From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!rabbit!jj Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Re: Reagan,Libya,G.Sidra,insanity - (nf) Article-I.D.: rabbit.669 Posted: Sat Aug 7 14:02:37 1982 Received: Sun Aug 8 00:26:47 1982 References: uiucdcs.313 hplabs.618 I think we've seen enough arguement about the difference between Khaddafi and Reagan. While it is clear to any reasonable person that sailing through a part of the sea that has been considered open sea for 250 years (since tripoli, etc. was first destroyed) is a reasonable act, there are clearly a few people who will keep on posting deliberately misleading arguements otherwise. I don't know what they have to prove, but they are clearly willing to show their basic lack of reason in the process. For the record, the entire gulf has been considered "High Sea" ever since the original pirate kingdoms were destroyed. The fact that Khaddafi wants to reestablish a pirate state certainly doesn't change the fact that the rest of the world will ignore him, and resist if he trys to stake his claim by murder. Replying to the arguement that the act of sailing into the gulf was deliberate provocation: The provocation was ONLY in the mind of the (admittedly insane) person who was attempting to reestablish his pirate state. If that constitutes deliberate provocation, so does trying to hospitalize any other murderous paranoid, and we are all guilty for not allowing them to run loose among the rest of society. I suggest that the reasonable persons on the net just drop the arguement, since there is little more to be said, since this arguement has become nothing other than a recognized forum for unreason. Whatever your viewpoint of Reagan, making a comparison between him and an acknowleged madman is going to help no-one, including Reagan's detractors. Remember: "Discord among the ranks serves only the enemy." (Who said that, trivia lovers?)