I have a freeway and a high voltage power line in my back yard...I'm OK 
with them.  I realize they're necessary for the community.  But not suicide 
bombers...I draw the line there.

John Lee





At 02:37 PM 3/22/06 +0000, John Dunlop wrote:
>John Lee wrote :
> > Reality to me, as I told one of my daughters last night, is that the car
> > bombs are being planted in Iraq and not in the USA.
>
>There's an acronym for that attitude : NIMBY.
>
>or Not In My Back Yard.
>
>NIMBY (NIM.bee) acronym. A person who hopes or seeks to keep some dangerous or
>unpleasant feature out of his or her neighborhood. —NIMBYism (NIM.bee.iz.um)
>noun. The attitude of such a person.
>
>or "What the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve"
>or "Out of sight, out of mind"
>
>all phrases for "turning a blind eye".
>
>Doesn't mean it's not happening.
>
>Cheers,
>
>John
>
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