You don't make plans with financial forecasts to repair damage your planning (but have not yet begun) to cause... You hope you don't feel the need to cause the damage and then if and when you do _then_ and only then do you begin planning reconstruction. Forecasting the reconstruction doesn't work (you can't know what damage will be done or what it will cost to fix it, not mentioning the irreparable damage of lives lost, etc), and serves only to justify your own intended damaging actions, prior to the time when you feel it is necessary to actually perform those actions. Between the time of the forecast and the time of the act any number of things could happen, but you're much more likely to ignore changes in the landscape or climate in response to the fact that you already have planned the outcome of causing injury (not to mention the fact that people are planning their own lives and jobs and finances around this event). Which also marginalizes the person or people you're planning to injure. That's why it's evil.
"I'm sorry, I know you solved the problem, but we've got several hundred people who're going to be out of a job unless we bomb at least one of your cities." I reaize that's an extreme statement, and it's said sarcastically, I know that wouldn't happen, but that's the exageration to make it humorous (and thus somewhat diffuse this message). :) ike ------ Original Message ------ From: Marwan Saidi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Aug 28, 2003 02:30 PM Subject: Re: From the Washington Post: Halliburton's Deals Greater Than Th ought >>Sounds ok to me, if the guy whose face your about to smash in had ttacked >>you and you were defending your self and your family. > >>Tim > >Oh, Tim, please don't tell me you went there. You are a smart guy... remind me, when >was it that Saddam attacked the United States? I foggily remember an attack on >Kuwait, and I remember something about Iran, but for the life of me I cannot recall >when we had the Iraqi navy upon our shores and their air force in our skies. > >Please don't play the "he was about to attack" or "he could attack at any time" >cards, they don't do well here. Fact is, no matter how ruthless and evil Saddam is, >he is also very smart. I highly doubt that he would have had the stones to directly >attack the US, he knew the consequences. Unlike the freaks in Al-Qaeda and other >fundamentalist groups, I doubt that Saddam was ready to die for any cause. You see, >his cause was simply himself and his power. People like that are too attached to >themselves to risk their own lives. So don't try to tell me that he was on the verge >of an attack on the United States. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
