Vince wrote: > Then, Kakki, I respectfully submit that you go back and re-read the JMDL > posts from that time period, for beginners. There was much anguish > expressed in the JMDL over military force being used to counter the > genocide in Kosovo. There was much, and severe criticism, of the > Clinton administration's policies in Kosovo from many who were otherwise > favorably disposed towards Clinton. Those discussions lasted for many, > many months, and were very passionate.
I have taken the time to go throught the archives day by day from late March through May 1999. Discussions on the war in Bosnia/Kosovo occurred from April 7 through May 17, 1999, (5-6 weeks - not "many, many months") were few and far between and were completely dwarfted by discussions of Columbine and gun control. Four people wrote 18 posts written in support of the war (10 of those posts were from one person in Germany who is no longer on the list). Four people, including myself, wrote approximately 13 posts in opposition. (I opposed indiscrimate bombing and not necessarily intervention). One person appeared to oppose and then appeared to support. Two people wrote non-politically about the wish for peace in general. Vince, you wrote that you were "conflicted" about that war and then you appeared to write in support of the Kosovans vs. the Serbs. Most all of the posts appeared to me to be respectful (as opposed to the gun control threads where several major brushfires and flamings raged). > I will not be responsible for what you do not remember. It makes me > very cynical about your viewpoints, given how convenient your memory is, > and how limited your knowledge is of communities that lay outside of > your circles of friends. Convenient? Well, I do seek out clarification if my memory is faulty. I did not remember the discussions the way you have and after reading it again still do not believe those discussions reached anywhere near the passion or volume or intensity of the war threads the past year and a half here. I have all the cites from the archives and a summary of who wrote what that I will be glad to send you (or anyone else) offlist if you want to see it. I was going to post it here but don't want to piss people off with sending a bunch of links. Kakki
