From: Damien Broderick (thespike@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Feb 20 2003 - 22:16:07 MST
To my amazement, Ron h. says:
> thespike@earthlink.net writes: Seriously, this country Iraq was
> hit first by the USA and its UN allies. Now it sees a man whose father
has hit it
> personally in the past, bringing forth the weapons to hit it
> again. So it has decided to hit his nation first. Is that so illogical?
> Damien,
> If you are trying to say that the US hit Sadaam first then
> your syntax may or may not be good but your facts are seriously faulty.
I did NOT say that, nor was I trying to say that. What I said was:
> there could be an equal and opposite analysis also in play:
[trimming the above misleadingly decontextualized quote]
and I added, as plainly as I could:
>this is not *my* personal view; it is my guess at the view of the bad man
I conclude that Eliezer was correct; nothing is gained in such exchanges
except the piling up of noise and pointless rancor. I'm stopping too (if I
can restrain myself).
Damien Broderick
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