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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)   9 Sep 2009 16:46 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      33 of 39 
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Money has been involved in war since money has existed, obviously. But I doubt you're going to argue that money was the reason for the Nazis' campaign?

Fighting and getting money is not the same as fighting to stabilise a global economic system. Late medieval expansionism was to gain power and money to better fight European wars, which were in turn about political power (of which economics was by then a part, but not the predominant part).

The British Empire is perhaps an exception, being the first cybernetic empire and one which happily manipulated global markets for gain, but the economics was still a means to an end, not the end in itself.

These days the global economic system and its installation and stabilisation is the end in itself and that's a big difference. It's not about the oil, oil is just today's gold, as you've implied.

In short, there's a huge difference between fighting for money and fighting for... not even 'for', more 'due to' an economic ideology.
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   9 Sep 2009 20:06 
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)      34 of 39 
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But I doubt you're going to argue that money was the reason for the Nazis' campaign?

No, of course not. And although not a holocaust denier, I doubt that the reason for invading neighbouring nations was to exterminate their Jewish population (ideology, bordering sadism). It all started over Lebensraum, no? And isn't that, to some extent, an economic issue?

All of which reminds me. When my brother first moved to Germany he advertised for a flat to rent. He wanted the usual stuff: kitchen, bedroom, dining room etc. In his (at the time) rusty German he wrote his ad, but instead of writing 'Wohnen' or 'Wohnzimmer' for living room, he put down 'Lebensraum' instead. The estate agent gently advised him that what he was requesting was an apartment with Austria annexed to it.

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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)   9 Sep 2009 20:23 
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)      35 of 39 
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Hahahaha. Reminds me of a thing from some out-take clipshow years ago. Actually, let's see if it's on youtube.
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)   9 Sep 2009 20:56 
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)      36 of 39 
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LMAO
BEAUT!

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 From:  Mouse   9 Sep 2009 22:36 
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)      37 of 39 
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Brahaha, fucking agents. Coming round here, taking our women.

Which of the following would you most prefer?
A: a puppy,
B: a pretty flower from your sweety, or
C: a large properly formatted data file?
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)   9 Sep 2009 22:37 
 To:  Mouse      38 of 39 
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(giggle)
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 From:  koswix    10 Sep 2009 12:13 
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)      39 of 39 
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:'D :'D :'D

The Seventh Posture of Burton's translation of The Perfumed Garden is an unusual position not described in other classical sex manuals. The receiving partner lies on their side. The penetrating partner faces the receiver, straddling the receiver's lower leg, and lifts the receiver's upper leg on either side of the body onto the crook of penetrating partner's elbow or onto the shoulder. While some references describe this position as being "for acrobats and not to be taken seriously," others have found it very comfortable, especially during pregnancy.
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