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- Subject: Re: Raid Started
- Message-ID: <1993Jan25.104746.7197@pimacc.pima.edu>
- From: ppugliese@pimacc.pima.edu
- Date: 25 Jan 93 10:47:45 -0700
- References: <1juu0nINNm1n@morrow.stanford.edu>
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- In article <1juu0nINNm1n@morrow.stanford.edu>, BL.JYC@forsythe.stanford.edu (Jon Corelis) writes:
- > In article <727731421.AA08134@csource.oz.au>,
- > Alan.Sawyer@f158.n633.z3.fidonet.org (Alan Sawyer) writes:
- >
- >
- > I think it's an index of how really indefensible our armed forces'
- > actions in Iraq are that the only way people can figure out how to
- > defend them is by coming up with two classic statements of moral
- > cowardice: ......<deleted>
- >
-
- Guess you haven't been paying veryclose attention to this list or the
- media. A large number of other "defenses" have been offered.
-
- > I'm not a pacifist. There is legitimate need for waging war some
- > times, but this is not one of them. And there is a morally respectable
- > defense for inflicting civilian casualties in time of necessary war.
- > That defense is: civilian deaths are regrettable and should be
- > minimized, but they are acceptable and justifiable because they are an
- > unavoidable consequence of military action which we must undertake to
- > prevent our country from being ... [supporters of the current vicious
- ^^^^^
- OUR country, as distinguished from "THOSE" people living in
- "THOSE" other countries? You know, the ones that don't matter
- according to your statement.
-
- > insanity are invited to try to complete this sentence for the present
- > case in some way that makes convincing sense.]
-
- Then there's the folks that will take any opportunity to create an excuse
- to justify doing nothing. It's called "weaseling out", BTW.
-
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