From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: epwise{at}yahoo.com
Subject: Re: Show of hands

"Daniel47{at}teranews.com"  wrote in
news:RdTst.20788$6_4.14294{at}newsfe31.iad: 

> MITO MINISTER wrote:
>> On Jun 6, 10:10 pm, "Danie...{at}teranews.com"
>>  wrote:
>>> MITO MINISTER wrote:
>>>> On Jun 5, 11:16 pm, "Danie...{at}teranews.com"
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>> MITO MINISTER wrote:
>>>>>> On Jun 4, 11:14 pm, "Danie...{at}teranews.com"
>>>>>>  wrote:
>>>>>>> MITO MINISTER wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Jun 3, 6:43 am, YourN...{at}YourISP.com
(Your Name) wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> 
>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Notice that most members are in
Europe or North America, the
>>>>>>>>>> two continents with the North
Atlantic Ocean in between them.
>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's what NATO stands for: North
Atlantic Treaty
>>>>>>>>> Organisation.  :-) 
>>>
>>>>>>>>> Since Russia isn't on the North
Atlantic ocean, there's no
>>>>>>>>> reason it would be really included in
anything but a courtesy
>>>>>>>>> way. 
>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The US is or was involved in
several other treaties:
>>>
>>>>>>>>> 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Military_alliances_invol
>>>>>>>>> ving_t... 
>>>
>>>>>>>>> Another one is ANZUS (Australia, New
Zealand, United States),
>>>>>>>>> which is somewhat still intact,
although New Zealand won't
>>>>>>>>> allow any ships with nuclear power or
weapons into it's
>>>>>>>>> waters. 
>>>
>>>>>>>> Membership in NATO is not about geography
but power politics.
>>>>>>>> See: Turkey, Greece, the Baltic states,
the Romulan Neutral
>>>>>>>> Zone, etc.. 
>>>
>>>>>>> I wouldn't put any of these in the
"Political Powerhouses" list!
>>>>>>> Of NATO or otherwise!
>>>
>>>>>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>>>> "Power politics" does not mean political
powerhouse. Are you a
>>>>>> little boy?
>>>
>>>>> No, Mito!! So, what does "Power politics"
mean then, Mito??
>>>
>>>>> Daniel
>>>
>>>> Sigh!
>>>
>>> So, what?? I'm wrong but you've got no idea what right is!!
>>>
>>> Daniel
>>
>> This is a TOS forum. Any discussion of politics with you people would
>> be a "pearls before swine" type of thing.
> 
> So sorry we are so far below the required intelligence level!!
> 
> One wonders why you are hanging out here with us plebs, then??
> 
> Daniel
> 
> 

Apparently it takes some intelligence to know how to use a period.
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