Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On 12/11/2024 21:40, Scott Lurndal wrote:

not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) writes:

In comp.os.linux.misc The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

On 11/11/2024 20:41, D wrote:

On Mon, 11 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 11/11/2024 19:45, rbowman wrote:

On Mon, 11 Nov 2024 11:51:14 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

Isolationism led to Pearl  Harbour...and 911

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Wrong on both counts. Stick to philosophy; your grasp of history is
deficient.

Wrong on both counts. Stick to parochial matters

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I think rbowman has impressed me the most with his grasp of history, and
our differences when it comes to philosophy speak for themselves. So no
points for you I'm afraid. ;)

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This inst a fucking debating society.
This is the future of civilisation.

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Oh, so _this_ is where the future of civilisation gets decided.
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Now where was that group where people talk about computers?...
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But actually I was slightly looking forward to an explanation of
how Pearl Harbour and 9/11 were consequences of isolationism. It's
not my understanding of history either.

 NP has seemingly conflated WWI with WWII.

Not sure what 911 event happened in WW1
Pearl harbour happened because the Japanese, having been allowed to rape china concluded that the USA was a soft target.
911 happened because the USA in its inimitably parochial way totally failed to understand or notice the rise in Islamic fundamentalism.
At the time I thought 911 was understandable, but *undeserved*...
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Paul Krugman