From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Fri Jun 06 2003 - 07:39:22 MDT
MaxPlumm@aol.com wrote,
> If you had taken a moment to step off the Condescension Express, Mr.
Newstrom,
> you might have noticed that I never once mentioned President Bush in my
> original reply to Damien.
That's just plain misleading. While it is true you didn't mention
President Bush by name, you clearly criticized Damien's concern with
"American missteps" and suggested he research "the Saddam Hussein regime"
instead. You even list other evil regimes as well.
> I have never read a post of Damien's in which he refers to a Vietnamese
Communist
> "re-education camp omelette", a Castro or Mengistu's "famine omelette",
or even
> a Saddam Hussein's "oily omelette". The crude criticism is reserved
solely for
> the Bush administration.
The current thread is about the Iraq war. It is unfair to attack Damien
for not criticizing other regimes that are not involved.
> So clearly your analysis that
> my thinking consists of Bush=good, arrogant extropians=evil is clearly
incorrect.
> If anyone is guilty of oversimplification in this instance, it is clearly
you.
I don't think so. The more you rail against communists in other regimes
instead of discussing Iraq, the more I think you are using binary thinking
of "us-versus-them" to lump all of "them" together.
> Since it is apparent you are more than willing to share your ever cogent
and
> not the slightest bit pretentious insights with us, Mr. Newstrom, I
humbly
> request that you tell me how my "position" as an anti-communist (indeed,
> everyone's favorite at that) is so flawed.
This is the oversimplification I am talking about. Where in the world did
you get the idea that I thought your anti-communist position was flawed?
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISM, CISSP, IAM, IBMCP, GSEC Certified InfoSec Manager, Certified IS Security Pro, NSA-certified Infosec Assessment Method, IBM-Certified Security Consultant Pro, SANS GIAC Security <HarveyNewstrom.com> <Newstaff.com>
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