Re: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread Tim May
On Friday, September 14, 2001, at 09:30 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -- > On 14 Sep 2001, at 0:27, Riad S. Wahby wrote: >> The labels "act of terrorism" and "act of war" are mutually >> exclusive. The former is by definition perpetrated by a >> non-governmental grou The claims by Dubya et a

Re: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread jamesd
-- On 14 Sep 2001, at 0:27, Riad S. Wahby wrote: > The labels "act of terrorism" and "act of war" are mutually > exclusive. The former is by definition perpetrated by a > non-governmental grou The claims by Dubya et al to the > contrary are incoherent politibabble. Nonsense. The words "te

Re: Re: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread Riad S. Wahby
Jim Choate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Exactly, and you ASSUMED A PRIORI that I would accept your definitions > without stipulation. No. Your acceptance or rejection of my definitions is irrelevant. I'm predicting what definitions will be used by those who are important in this situation---the

RE: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread Trei, Peter
> Riad S. Wahby[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > As to the point, if nations can't participate in terrorism then exactly > > what is it that Afghanistan is being theatened with for harboring the > > raghead? Exactly why did their leaders go into hiding again? Exactly why > is > > Pakistan ru

RE: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread Trei, Peter
> Riad S. Wahby[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > As to the point, if nations can't participate in terrorism then exactly > > what is it that Afghanistan is being theatened with for harboring the > > raghead? Exactly why did their leaders go into hiding again? Exactly why > is > > Pakistan ru

Re: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread Riad S. Wahby
Jim Choate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -- Forwarded message -- > Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 21:20:22 -0500 > I can tell you one group that must get the shudders every time Bush or > anyone else in the administration says, "These attacks are Acts of > War." Correct me if I'm wrong,

Re: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread Jim Choate
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Riad S. Wahby wrote: > Jim Choate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It's a question of scale, not participants. A nation can engage in > > terrorism (eg Syria, Libya). > > Squirrel definition! Don't you know that squirrels are poor form and > generally lead to point reduction

Re: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread Ken Brown
"Riad S. Wahby" wrote: > The labels "act of terrorism" and "act of war" are mutually exclusive. > The former is by definition perpetrated by a non-governmental group; > the latter requires actions by a government. The claims by Dubya et > al to the contrary are incoherent politibabble. > > This

Re: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread Riad S. Wahby
Jim Choate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's a question of scale, not participants. A nation can engage in > terrorism (eg Syria, Libya). Squirrel definition! Don't you know that squirrels are poor form and generally lead to point reduction? Obviously you were never a debate judge. :-P The re

Re: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread Jim Choate
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Riad S. Wahby wrote: > The labels "act of terrorism" and "act of war" are mutually exclusive. > The former is by definition perpetrated by a non-governmental group; > the latter requires actions by a government. The claims by Dubya et > al to the contrary are incoherent pol

Re: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread Riad S. Wahby
"Riad S. Wahby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > legal one. See below for ^ ...the formal text of the standard. etc. -- Riad Wahby [EMAIL PROTECTED] MIT VI-2/A 2002

Re: "Attack on America" - a Personal Response (fwd)

2001-09-14 Thread Riad S. Wahby
Jim Choate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't believe that particular 'boundary condition' was included in the > original question/point. In fact, injecting spurious boundary conditions > after the problem is presented (ie "Oh, I meant to include...) is itself > considered bad form, logically sp