From: Michael Wiik (mwiik@messagenet.com)
Date: Thu Mar 13 2003 - 21:30:34 MST
Lee Corbin writes:
> (And I can think of only two people I know of, for sure, who
> even appreciate it, or recognize its value at all.)
Feh. I think the problem is, you and some other people take everything
so literally. Personally, I read pro-war stuff all the time, maybe not
quite as much as anti-war stuff but still quite a bit. The impression I
get is that most pro-war types -- at least those on TV -- just don't
even attempt to understand the anti-war p.o.v.
Steve Davie's post seemed to me a well-written summation, but it didn't
tell me anything I didn't know. I'd wager many extropians (except me, I
can't write) could have assembled something similar and at least halfway
decent.
I can't write that well, and if I tried, I'd make it into a fantasy
scenario where Iraq becomes a big airstrip for pre-bombing the rest of
the middle east. I'd talk about pre-bombing (SAM sites, radars, stuff
like that) even friendly countries and explain it as just preparatory
bombing in case they can't stop their internal terrorist factories
forcing us to do some bombing for real. I'd talk about how I think daily
bombing should be part of any sanctions package. And I'd conclude with
saying that I don't think we've given daily bombing enough time to work.
-Mike
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