From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Tue Jun 01 2004 - 17:57:42 BST
Mark, Mark, Mark . . .
Get a grip.
> Aside from the simple historical fact that American soldiers and
> "interrogators" have been every bit as torturous and murderous as any
> others, you miss the point of Chomsky's response.
Outright wrong. All you have to do is think of Stalin's gulags, Hitler's
ovens and Mao's cultural revolution to refute your "historical fact," unless
you consider making war in self-defense morally equivalent to a dictator
slaughtering dissidents.
> The argument he refutes is a simple and very common one: What I do
> is OK, as long as others are doing worse.
The problem is he doesn't refute it at all. He just claims there's no
difference between barking like a dog and having your tongue cut out. Put in
a position of having a choice, which would you prefer?
At this point I almost was going to make a crack about you whacking something
too much, but I'll refrain in the interests of good taste. :-)
Best,
Platt
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