quick question, before I even read this post -

I know why I am up at 3:48 AM in the morning.... but why are YOU, Kirt??

Okay, now I'll go read your post here.....


----- Original Message -----
From: "Secola/Nieft" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2001 3:39 AM
Subject: Re: Love Conquers All


> Liza:
>
> > Let me ask you a question. I hope you will try to answer
thoughtfully
> > and honestly.
> >
> > Would you like to live in Afghanistan?
>
> This reminds me somehow of a news blurb I heard during the Gulf War,
where
> some poll was purported to have been conducted in Iraq.
>
> Question # 1: What country do you hate the most. Answer # 1: USA.
>
> Question # 2: What country would you live in if you could? Answer # 2:
USA.
> Can't vouch for any accuracy though.
>
> Anyway, since this OT thread has survived...here's my plan. ;)
>
> Part 1: Bomb the crappola outta Afghanistan (and Syria, Iraq, etc),
but
> instead of dropping bombs, we drop leaflets in the local language
saying,
> "What would you do if we killed 6000 of your innocent civilians?"
Nothing
> more. (Didn't we already give Afghanistan $200,000,000 last year in
> humanitarian aid? I don't know--did we?)
>
> Part 2: Bin Laden. Alive, not dead. Then take him to "ground zero" and
let
> the families of the victims torture him slowly to death on national
TV. Not
> only would the folks most (likely) interested in vengence be
confronted with
> the actual violence of such, but the scores/thousands/millions of
muslims
> that would react vengefully to a military killing of Bin Laden would
be
> confronted with a much different schema than, "Bush killed our people,
so we
> will kill Bush."
>
> Though these two ideas seem silly, they are entirely plausible (#2
hardly a
> sure bet though, of course).
>
> If only everyone would eat raw foods!  ;)
>
> Cheers,
> Kirt
>