On Sun, Mar 10, 2002 at 01:51:10PM -0500, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > The ones who prevented us from acting, and thus condemned millions of people > to death and oppression?
Their intentions were good! :-) > Who then, to make it worse, claimed that this proved they were morally > _superior_ to those Americans who were trying to act? Well, yeah, > I _do_ blame them for their stand. They bear some responsibility, > however much they twist and turn to try and avoid it, and someone > should finally call them on it. 1) Lots of talk about contempt and blame. It makes people angry but doesn't encourage rational thought and calm consideration. I don't think it is very productive. 2) On the other hand, I think it IS productive to understand why things happened the way they did, what motivated people to do what they did (good or bad), to analyze mistakes and successes, and generally to learn from the past and think about how to act in the future. This is productive and useful I'd like to see more of #2 and less of #1. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.com/
