RE: [IRAQ] RE: Name Calling vs. Ad Hominem

From: Lee Corbin (lcorbin@tsoft.com)
Date: Thu May 08 2003 - 01:49:09 MDT

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    Emlyn asks

    > Just to open up a can of worms... how do people now feel about the war,
    > given that the reason for going to war in the first place has turned out to
    > be bunk (well, lies actually, I guess).

    "The Reason". Hah!

    > If we could wind back time to before it happened, would
    > you have still supported/opposed it?

    Certainly. Here are "the reasons" I gave on January 24, in
    http://www.extropy.org/exi-lists/extropians/0301/1327.html

       But beyond giving a cruel tyranny what it deserves, there
       are the issues of

       (a) non-proliferation
       (b) support for terrorists
       (c) monopolistic control of oil
       (d) breaking treaties and agreements
       (e) ignoring U.N. security council
           resolutions

       Besides those, I'll freely admit that if the Iraqi regime
       does get overthrown, it will be a good object lesson all
       around to other "vile and murderous" nations, who may be
       more fearful in the future as regards (a), (b), (c), (d),
       and may also fear getting in the eyes of the West a bad
       reputation on rights abuses---which might even be called (f).

    So whatever the outcome of (a), I discussed here no less than
    five other reasons. I think that those reasons have stood
    the test of time, especially including (f).

    I have found that children demand *a* reason for doing
    something, and start to disbelieve you if you give more
    than one. But adults' actions are seldom undertaken for
    a single reason---it's the whole gestalt, really. The
    child is also influenced by many things, but just doesn't
    realize it.

    Lee



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