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Why yes Ron, I am average... oops, not what you were refering to I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Tom you definately are a trusting soul I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

True there are some people that did not die immediately, but suffered irradiation poisoning, but we must say some. Stop and look at the society that Japan had for 20 or so years before the US entrance in the war. Miitary. It was ingrained in their school childern from very early on. That equals to a generation of people who all that they really understand is miltary rule and conflict. Around the same time as the introduction of the early indoctrination of school children into miltary thought, they reintrodced, nay, reemphasied the importance of teh code of Bushido, the warrior code. Ths after the ruling parties had long ago decreed that for the country to become more western that all of the samuri should give up their traditional dress and ponytails, for the more western three-piece suit and bowler cap. Now these changes were made by an empire hungry regime that had to much pride to agree to stipulations made by those that it would trade with, so they began an aggressie war. Not very bright thinking for a government. We know have a country that has been militarized and a prideful government, throw into the mix the fact that the people, the citzenry, the Cincinatus of Japan were already a people with a strong devotion to the honor of the family and the land, much more so than to there desire to live. From this we get the Banzai charges, and the Kamakazi (sp?) pilots, derived late in the war. Of these two suicide missions the most significant is the banzai charge since it was the lowest soldier, uncommanded that would dash do his death against a winning enemy instead of being captured and dishonored. I say that they are the most significant since it was a spur of the moment decision not like the "Divine Wind" Pilot who knew days in advance what his mission was to be. Now if we take into the lowly grunts actions, the split second choices, and look at the amazing frequency of these charges. We see the same rationale, maybe with a broader idea of the facts of the histroy then were avaiable at the time, but there were numerous reports of the banzai charges, and conclusions were made. If the regular infantry, the combat medic, the signal officer and teh quater master would bansai into the here after, what would stop the baker, the buthcer, the phamacist from doing the same if the allies had ever invaded mainland Japan? Yes the US dropped two atomic weapons, (the only two in existence) and yes many people were killed. Many died after, but is that not better than having a war waged in which everyone dies, not just what is neccesary to end the conflict. yes the US killed many Japanese, in the atomic attacks, but if that war would have remained conventional, the simpole truth is that the number of casualties,on both sides, would have far ecxeeded the ones from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Oh, by the way, Japan seems to have attacked the US, because we would not trade with them until they ended agressive acts in China,(look into that if you really want a true perspective concerning Japanese thought at the time... massacre). But yes, Japan attacked the US since we would not send them materials to aid their aggressive war. Admiral Fujimoto, I think said it best, "I fear that all we have done is to anger a sleeping giant." Sorry, for the lenght ,but if history is to be debated, it should also be factual I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

2.604 Mbps (333.33 KBps) Uh, I like my connection here at work, I took the speedometer past the marked numbers I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Psssst...There is life beyond DZ.com...unless it's a rainy day... Not when I'm at work, believe me... if I did not have to be at work right now, do you think that I, as a 24 year old Southern male, who is getting married in the Spring would be here online, and not out cavorting around the town... on a Friday night? Nope, I didn't think that you would I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Glad that I am not the only one who believes what is written on the internet. Seriously, look at the source and do you really feel that they are unbiased groups/orginaztions. I just think that the further left of a situation you look, the more horrendous the accusations against the US are going to be and the more sanctified that poor, angelic innocent madman Hussein is I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Viking I would urge Caution in this endeavor of yours, use care when insulting the state of Louisana, remember it is filled with Coonasses and they are not wired like the rest of us polite and civil Southerners I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Chuck, if you mean that video, as in wedding nite, eeeeeeeeewwwww, she is one skanky thing, FUGLY breasts, skeezy persona. You very brave man, monkey ONE I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

PM'd ya I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

I found the article Freedom of Speech, in Certain Quarters Bush Protester Goes to Jail By ERIC KENNETH WARD Brett Bursey watched Air Force One land at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport around noon on Oct. 25 as he sat in a paddy wagon with his hands cuffed behind his back en route to the Lexington County jail. Within minutes, as Bursey was being booked on a trespassing charge, President Bush took to a podium in a hangar at the airport and delivered a speech to some 4,400 cheering South Carolinians. Bush offered praise and asked for support for Palmetto State Republican candidates in the Nov. 5 elections. He extolled the freedoms of America. And he described Iraqi President Saddam Hussein as a threat to peace who hates the United States. To Bursey, director of the S.C. Progressive Network, the president’s rhetoric about freedom echoed with Orwellian irony. Bursey had gone to the airport with about 15 other people to protest what they see as the president’s misguided attempt to launch the nation into a war against Iraq. Employing the constitutional rights of freedom of speech and assembly, the demonstrators carried signs with slogans like “No War for Oil” and “No Weapons of Mass Distraction.” The protesters took up various positions. Bursey, joined by a few others, chose a spot along a road that the presidential convoy would travel on to the airport. The road was lined with a far greater number of Bush supporters who had signs of their own. That’s when things went awry. Airport police confronted Bursey and his colleagues standing beside the road and told them they had to move to a “designated free speech zone,” according to the protesters and a spokeswoman for the airport. Bursey’s companions obliged, but Bursey didn’t. As Bursey tells it, he asked the cops if the reason they wanted him to move was the content of his anti-war sign. The police said yes and again asked him to relocate, to which Bursey replied, “I am in the free speech zone. I’m in America.” Not amused, airport officers arrested Bursey and charged him with trespassing after notice. “He was located in an area that was considered a buffer or a security zone,” airport spokeswoman Lynne Douglas says. Asked whether Bursey was targeted because of his sign, Douglas says, “I’m not aware of that conversation.” One thing is certain: Airport police are more accustomed to listening to planes take off and land than dealing with protesters and making arrests. Of the thousands of people who’ve passed through the airport this year, airport police have arrested 12 including Bursey, Douglas says, adding that most of the others were for DUI or failing to return rental cars. The day after his arrest, Bursey was released on a personal recognizance bond. He says he will ask for a jury trial and has “no doubt” that he will be acquitted because he was on public property. “The whole notion of having free speech zones is contrary to the tradition of America,” Bursey says. “I mean it’s not a question of security. It’s a matter of shutting up the opposition.” In the late 1960s, Bursey was arrested under similar circumstances. He fought the charges all the way to the S.C. Supreme Court, which threw out his case. Bursey says that by establishing designated protest areas far removed from the locations of presidential visits, Bush employs the Secret Service as “an advance political team” to disperse critics and weaken their message. “I mean free speech is not a crime,” he says. “The sign is not a crime.” Neil Dolan, special agent in charge of the state office of the Secret Service, did not return several calls. Douglas says the demonstration site for Bush’s visit was in front of the airport. “It would have been seen,” she says. Michael Berg, a Columbia resident who took part in the protest, says he was appalled at such police-state tactics. “The message was clearly, ‘You are not allowed to be here unless you are wholeheartedly supporting the president,’” Berg says. “Every place, as soon as we arrived, we were threatened with immediate arrest.” Using a legal standard that the government is prohibited from violating someone’s rights under the color of law, Bursey says he will bring a civil lawsuit in federal court against Bush, the Secret Service and the airport police in an attempt to establish a precedent that squelching dissent is unconstitutional I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

While not entirely all the things you said will warrant you doing time, Thomas Jefferson said it best, "My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins." Now the part that I do not want to do. Thomas is right. Just a few weeks ago, the President, came to the hangar where I work on the campaign trail. Granted there where numerous people here in support of the candidate for which he was campaigning, but there were others who stood out on public property (ie the right of way on either side of a state road) in front of our hangar, with signs condemming the US's propsed war with Iraq, carrying signs that said to keep us out of Irag and what not. The local police asked them to refrain from demonstrating and to move to the "free speech area" WTF??? A Free Speech Area, what about the right to public assembly or the freedom of speech. It would not have been such a sour note, except that the police did not require the demonstrators holding signs in support of the President, only those that had differing oppinions to move. To cut to the chase, only one of the anti-war with Iraq protestors, stayed, and subsequently went to jail for trespassing. TRESPASSING??? on a public right of way (ie the goddamned side walk?) Yes this man lost his freedom of speech, and went to jail for saying the wrong thing. I can attest to it, I watched it happen, I also respect the man who went to jail for the Bill of Rights. My country, may she always be in the right, but my country, right or wrong! I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Sounds to me as the gauntlet has been thrown, eh Erno? I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

ooooh Billvon is your closet competitor? Eeek!! Wait are we judging by numbers and substaintial content or just sheer numbers? I think that I will have to refer you back to the Little Engine I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

don't get discouraged Viking, just remember the Little Engine that Could I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

just call me a post whore in training oh Great Sage O' the West j/k And spank you very much Shrew

My 1000th post just snuck up on me and I just could not wait for something that I may (or may not) know something about to reply to. Whew. What a wonderful journey it was.

considering the amount of hot air produced by region, I think it would either have to be California, Texas, Florida, or Georgia here in the States I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Ever seen a bear which is not mortally wounded but is hurt nonetheless? Ever hear them bellow? That intensity level, and if I were the screaming kind, I'd've put that bear to shame... Ciels- Michele I swear, every time you post something it is fun read, I think that I am going to have to keep annoyin gyuo so that you will write more I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Mark, he also has a counter up for how long until Crystal arrives Days:1, hours:26 minutes:6 secs:30 Uh 26 hours, woudn't that make the count 2 days, 2 hours etc? I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

well, shucks *walks off sullenly* I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Mich, pray tell, exactly how does that feel

Just trying to decide if you have something really important to say and noone is listening hence the talking to a wall, or are you just drunk, lonely or confused? I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Dude, when you hit Z-hills, watch out for the Bomb Squad, and if you meet Randy, tell him that the cast and crew from Blue Sky Adventures said ," Hello, Wally's wife." I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Bwahahah! Well, there's an oxymoron if I've ever seen one! Geez. Turn somebody green and they start calling people names. It's not name calling if it's true. And it is true, just as my Dad I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle

Welcome to the Jungle, hope you enjoy our little sanitarium. woohoo, I beat Skymama welcoming someone I'm not afriad of dying, I'm afraid of never really living- Erin Engle