In a message dated 9/28/02 11:36:56 PM GMT Daylight Time, pholden@sc.rr.com
writes:
> Hi David, Paco, All:
>
> David:
> > Moral clarity? The phrase "axis of evil" is simple enough that everyone
> can
> > understand it, especially since the nations on that axis have been
> > demonized for many years. On a conventional level, in a John Wayne sort
> of
> > way, on a social level it sits well. As a foreign policy statement,
> > however, it is hopelessly stupid. Its irrational.
>
> You want moral clarity? You want intelligent? You want rational? Try
> this, from Lila, Chap. 24:
>
> "And this is a war in which intellect, to end the paralysis of society, has
>
> to know whose side it is on, and support that side, never undercut it.
> Where biological values are undermining social values, intellectuals
> must identify social behavior, no matter what its ethnic connection, and
> support it all the way without restraint. Intellectuals must find
> biological
> behavior, no matter what its ethnic connection, and limit or destroy
> destructive biological patterns with complete moral ruthlessness, the
> way a doctor destroys germs, before those biological patterns destroy
> civilization itself."
>
> Clear, cogent, conclusive.
>
> Platt
>
Hello Platt,
Are the patterns Dubya Bush supports conducive to moral authority?
All the best,
Squonk.
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