Should We Bomb Syria and Iran?

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ess (phil hunt) wrote:

What are "super notes"? US currency?

Yep. The top end of counterfeit US currency, of such quality that they
could only be made by someone with the resources and cash of a country.

The new multicolor $20 bills are coming out in direct response to such
notes.

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 23:15:18 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:
In article ,
ess (phil hunt) wrote:

What are "super notes"? US currency?

Yep. The top end of counterfeit US currency, of such quality that they
could only be made by someone with the resources and cash of a country.

The new multicolor $20 bills are coming out in direct response to such
notes.

In that case, I don't think the Syrians are acting outside their
natural rights. The way I see it, every country has a right to
decide for itself what sorts of written material it shall be legal
to print in that country.

I expect the US govmt forges Syrian documents, from time to time.

If you think the Syrian govmt are in the wrong here, how would you
feel aboutr a govmty that makes it legal to counterfeit computer
encryption schemes -- presumably the principle is the same as
counterfeiting a currancy. If, for example, the EU passed a law
making it legal to circumvent DRM schemes to ensure interoperability
(e.g. so people don't have to pay over the odds for printer
cartridges or DVD players), do you think the USA would be acting
morally if it bombved Europe for doing this? The principle, as I see
it, is the same.

Or, if the Amerrican NSA cracked an encryption scheme used by a
Chinese bank, would China be within its rights to attack the USA?

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 23:15:18 GMT, Chad Irby wrote:
In article ,
ess (phil hunt) wrote:

What are "super notes"? US currency?

Yep. The top end of counterfeit US currency, of such quality that
they
could only be made by someone with the resources and cash of a
country.

The new multicolor $20 bills are coming out in direct response to
such
notes.

In that case, I don't think the Syrians are acting outside their
natural rights. The way I see it, every country has a right to
decide for itself what sorts of written material it shall be legal
to print in that country.


Proving that you will excuse any action by non-Americans and criticize
any American action. You didn't know what super notes were but in a
couple of hours you've rationalized sophisticated counterfeiting. Thank
G-d they don't embrace bestiality, officially.

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reporters pulled out. Back when we got the news directly from Iraq,
there was victory and optimism. Now that the news is filtered through
the mainstream media here in America, all we hear is death and
destruction and quagmire..." Ann Coulter
http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2003/091703.htm

On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:04:21 -0500, tscottme wrote:
phil hunt wrote in message
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In that case, I don't think the Syrians are acting outside their
natural rights. The way I see it, every country has a right to
decide for itself what sorts of written material it shall be legal
to print in that country.

Proving that you will excuse any action by non-Americans and criticize
any American action.

I suggest you go back and read my post again, since you obviously
didn't understand it. I was making an argument that countries have a
right to do (within pretty broad limits) what they like in their own
countries; my argument applies equally to Syria, the USA, and every
other couintry in the world. Are you too stupid to understand that?
Or os it just that anything that you disagree with brings up the
automatic knee-jerk response, "Anit-American"?

You didn't know what super notes were but in a
couple of hours you've rationalized sophisticated counterfeiting.

Are you saying counterfeiting is inherently wrong, then?

Thank
G-d they don't embrace bestiality, officially.

If they did, it would be their own business. I'd have no problem
with a country making sex acts between humans and animals legal;
indeed in the country I live in, some such acts are legal.

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people who openly support the RIAA" -- comment on Wikipedia
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to it and reversed the last two letters).