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   From: kurkku@hassuserveri.fi   
      
   "David Friedman"  kirjoitti   
   viestissä:ddfr-303472.09490114082008@CA.NEWS.VERIO.NET...   
   > In article ,   
   > Markku Grönroos  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "James A. Donald"  kirjoitti   
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   > ...   
   >   
   >> It would be in your interest to consult an able shrink. You are mentally   
   >> very ill.   
   >   
   > ...   
   >   
   >> The lines above are written by a mentally very disturbed person.   
   >   
   > If you actually have something to say--arguments against his position,   
   > for instance--why don't you say it, instead of repeating the same   
   > insults?   
   >   
   Insults? I have not insulted anyone. The barmy sod is very ill. How can you   
   challenge arguments like "contemporary Finns are cowards"? I am not a   
   shrink. He needs professional guidance and help. Doctors provide it. I don't   
   know whether the modern day psychiatry can cure the poor sod. It can heal   
   the sick though. Somehow he/she should realize his/her state of mental   
   condition and seek help. Mental illness is a tragedy. It is nothing to be   
   made fun about.   
      
      
   >> As far as military weakness is concerned - especially when fighting   
   >> "communism" - the US effort has not been very encouraging. For instance   
   >> in   
   >> Vietnam the biggest enemy for the American troops were the use of all   
   >> sorts   
   >> of opiates. Nerves are strained enough already. Heroin and LSD can hardly   
   >> be   
   >> considered "medicine in front".   
   >   
   > LSD isn't an opiate.   
   >   
   I haven't said it is. However, that is a side point. Something irrelevant.   
   The American military [in]capacity is not irrelevant.   
      
   > If you have something to say, why don't you say it, instead of taking   
   > the opportunity to throw random insults at the U.S.?   
   >>   
   Insults? First of all if man insults he does so on purpose definitely not   
   randomly. No, I have not insulted the US. Where in my text you find any   
   effort whatsoever insulting Americans?   
      
   >> Finnish troops have fought more than 40 times against Russian troops -   
   >> communist or non-communist. American troops have never fought Russians.   
   >   
   > You are mistaken. I suggest reading up on the Allied intervention in   
   > Russia just after the end of WWI. Not fighting on the scale of the   
   >   
   Well, by using my magnifying glass I can find this American military   
   presence in Northwest Russia. About 100 KIAs.   
   >   
   >   
   > Russo-Finnish war, but nonetheless fighting between American troops and   
   > Russians.   
   >   
   No, you are right.   
   > ...   
   >   
   >> Your generals   
   >> know how the economic system is running in the USA. As do their cousins   
   >> in   
   >> France and Greece who cultivate their lands.   
   >   
   > I find it hard to tell if you are being cryptic or incoherent--if the   
   > latter, perhaps you should take your own advice.   
   >   
   I was making a point about similarities between subsidizing the American   
   military and agriculture in some [many] European countries. Very expensive.   
      
   Any fresh ideas about the Finno Soviet trade?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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