Re: MASSACRED ENGINEERING STUDENTS

On 19 Apr 2007 19:06:58 GMT, Jim Yanik <jyanik@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:5f8f23ldu2harumbn1eks9i5vgra5o39sg@xxxxxxx:

On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:50:55 -0500, "Anthony Fremont"
<spam-not@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Eeyore wrote:
Anthony Fremont wrote:

Who's being silly now? If you think that your country is (and has
been for the last 30 years) immune from smuggling, you're beyond
silly. I suppose you don't have illegal drugs in the UK either.
Please.....

There's a difference.

There's a demand for drugs.

There's no demand for AK47s. Except for the IRA.

Right........ Keep telling yourself that. Too bad that "feeling" safe
isn't equivalent to "being" safe.


Politicians want the sheep to "feel" safe ;-)

...Jim Thompson

it's the "frog in the pot of water" trick.
Put a frog into a pot of boiling water,he jumps out.
Put him in a pot of cool water and heat it slowly,the frog cooks to death.

graham is one of the frogs. ;-)

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Great analogy! :-)


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JF
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