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| World War III - what, me worry? Part 1 |
| 2006-07-25 |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 The author uses the pseudonym "Chan Akya" To be "chanakyan" is to be cunning, to deceive. He probably thinks he is quite clever, the sign of an idiot. Chan Akya = "Chanakya" , the prime minister of India's first great emperor, Chandragupta Maurya, whose 4th century BC treatise on statecraft (the Arthashastra) makes Machiavelli's The Prince look like a bedtime story. Book IV “The Removal Thorns” CHAPTER IV. SUPPRESSION OF THE WICKED LIVING BY FOUL MEANS. MEASURES necessary for the protection of countries have been briefly dealt with in connection with the description of the duties of the Collector-general. We are now going to treat of in detail such measures as can remove the disturbing elements of peace. The Collector-general shall employ spies disguised as persons endowed with supernatural power, persons engaged in penance, ascetics, world trotters (chakra-chara), bards, buffoons, mystics (prachchhandaka), astrologers, prophets foretelling the future, persons capable of reading good or bad time, physicians, lunatics, the dumb, the deaf, idiots, the blind, traders, painters, carpenters, musicians, dancers, vintners, and manufacturers of cakes, flesh and cooked rice, and send them abroad into the country for espionage. The spies shall ascertain the fair or foul dealings of villagers, or of the Superintendents of villages and report the same. If any person is found to be of foul life (gúdhajÃvi), a spy who is acquainted with similar avocation shall be let loose upon him. On acquiring friendship with the suspected person who may be either a judge or a commissioner, the spy may request him that the misfortune in which a friend of the spy is involved may be warded off and that a certain amount of money may be accepted. If the judge accedes to the request, he shall be proclaimed as the receiver of bribes and banished. The same rule shall also apply to commissioners. A spy may tell the congregation of villages (grámakútam) or its superintendent that a wealthy man of wicked character is involved in some trouble and that this opportunity may be availed of to squeeze money from him. If either the one or the other complies with the spy, banishment shall be ordered under the proclamation of ‘extortion.Â’ Under the pretence of having been charged with criminal offence, a spy may, with promise of large sums money, begin to deal with false witnesses. If they agree with him, they shall be proclaimed as false witnesses and banished. Manufacturers of counterfeit coins shall also be treated similarly. Whoever is believed to secure for others the love of women by means of magical charms, drugs or ceremonials performed on cremation grounds may be approached by a spy with the request that the wife, daughter, or daughter- in-law of some one, whom the spy pretends to love may be made to return the love and that a certain amount of money may be accepted. If he consents to it, he shall be proclaimed as one engaged in witchcraft (samvadanakáraka) and banished. Similar steps may be taken against persons engaged in such witchcraft as is hurtful to others. Whoever is suspected of administering poison (rasa = mercury) to others by reason of his talking of it or selling or purchasing mercury, or using it in preparing medicines, may be approached with the tale that a certain enemy of the spy may be killed and that a certain amount of money may be received as reward. If he does so, he shall be proclaimed as a poisoner (rasada), and banished. Similar steps may be taken against those who deal with medicines prepared from madana plant. Whoever is suspected of manufacturing counterfeit coins in that he often purchases various kinds of metals, alkalis, charcoal, bellows, pincers, crucibles, stove, and hammers, has his hands and cloths dirty with ashes and smoke, or possesses such other accessory instruments as are necessary for this illegal manufacture, may be requested by a spy to take the latter as an apprentice, and being gradually betrayed by the spy, such person, on proclamation of his guilt as the manufacturer of false coins, shall be banished. Similar steps may be taken against those who lower the quality of gold by mixing it with an alloy, or deal with counterfeit gold (suvarna = coin ?) There are thirteen kinds of criminals who, secretly attempting to live by foul means, destroy the peace of the country. They shall either be banished or made to pay an adequate compensation according as their guilt is light or serious. |
| Posted by: john 2006-07-25 15:31 |
| #6 I think Newt's assessment that we are in WWIII is spot on when you look at a map of the world and highlight every place where a muslim "insurgency" is creating havoc. Its time we sent all of the press home from Iraq and Afghanistan and did the Mogul thing with 'em. You know build pyramids with heads and bury their dead in hog hides and pour boiling hot hog fat on their heads....how about napalm made with hog fat??? That would be fun. We are fighting an ethical moral war with an opponent with neither ethics, morals or a sense of decency. We are all Apostates and Infidels to them and therefore should be killed on sight. |
| Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom 2006-07-25 15:22 |
| #5 This author hasn't yet realized that India is involved in the war against Islam on their own ground. What a bird brain. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2006-07-25 11:29 |
| #4 Ditto Angie. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-07-25 10:31 |
| #3 I usually quit reading when I see the word "neo-con". When the author is a foreigner, the presence of this word is a reliable indicator of garbage. It's usually the same when the author is an American, but in those cases I read on a little bit, just to make sure. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2006-07-25 10:31 |
| #2 You got as far as I did. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-25 08:09 |
| #1 Hmmm. The Neo-con vision of triumph over Islam. You think that all of this might have something to do with the Islamist vision of victory over the West? |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2006-07-25 08:05 |