7daU1@uni-berlin.de> <41abe443@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <41ac1727$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <41ad58e1$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au> <9vmqq0168v6v4k2hq31en4qnsg6k5b2kmj@4ax.com> In-Reply-To: <9vmqq0168v6v4k2hq31en4qnsg6k5b2kmj@4ax.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.47.186 X-Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 220.245.47.186 Message-ID: <41ad71fb$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au> X-Trace: dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au 1101885947 220.245.47.186 (1 Dec 2004 18:25:47 +1000) Lines: 56 Path: g2news1.google.com!news3.google.com!news.glorb.com!solnet.ch!solnet.ch!nntp.gblx.net!nntp3.phx1!dnews.tpgi.com.au!tpg.com.au!not-for-mail Xref: g2news1.google.com alt.ascii-art:2205 Sharky wrote: > In <41ad58e1$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, ABCGi wrote: > > >>Sharky wrote: >> >> >>>In <41ac1727$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au>, ABCGi wrote: >>> >>> >>>>>The way in which some people seem overjoyed about bad news - from any side >>>>>- in order to advance their cause is not an overly thoughtful thing to do. >>>>>As far as people protesting because they "care" about their country - I >>>>>think many people care more about their cause than they do about the >>>>>possible negative consequences their actions might have for their >>>>>countrymen. >>>> >>>>And the negative consequences of inaction? The history of all countries >>>>is full of times when the protest was the "right thing to do". >>> >>>In a free society, If the protest is just, there is only the need to bring >>>the truth to the public. If the public is well enough informed to make a >>>judgement about the validity of the protesters concerns, there is a good >>>chance that the protest may have a positive impact. What I see in many >>>protests these days is a rabid hatred driven affront on anything to do with >>>"cause's" adversary, and there is the unmistakable stench of the socialist >>>movement in many of the most violent of protests. >> >>Maybe as we approach the utopian "free and fair" society protests will >>become less frequent? > > > You and I will be long dead before that will happen. > > ObAscii - trilobite > > _____ > .'` ,-. `'. > / ([ ]D \ > /.-""`(`)`""-.\ > <'```(.)```'> > <'```(.)```'> > <'``(.)``'> > sk <``\_/``> > `'---'` > -- > Sharky true dat -- ABCGi - Atomic ______________________ <===> Bacterial Genetic |---------------------|| Chemical Infantrymen <=========== http://abcgi.fly.to =-+-=> |---------------------|'