At 12:10 26-5-01 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
> >Puh-lease. Why should they have any less right to defend themselves?
> >Because they weren't capitalists? Because they were called "evil"? (What do
> >you think the West was called in the Eastern Block, huh? Exactly: evil.)
>
>Big difference. The USSR *was* evil. We were not.
The Soviet Union didn't think so...
>More to the point - the issue you are ignoring is that the USSR was *not*
>solely engaged in self-defence. They were an aggressive empire which
>threatened its neighbours. I know of no moral system that characterizes
>attacks on weaker neighbours as "self-defence." Big difference #2.
The SU didn't attack their neighbours in self-defence -- self-defence is
something you do when you are attacked or see a bully (the US) coming your
way. The SU's only act of self-defence was building up troops at the
borders with the West.
> >>Geesh, Jeroen, you sound like Weyoun defending the Dominion.
> >
> >Jeez, thanks for the compliment! :)
> >
> >Well, Weyoun *is* one of my favourite characters on ST:DS9. I find him
> >quite fascinating...
>
>Sort of in the way that Goebbels was fascinating......
Well, surely you will agree that the bad guys on ST are far more
interesting than those ever-benevolent, politically correct (and therefore
rather boring) Starfleet people...
Jeroen
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