On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 10:28:49PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >On Tue, Jul 29, 2003 at 08:06:22PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > >>> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >> > On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:18:22 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote: > >> > > >> > >But that seems to be _your_ argument. If we understand why they > >> > >are angry at us and seek to act in such a way as to assuage their > >> > >anger, they won't attack us any more. What you _want_ the US to do > >> > >anyways seems to accord precisely with this. > >> > > >> > Do you feel more comfortable (or safe) never asking this question? > >> > >> What question? There isn't a question mark in the above statement. > > >Erik wrote > >I think he meant the question "why do they hate us" or something like > >that. His implication is that you haven't thought about it because it > >makes you uncomfortable. Sounds like he lives in the same world as > >David.
> Seems like self reflction got thrown out with the proverbial bath > water. Self refection doesn't mean one must act or "sell out", one > doesn't necessarily follow the other. The discussion seems to have > taken a turn that even considering why others "hate" is un'merican in > some way. I didn't see that at all. I think all of the people quoted above have thought about why terrorists might hate the US. Nevertheless, Gautam was accused of having not thought about it. On the contrary, I think Gautam has thought about it, but he obviously disagrees with the conclusion above, that we should "act in such a way as to assuage their anger, [then] they won't attack us any more". I also disagree with this conclusion. While I haven't been impressed with US diplomacy recently, I think it is absurd to conclude that terrorists would leave the US alone if the US were less unilateral. A number of good reasons were already mentioned for this in this thread, so I won't repeat them here. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
