At 04:06 PM 10/16/2004 -0700 David Brin wrote: >But let's be fair. If infanticide were legal, a ten % >drop in the rate would not stop you from being boiling >mad. The real problem isn't pragmatic but >philosophical. As romantics, each neocon subgroup >must go for a whole loaf, never part of one. >Compromise is for enlightenment humanists.
So, would you argue that "compromise" is the appropriate long-term solution to genocide, fascisim, communism, islamic fundamentalist jihadism, and racist segregation? Or should enlightened humanists always maintain a long-term goal of complete victory in those cases? JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
