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| (...) So what - you soot the mosque next to the tank, or the tank? Do you shoot the hospital wards next to the AA, or the AA? Or in this case, does the tank shoot at the MoI (target), or the hotel some 100+ meters from it? (...) Precisely. Those are (...) (22 years ago, 10-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | Re: Hotel Palestine
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| (...) You shoot the tank, or the AA, and hope for the best. I like Frank's analysis... if your enemy is desperate enough to blow off the normal rules of war, you don't get a free pass, you still have to do your best to stick to your own rules and (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | Re: Hotel Palestine
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| (...) A clever idea, but a common misconception: after tens of thousands of years of people existing, most of us are still pretty stupid - at least some of the time (hey, I persist in posting to o-t.d!). The long run must be pretty long indeed! (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Actually, I'd say we're pretty smart. In reality, I think the average person doesn't have much care for most of what goes on in the world because it simply doesn't really effect them (see my earlier discussion on the total impact to me (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | Stupid People (was Re: Hotel Palestine)
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| (...) Probably true. But Larry's assertion was that stupid people getting themselves killed was 'evolution in action'. Assuming that when Larry says 'evolution' he means 'evolution [of something] through natural selection', I see no evidence that (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | Re: Hotel Palestine
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| (...) And is it your responsability? Or accountability, if you prefer? (...) There was no such thing. If there were an RPG, knoing it's fire would have been obviously noticed (and reporters had the time to run), it could be taken down with a shell. (...) (22 years ago, 11-Apr-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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