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| Dane-geld | |
| 2004-03-22 | |
Dane-geld (A.D. 980-1016) Rudyard Kipling IT IS always a temptation to an armed and agile nation, To call upon a neighbour and to say:â âWe invaded you last nightâwe are quite prepared to fight, Unless you pay us cash to go away.â And that is called asking for Dane-geld, And the people who ask it explain That youâve only to pay âem the Dane-geld And then youâll get rid of the Dane! It is always a temptation to a rich and lazy nation, To puff and look important and to say:â âThough we know we should defeat you, we have not the time to meet you. We will therefore pay you cash to go away.â And that is called paying the Dane-geld; But weâve proved it again and again, That if once you have paid him the Dane-geld You never get rid of the Dane. It is wrong to put temptation in the path of any nation, For fear they should succumb and go astray, So when you are requested to pay up or be molested, You will find it better policy to says:â âWe never pay any one Dane-geld, No matter how trifling the cost, For the end of that game is oppression and shame, And the nation that plays it is lost!â | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #50 Excellent poem. Most aproppriate! Fred said, "Don't bother replying to Boris anymore. All lhis comments are going bye-bye." GOOD! Please ban Boris, too! |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-3-22 7:59:18 PM |
| #49 Thanks, Fred. Works for me! Boris has given trolls a bad name. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-3-22 6:00:41 PM |
| #48 Thanks, Fred. |
| Posted by: growler 2004-3-22 5:47:34 PM |
| #47 Ah,stupid if you have not filed for a copy write you have know copy write. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-3-22 4:14:01 PM |
| #46 Anonymous That's embarrassing! No one was supposed to notice . . . |
| Posted by: cingold 2004-3-22 3:25:52 PM |
| #45 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 3:22:41 PM |
| #44 Did anyone hear something? It must have been the wind. |
| Posted by: Lil Dhimmi 2004-3-22 3:05:00 PM |
| #43 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 3:03:26 PM |
| #42 #33 Don't bother replying to Boris anymore. All lhis comments are going bye-bye. Yeah! Thank you, thank you! I hope itâs automated, though (thank God for programming). Especially if it is not, AGAIN, THANKS FOR FLUSHING THE SCUM . . . The slimy inanity was getting really tiring -- and he never would respond to serious questions -- like why would a Serb support the mindset and philosophy of Ante Pavelic and the Ustase. I BET REAL SERBS HATE GUYS LIKE THAT. |
| Posted by: cingold 2004-3-22 2:46:05 PM |
| #41 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 2:40:05 PM |
| #40 Bridges as a swap? Of course! I am a reasonable man. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-22 2:26:37 PM |
| #39 Bridges as a swap? Of course! I am a reasonable man. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-22 2:26:30 PM |
| #38 Caddies finished one and two. What was really cool was that the second place car stalled at the start (Jews?) and had to chase down the field. Strange seeing Cadilacs with Corvette motors just blowing Corvettes away. Riverfront property eh? Will you take a bridge as a swap? |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-3-22 2:21:30 PM |
| #37 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 2:02:58 PM |
| #36 Missed it Lucky... My TiVo has died and I was forced to get up at 2:00 a.m. eastern to watch F1 in Malaysia.... the rest of the family made sure I wasn't going to be able to watch both Sebring (I hear roumor this is the very, very, very, very last one) and F1 in the morn. I was a mere child at Sebring when the pretty white flipper car showed up. And if you think Jim Hall built this car in Texas... I have riverfront property for you. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-22 12:33:45 PM |
| #35 I've got to get some Kipling, check the spelling and all. Here's some off topic. Did anybody see the Cadilac CTS-V blow doors off everbody at Sebring yesterday. Thats a mean ride. |
| Posted by: Lucky 2004-3-22 11:59:59 AM |
| #34 Howzat work, Bulldog? |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-3-22 11:36:14 AM |
| #33 Don't bother replying to Boris anymore. All lhis comments are going bye-bye. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-3-22 11:35:14 AM |
| #32 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 11:34:41 AM |
| #31 RC, he is free to use my comparison of him to a dumpster diving beggar from the other day. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2004-3-22 11:22:02 AM |
| #30 Boris, if you repost our comments, you WILL be violating copyrights. Not a threat, just a statement. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-22 11:16:06 AM |
| #29 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 11:08:40 AM |
| #28 As someone with a manic-depressive in my family, I can safely say this Boris guy is off his meds. Ignore him totally, rather than letting yourself get sucked into his private hell. |
| Posted by: growler 2004-3-22 11:06:27 AM |
| #27 Ooops, ignore the website link. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-3-22 10:59:54 AM |
| #26 Can't Boris's posts and comments simply be deleted as soon they're noticed, Fred? They're getting a little tiresome... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-3-22 10:58:47 AM |
| #25 For once, Mucky posted something I agree with. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-22 10:38:48 AM |
| #24 everytime i sit on the can i make a little boris. |
| Posted by: muck4doo 2004-3-22 10:35:44 AM |
| #23 BTW, Boris, I've never posted a single comment on any of your sites; I've never even looked at them. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-22 10:34:55 AM |
| #22 Bob! You fool everybody who's anybody knows RC is really Bedwettian, you are so behind the curve you're going to get an earache. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-22 10:33:00 AM |
| #21 And so Boris highlights a difference between itself and myself: I'm not afraid to state who I am. Boris remains a coward, afraid of the shadows. Are you trying to intimidate me, Boris? How? By posting information that's publicly available? Gosh, that's scary! Next thing you know, he'll claim I'm a Kurd! |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-22 10:32:51 AM |
| #20 Today I took a really big poop. I thought I was turning inside out! Dang it! It's Bob Graham isn't it? I knew it. Just trying to stir up interest in his VP bid, typical. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-22 10:30:15 AM |
| #19 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 10:29:20 AM |
| #18 Anyone else see the humor in a barely-literate piece of cowardly shit like Boris saying Kipling was illiterate? And remember, Boris, editing your spew to remove the judenhass is perfectly legal, because it makes you look better than you really are. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-22 10:20:40 AM |
| #17 Well said Fred! |
| Posted by: phil_b 2004-3-22 10:19:17 AM |
| #16 Ummm... No, Boris. I had a "public" (unmoderated) board until you came along. Now I have a moderated board that'll stay that way. Rantburg's my property. I wrote the software, bought the server, pay for the hosting. I have no obligation to let anyone post here but me. Obviously you have a problem with the concept of private property and you find it more enjoyable to post here than on your own ugly-ass websites. That doesn't mean you're allowed to do that. Your rights stop where mine begin. And pretending not to be Boris is silly. "Boris? Who's Boris!" Piss off. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-3-22 10:11:54 AM |
| #15 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 10:04:01 AM |
| #14 As best as I can tell, Boris the coward is under the belief that editing his spew represents a "moral rights" violation of his copyright. However, that type of violation is really only a violation if it is shown that doing so harms the author's reputation, and really amounts to a defamation case. How someone who posts anti-semitic screends could claim that having those screeds replaced with toilet humor would harm their reputation is a mystery to me... Moral Rights Basics The right of integrity bars intentional distortion, mutilation, or other modification of a work if that distortion is likely to harm the author's reputation, and prevents the destruction of any work of recognized stature. Removing antisemitic crap and replacing it with potty humor is more likely to HELP the reputation of the author, not harm it, and it's hard to believe that blog comments in any way constitute "work of recognized stature". |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-22 9:57:37 AM |
| #13 He's so thin-skinned! |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-3-22 9:50:26 AM |
| #12 No one's liable for anything, coward. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-22 9:44:56 AM |
| #11 Well, Boris... If it'll make you happy. |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-3-22 9:44:17 AM |
| #10 Hey, asshat, Kipling wrote it as "Dane-geld". Maybe if you got out of your parents' basement once in a while, you'd know these things. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-22 9:42:23 AM |
| #9 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 9:42:06 AM |
| #8 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 9:27:16 AM |
| #7 Hey, coward, when you post on someone else's machine, they can do as they please. It's their property, not yours. Also, how can deleting someone's crap be a copyright violation? |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2004-3-22 9:26:41 AM |
| #6 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 9:21:01 AM |
| #5 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 9:13:01 AM |
| #4 Sorry if I am behind on this, but has anyone complained to this dipshit, gentile warrior's ISP? I'm betting that his anti-semitic hate site probably violates the usage agreement. Pertinent information on this creep: Registrant: Boris Pribich P.O. Box 1154 Simi Valley, California 93062 United States pribich@gte.net pribich@gte.net Domain servers in listed order: NS103.EHOSTPROS.COM NS104.EHOSTPROS.COM |
| Posted by: AllahHateMe 2004-3-22 9:13:00 AM |
| #3 [Off-topic or abusive comments deleted] |
| Posted by: Removed 2004-3-22 8:52:29 AM |
| #2 I don't think so. After all RK was an appologist bootlicking lackey of the Britsh Imperialists. Just ask any card carrying Lefty. |
| Posted by: Cheddarhead 2004-3-22 6:28:19 AM |
| #1 Lol! Nice one, Dr Steve... Geez, I wonder if it'll have the same spunk and impact when translated into Spanish. Whaddya think? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-3-22 5:06:28 AM |