At 15:52 26-5-01 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
>Both yourself, and Kat, seem somehow unable to see the differences in
>"badness" between the actions of the USSR and USA.
I, and I think Kat as well, do see differences in "badness" between the
actions of the SU and the USA. Our views however are somewhat more nuanced
than your black-and-white "USA good, SU evil" view.
> >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.
>
>And the fact that the people of Hungary and Czech Republica *wanted* the US
>to come rumbling in has no bearing? How it self-defence to keep people
>from getting what they want? It doesn't add up.
You haven't been reading what I wrote, have you? The self-defence I'm
talking about is the build-up of forces at the Iron Curtain, which was done
to defend the Soviet Union's sphere of influence. Whether the people of
Hungary (or any other country) wanted the US to invade is something
entirely different.
> >> >>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...
>
>I didn't disagree....... You simply said it was a compliment.
>
>If you enjoy being fascinating in the way that Weyoun and Goebbels were
>fascinating..... well, may God have mercy on your soul.
You really should read that post again, John. I never claimed I consider
myself "fascinating", I said I was fascinated. More precisely, I said
"Weyoun *is* one of my favourite characters on ST:DS9. I find him quite
fascinating...".
Jeroen
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