--- "J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > Gautam Mukunda wrote: <snipped most>
> >Incidentally, the profound racism of the opponents > of the war - people who > >basically claim that Arabs don't want to be free, > deserve to live under the > >rule of someone like Saddam, and that a single > American/British life isn't > >worth freeing millions of Arabs - is something that > I haven't seen explored nearly enough. > > Millions of people around the world are protesting > the war. What evidence > do you have that they are the profound racists you > claim they are? It > sounds more like White House propaganda than fact. > > >Those of us in favor of freedom should not be > afraid to name freedom's > >enemies as the bigots that they actually are. > > You know, we peace lovers think exactly the same > thing. The only difference > is that we see Bush and those who support him as > bigots and enemies of freedom. I'm curious about the accusation of racism and bigotry. If 'not fighting to free Iraqis' is racist, then what is ignoring the torture and killings going on in Sudan and Zimbabwe? Is there justification for calling intervention in the Balkans but not Rwanda a racist policy? If the argument is that the Balkans and Iraq are economically and strategically important to the US, but Africa is not, could that be interpreted as racist? <<5] Presumption - arrogance is expected in anyone > who excels, but to > dismiss all who do not hold your views as > weak-minded or stupid is excessive.>> Thread Crossover Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
