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From: Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 12:49:50 -0700
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The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> On 31/10/2024 20:21, D wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 31 Oct 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 
>>> On 31/10/2024 18:17, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>>>> On 2024-10-31, The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> If you reject 'white mans' knowledge on racist grounds, well bye bye hi
>>>>> tech.
>>>>> 
>>>>> And I suspect that is what will happen. If the chinese dont take over,
>>>>> the barbarians will. And will be welcomed by those who have been taught
>>>>> to hate their own culture and fear science.
>>>> 
>>>> It's odd, though, how these barbarians, however anti-tech they may be,
>>>> manage to hold on to enough technology to create weapons.
>>>> 
>>> Or are they simply paying someone else?
>>> Only the Iranians have any technological nous.
>>> Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Morocco, 
>>> Algeria..,Somalia...
>>> 
>>> Not exactly putting men on the moon are they?
>> 
>> Wouldn't those countries mostly just buy AK-47:s from russia?
> 
> I have it on good authority that they indeed do, but their ability to 
> actually score a hit depends on the will of Allah. They just point it in 
> the general direction of the alleged enemy and loose off
> 
> Besides what are they going to give back in exchange?
> 

Cracks me up to see some guy cowering behind a wall holding is gun over his
head and just letting loose in the general direction of his opponent,
without being able to see a thing.

-- 
Pete