Posted by George Hester on 11/15/42 11:27

"Hammerer" <hammerer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "Hammerer" <hammerer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > > As far as I know RIAA "attcked" nothing. Their lawyers put the
> > > > fear of God into P2P developers. That was all it took. The loss
> > > > in Network as a direct response to RIAA lawyer threats. That is it.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes, George. Otherwise known as an RIAA "attck".
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I suppose.
> >
> Yes, George. Me too. Kind of invalidates your entire post, though, doesn't
> it?!
> >
> > But if the P2P developers didn't get cold feet
> > the RIAA "attack" would have been useless.
> >
> But the Frontcode P2P developers *did* get cold feet, George, once they
> received a no-doubt specifically-tailored direct communication from the
> RIAA. From the RIAA's (in fact, EVERYONE'S) point of view, it was an
> "attack", and useful to corporate interests.
> >
> > Wasn't an "attack" it was a "threat." There is a diference.
> >
> Not in THIS case, George. You're "stretching". Semantically speaking.
> >
> > We threatened Iraq and then we attacked them.
> >
> "We", George?! I had nothing to do with it. Bad example. In more ways than
> one.
> >
> > I spz we could have just attacked them but
> > then people would say it wasn't a "Just" war.
> > The threat made it Just.
> >
> Thank you, George. Many fine, intelligent people have tried to argue that
> the Oil Wars were the result of a failure in diplomacy, and/or the
inability
> of first-world politicians to control multinational corporations and rich,
> unelected elites. You've put my mind at rest. It was all Just, because
"we"
> threatened them first. Cheers, mate! You're a pal!
>
>

Now you see huh, Hammerer? Clear as Mud? A threat first then an attack.
It all ends up in the secure arms of Justice. At least that's the way this
country views it. Gee I think a guy named Hitler tried that too.

--
George Hester
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