From: ian glendinning (psybertron@gmail.com)
Date: Sat Apr 30 2005 - 07:53:01 BST
MSH
I was about to send a message to Horse asking if the Platt filter had
been inadvertantly switched-off - but then you started this one.
Powerful stuff, but despite your warning, does it not have a better
home than MoQ-Discuss.
Ian
On 4/30/05, Mark Steven Heyman <MarkHeyman@infoproconsulting.com> wrote:
> *** WARNING ***
> This topic is not directly related to the MOQ though, IMO, the issue
> of Quality is certainly involved. Proceed at your own risk!
> *** END WARNING ***
>
> On 29 Apr 2005 at 15:58, Platt Holden wrote:
>
> msh said before:
> Last I heard, Japan hadn't been moved to Southeast Asia. Would a
> quote from Richard Nixon be specific enough?
>
> "The only place you and I disagree . . . is with regard to the
> bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I (in
> contrast) don't give a damn. I don't care.". . . "I'd rather use the
> nuclear bomb. . . Does that bother you? I just want you to think big."
>
> - Richard Nixon to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on the
> Watergate tapes
>
> platt:
> Did I ever claim Nixon never drank too much?
>
> msh:
> No. But the tapes contain numerous similar quotes. Are you
> suggesting Nixon was drunk from 68 through 72? But I'm not picking
> on Nixon alone. If they were tried under the rules of Nuremberg,
> every American president since the end of WWII would be hanged...
>
> flabbergasted platt:
> That's an idea of such low quality it requires no response.
>
> msh:
> Here's the indictment filed against the Nuremberg defendents:
>
> Count One - The Common Plan or Conspiracy to wage an aggressive war
> in violation of international law or treaties.
>
> Count Two - Planning, preparation, or waging an aggressive war
>
> Count Three - War Crimes -- violations of the international rules of
> war (mistreatment of prisoners of war or civilian populations, the
> plunder of private property and the destruction of towns and cities
> without military justification). (msh: Now codified as the Geneva
> Conventions)
>
> Count Four - Crimes Against Humanity - murder, extermination,
> enslavement of civilian populations.
>
> msh:
> To anyone interested, I'll be happy to provide historical evidence
> and argument in support of the claim that, if they were tried under
> the rules of Nuremberg, every American president since the end of
> WWII would be hanged.
>
> Or, here's a link or two to get you started in your own
> investigation:
>
> http://www.chomsky.info/articles/20041217.htm
>
> http://www.chomsky.info/talks/1990----.htm
>
> But don't take Chomsky's word for it. Track down the history and
> prove it to yourself. Or, if you do some investigation and don't
> agree, I'll be happy to talk about it here.
>
> Thanks,
> Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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