Charles Gray wrote in message . ..
On 27 Dec 2003, wrote:

Perhaps the actors have gone home because they were smart enough to
notice that the playbill has been translated into Russian, which has
frightened away the audience and eliminates any need to incinerate
season subscribers.

I'm sorry, you flunk logic 101. Please return for next semesters
course. In order to prepare you for your second course, answer the
following questions.
Assume a total death toll of 100,000 people from atomic weapons,
100,000 people from firebombming raids, 100,000 from general ground
combat, and 100,000 from counter-insurgency operations in China.
How do you define the deaths caused by atomic weapons as somehow
"less moral" than those from other causes.

Hm, I see that 12/27's Russian Riddle is still flying way over your
head. Fair enough - While I register for my logic class, your first
assignment is to grab a dictionary and look up the words "irony" &
"metaphor", which just might start you on your way to discovering that
I've already answered your questions.

But incase you're still lost, you can still save face by writing one
sentence a hundred times on the blackboard. Don't worry, it's only
made up of five little words:

"YOU CAN KEEP YOUR EMPEROR."

Perhaps this 2nd assignment will help you to grasp how powerful such a
simple Potsdam clarification might have been in rendering your above
questions moot.

But as those questions of yours prove, it can be lots more fun for
macho military-types to wonder which one of their toys is the "best"
for murdering 100,000 civilians... So I don't blame you for
scratching your head over the crazy notion that we might never have
had to kill them in the first place.