----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Sloan II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 1:26 PM Subject: Re: Is It Time to Pray for War in the Middle East?
> "J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > > This must be one of the most disgusting things I have ever > > read on this list. War is something that always results in > > tremendous amount of pain and suffering on all sides (not > > to mention the effect it tends to have on the economies of > > the parties involved); > > Obviously. But in some situations, there will be even worse > suffering if a war *does* not happen. I don't know if that's > true in this case, but there have certainly been cases, like > World War II, where the enemy will cause far worse suffering > than any war, if they are not stopped. Indeed, it was obvious to the casual observer that this is the point JDG was making. It is reasonable to dispute that point, but I don't see why one should ignore it in a reply. Especially when one wishes others to squint really hard to see one's own points. Dan M.
