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Re: hey Brits!

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On 07/06/2016 22:12, Robert Carnegie wrote:
> On Monday, 6 June 2016 20:30:21 UTC+1, Les Hellawell  wrote:
>> On Mon, 6 Jun 2016 19:05:29 +0000 (UTC), Smiler <smiler@jo.king>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 09:35:49 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Monday, 6 June 2016 15:51:57 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 06 Jun 2016 04:08:53 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sunday, 5 June 2016 02:33:09 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>>>>>>> On 04/06/2016 21:43, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Saturday, 4 June 2016 02:00:27 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 03/06/2016 21:02, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, 3 June 2016 01:45:00 UTC+1, Alex W.  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 02/06/2016 23:37, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, 2 June 2016 13:30:13 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, 02 Jun 2016 03:07:18 -0700, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 23:54:43 UTC+1, Smiler  wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 10:58:05 -0700, Hypatiab69 wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 1:49:05 PM UTC-4, Smiler
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, 01 Jun 2016 04:53:24 -0700, Robert Carnegie
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, 1 June 2016 11:40:14 UTC+1, Alex W.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 01/06/2016 19:45, Robert Carnegie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> <snip>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm presuming a thorough "ethnic cleansing".
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> No more Northern Ireland Protestants.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be accomplished?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> That would be Trump's problem.  But maybe solar powered
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> robot drones that fly down to pick up Ulstermen by their
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sash and fly them across to dear old Alba.  It's not
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> ideal territory for solar power but it is an option.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Imagine an Orange Lodge March being evicted in
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> formation.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Like "Apocalypse Now" with flutes.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Send them back to Scotland, as that's where they came
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> from.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You are NOT a Brit, are you?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fuck off, forger.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> She's sort of right.  (Ultimately everyone is from Africa.)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The "Ulster Scots" are the product of deliberate
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> "Plantation".
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Indeed, but I was showing the folly of your idea.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Be careful what you wish for. :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I'm not exactly wishing for it, but it seems to me - without
>>>>>>>>>>>> much investigation - that the world would be a better place if
>>>>>>>>>>>> that "Plantation" had not happened.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> That is probably right, but it doesn't help us now.  After
>>>>>>>>>>> three centuries, they are as local and native as anyone else.
>>>>>>>>>>> To uproot them now would be to commit a new crime...
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> And neither Donald Trump nor any other hypothetical
>>>>>>>>>> international figure would ever consider such a thing?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Of course they have.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> But never in a first-world nation with nukes....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Britain has made-in-America nuclear weapons.
>>>>>>>> I don't think they can be pointed towards the western hemisphere.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The missiles are American-made, but the warheads are entirely
>>>>>>> British.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I think so.  So, which part of that determines where the loud bang
>>>>>> happens?
>>>>>
>>>>> The human part that inputs the target's coordinates.
>>>>
>>>> Well, I'm proposing that there is no way to input a minus sign (go
>>>> west).
>>>
>>> There sure is. Go 300 degrees east and you end up 60 degrees west of here.
>>
>> How had can it be to modify the programme/circuity to make it fly to a
>> target in the west?
>
> You mean, without tripping the anti tamper switch
> that causes it to play "The Star Spangled Banner"
> while counting down from thirty right in front
> of you?  It might be tricky.
>
> Okay, maybe it is possible to launch an American
> nuclear missile to attack America.  But I think
> I won't do it until I have more than one of them.
>

Hmm ... maybe we could do so while on a cruise in North Korean waters? 
They'd never know...

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Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 04:08 -0700
  Re: hey Brits! Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-06 14:51 +0000
    Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-06 09:35 -0700
      Re: hey Brits! Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-06 19:05 +0000
        Re: hey Brits! Les Hellawell <les@shant.tell> - 2016-06-06 20:30 +0100
          Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-07 05:12 -0700
            Re: hey Brits! Les Hellawell <les@shant.tell> - 2016-06-07 15:59 +0100
              Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-08 09:34 +1000
                Re: hey Brits! Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@gmail.com> - 2016-06-08 03:12 -0700
                Re: hey Brits! Malcolm McMahon <malcolm.mc74@googlemail.com> - 2016-06-08 05:47 -0700
                Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-09 18:41 +1000
            Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-08 09:25 +1000
              Re: hey Brits! Smiler <smiler@jo.king> - 2016-06-08 19:03 +0000
      Re: hey Brits! "Alex W." <ingilt@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-06-07 09:15 +1000

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