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BRAMA bull session

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BRAMA bull session -- comment #1 from Rachel Heslin

Fri, 04 Apr 2003 23:46:57 -0500

Okay, this I found interesting. Don't know how the survey was taken or its scientific validity, but, sadly, it doesn't surprise me.

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Posted April 4, 2003 11:46 PM by Rachel Heslin

BRAMA bull session -- comment #2 from Stefan Jones

Sat, 05 Apr 2003 02:01:57 -0500

Massive cognitive dissonance on seeing my name as the poster . . .

I can believe that the poll could be accurate; that is, that is reflects the beliefs of a population. The U.S. has trod on a lot of toes and burned a lot of bridges this last year.

While there's a LOT about current U.S. foreign policy I dislike, I don't agree with it myself.

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Posted April 5, 2003 2:01 AM by Stefan Jones

BRAMA bull session -- comment #3 from Rachel Heslin

Sat, 05 Apr 2003 03:23:10 -0500

I think that it's true, not so much in the sense that we're going to go out and start bombing every little country that disagrees with us, but because the arrogance and short-sightedness of the current administration is encouraging an atmosphere of suspicion and mistrust in the international community, making peaceful alternatives to conflict more difficult.

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Posted April 5, 2003 3:23 AM by Rachel Heslin

BRAMA bull session -- comment #4 from Avram

Sat, 05 Apr 2003 04:39:26 -0500

For each of those countries (North Korea, Iraq, USA, for those of you not bothering to follow the link), list how many wars they've been in over the past decade.

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Posted April 5, 2003 4:39 AM by Avram

BRAMA bull session -- comment #5 from Paul Riddell

Sat, 05 Apr 2003 13:10:05 -0500

You mean that SFWA members have a sense of humor, much less a sense of humor that developed? Where? I want to see that lone specimen before it becomes extinct...

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Posted April 5, 2003 1:10 PM by Paul Riddell

BRAMA bull session -- comment #6 from Teresa Nielsen Hayden

Sat, 05 Apr 2003 17:07:32 -0500

Paul, quite a few of them do. Honest. I'll grant you might have trouble spotting that in the midst of a SFWA argument.

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Posted April 5, 2003 5:07 PM by Teresa Nielsen Hayden

BRAMA bull session -- comment #7 from Mr Ripley

Mon, 07 Apr 2003 12:13:46 -0500

It was one of those online surveys a la CNN, posted on the homepage of Time's international edition. My guess is that the U.S. would still have won in a more scientific international poll taken at that time, but by nowhere nearly as much.

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Posted April 7, 2003 12:13 PM by Mr Ripley