Dan Minette wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeffrey Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 2:31 PM > Subject: Re: Secret Military Tribunals > > > ..so because a government like Pakistan that was threatened by our > > President agrees with us, we should go bomb Afghanistan? You know, a > > whole bunch of people used to agree that the earth was flat, but that > > didn't make it true. > > > **snip a ton of verbage that doesn't address any point**
> So, let me ask you, why do you think you can dismiss the consensus > understanding? (IMHO you did more than argue against it, you dismissed it.) No, I did not dismiss it. Look, there's been no proof shown to anyone not sworn to secrecy on the matter. I'm supposed to just shut up and trust the same people who continually show themselves to be untrustworthy? Its my job as a skeptical citizen to question the government. > In the next post, I'll discuss how broad the consensus is and some of the > reasons for it. More power to you. -j- -- "O! for a Muse of fire, that would ascend, The brightest heaven of invention!"
