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Re: The skinny on Jenin, the European Press
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Tue, 28 May 2002 15:25:49 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
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> > If, out of the blue, someone were to come knocking at your door and relocate
> > your family, an injustice has just occured against you.
> >
> > If, on the other hand, you've been fighting over and ove and over again, for
> > multi-generational injustices on both sides, and there is really nothing
> > left to do that would *end* *the* *killing!!!!* besides relocating (or
> > dropping a nuclear weapon in the center of town, thus eliminating *both*
> > parties, and therefore the conflict altogether) then for the love of all
> > things rational, take the relocation.
>
> Well I like(1) the solution offered in _The Fresco_ (by Sheri S. Tepper, an
> SF author who really has grown on me lately, she's worth some careful reading)
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> In that novel the aliens, after observing the situation, ejected everyone
> from old Jerusalem, put up a force field preventing reentry (if you walked
> through it you ended up in the desert 10 miles away, somewhat befuddled) and
> said "work out your problems or we will expand the range of the field to
> encompass more territory, we can cover the whole mideast if we have to".
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> Of course right after that they introduced nanobots that made all women who
> were forced to wear chadors appear exceedingly ugly to their husbands (and
> anyone else who thought they ought to wear a chador or get their hand
> chopped off for showing an ankle or wanting to vote) and ravishingly
> beautiful to everyone else, and then their mentors "impregnated"(2) a bunch
> of men who were "pro life, even in case of rape" but I digress.
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> 1 - When I say "like the solution" I mean academically... there probably are
> no aliens to come down and do that (and Santa Claus stopped coming by my
> house some years back too) and if they did actually come down and do that,
> it would be a violation of the Prime Directive so we'd all be upset about it.
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> 2 - actually, implanted a parasitical embryonic organism ala "aliens" except
> that the developed organism at maturity eats its way out VERY carefully
> through non critical tissue, secreting anti infection and clotting agents as
> it goes, so that the host almost always lives with no ill effects. Except
> severe pain during the process. But the aliens were OK with that since the
> men were all politicians who consistenty ran on Right To Life platforms.
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> ++Lar (who enjoys an author with an ax to grind as long as its a good ax)
I'm definitely on the same page with that--take the land away from both
parties. Like a parent taking a toy away from two fighting kids until they
both act more mature.
As for the pregnant men--ouch!--Arnold in 'Junior'
Dave
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