From: matus (matus@snet.net)
Date: Thu Mar 27 2003 - 16:57:32 MST
"Emotional reactions, indeed."
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 14:07:35 -0500, matus <matus@snet.net> wrote:
> "You can argue all you want that it could have been much worse, but
> ensuring
> a large number of survivors who have been grossly damaged by you is going
> to
> make you LOTS of enemies."
> AND
> "People that you kill aren't going to hurt you."
>
> So you would basically prefer that the US just outright Nuke baghdad, and
> therefore just kill people they would otherwise just make angry?
"I think you're blinded somehow (emotion?) from understanding what he's
saying here. Consider the immediately-below thing you also quoted."
> "I consider this war to be immoral from the start, but I also consider
> that
> it's being conducted in a way that is almost designed to create a large
> number of bitter enemies."
"A fairly plain reading of these two texts suggests that [charles] matus is
describing consequences, *not* expressing a preference. Can you not see
this?"
I could see that, and I indeed called him to task in that in the following
question, which I believe was the very next sentance which you cut off,
where I said "That being said, which manner would you prefer it be conducted
(if it is to be conducted anyway), massive civilian causalties, or taking
great care to reduce such casualties? You seem to merely acknowledge the
different manners, but not state which you would prefer." Charles went on a
paragraph or two long tangent about how by merely injuring Iraqis we are
breeding more hatred than if we just outright killed them.
Michael Dickey (aka matus)
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