Re: MD Heroes, ethnocentrism, Qualtiy, and War

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Sat Mar 15 2003 - 15:17:36 GMT

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    Hi Andy:

    > You ask: Where? as in progress toward world opinions against dictators and
    > unelected leaders with guns.
    >
    > Andy: In the anti-war protest in the US and around the world.

    Since when are the protests against the dictator Saddam, an unelected
    leader possessing not only guns but weapons of mass murder he has
    used on his own people?

    > You ask: Where do you see better constitutional protections than in the
    > U.S.?
    >
    > Andy: Probably most European countries, and also America 20 years ago, 10
    > years ago, 6 months ago. More importantly, this would what we could
    > improve on in the future through dreaming

    Please specify which European countries have better constitutional
    protections and identify such protections. Also, how was the U.S.
    Constitution better 6 months ago? In your dreams, what provisions
    would you add to our constitution to make it better?
     
    > You ask: Which of the following wars would you not have fought?
    >
    > American Revolution
    > Civil War
    > World War II against Germany
    > World War II against Japan
    > Korean War
    > Gulf War
    >
    > Andy: This is the wrong question. The question I would ask is what can we
    > learn from the experience of each of these wars to avoid the needless loss
    > of life in the future. There were certainly many mistakes in each of these
    > wars which we could avoid in the future.

    Mistakes? Like what. Not fighting those wars? Why do avoid the
    question?

    Platt

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