"Jim Larson" <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Paul Richardson wrote:
>
>>
>> "Jim Larson" <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>> Weirdwolf wrote:
>>>
>>>> Jim Larson <larsonjmR.E.M.O.V.E.@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>>>> news:Xns9A79B33BC18C03v234oiwofui3284af93@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>>> Weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> "Paul Richardson" <paulszoo.ARMADILLO@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
>>>>>> news:1iyKj.54554$833.42884@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "John Iwaniszek" <not@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>> Paul Richardson wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> "Tyler Trafford" <ttrafford+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>>>>>>>>>> Jim Larson wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> Tyler Trafford wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> John Iwaniszek wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Weirdwolf wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Need a giggle?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Go to IMDB.com and enter "wanker" into the search box.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> How is that possible?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Either the god of the Internet is British, or "wanker" is a
>>>>>>>>>>>> common misspelling of "walker".
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Why does typing in "walker" produce no reference to the Chimp
>>>>>>>>>>> in Chief?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> http://www.imdb.com/find?q=walker;more=nm
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It does for partial match.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Interesting to see how far up the list Shrub comes.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Interesting to see how deep the geek runs here.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bottomless geek
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ah explains why people keep telling me I am full of ****!
>>>>>> Oh by the way did you enjoy the Olympic torch thingy? Nice to see
>>>>>> that
>>>>>> although our government might be spineless the population can still
>>>>>> bugger things up.
>>>>>> I am rather looking forward to the London Olympics now,running the
>>>>>> marathon around Kings Cross and Brixton should be good for a laugh
>>>>>
>> Well it depends on what services you are looking for. Kings Cross for a
>> leg over & Brixton for a bit of ganja. Could make the race interesting
>> 8-)
>>
>>>>> Just as long as they restrict the shenanigans to the torch relay,
the
>>>>> opening ceremonies and crap like that. I'm no big fan of the
olympics
>>>>> (I watched essentially none of it in 2004), but I think the
>>>>> althletes deserve to be left alone. The vast majority of them have
>>>>> worked hard for years in relative or total obscurity to get to this
>>>>> point. They don't need to be upstaged by something that won't
>>>>> accomplish anything anyway.
>>>>>
>>>>> (On that subject, have any of you folks talked to any Chinese
ex-pats
>>>>> about the whole Tibetan autonomy issue? It was an interesting
>>>>> exercise in the two cases in which I tried it.)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Erm, no. I've tried to skirt the issue with my Chinese friends. I did
>>>> notice that my emails to China were being bounced and taking a long
>>>> time to get there.
>>>> My teacher has a map she uses in her lessons,it includes Tibet as
>>>> part of
>>>> China and I imagine because this is how it has been traditionally
been
>>>> taught and seen that is how it would be viewed.
>>>> How did it go with your friends?
>>>
>>> One is a friend and the other more of a casual acquaintance/colleague.
>>> Both
>>> have been in the US for a long time (20+ years for the shorter of the
>>> two) and are American citizens, both remember the cultural revolution
>>> in vivid personal terms, and neither has the least bit of love for the
>>> Chinese government. Both had the same opinion, independent of each
>>> other, that the Chinese incursion into Tibet is (a) the best thing
>>> that's ever happened to the place, (b) a matter of protest for only a
>>> tiny fraction of the Tibetan population, namely the religious sorts,
>>> and (c) being wildly distorted by the
>>> Western media and celebrities who like to hobnob with the Dalai Lama.
>>> Are they just gullible and falling prey to Chinese propaganda? Maybe.
I
>>> have no
>>> idea. I just thought the contrast with the usual viewpoint we see was
>>> kind of
>>> interesting.
>>>
>>> Oh, one of the two has actually been to Tibet (as a tourist) this past
>>> year.
>>>
>> Well apparently Tibet only became a country after some fiddling about
by
>> the Foreign & Colonial Office so it's an interesting problem. The time
>> to protest was when the Chinese invaded. If only there were oil in them
>> thar hills eh?
>>
> Oil makes everything so much clearer...also if the Chinese didn't have
> nukes
> and a standing army the size of Rhode Island. That would be good too.
>
Poor buggers, don't they let them sit down?
--
Paul R
Float like a leaf on the wind
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