Quoting Arlo Bensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > [Platt] > "Nationalistic blindness" or "national defense" are debatable viewpoints. > > [Arlo] > Another fine example of the moronic rhetoric this thread began by condemning.
Same to you, pal. > Your rhetorical association between "nationalistic blindness" and > "national defense", as if the two are merely two viewpoints on one > approach, is not only outrageous, but when said in response to > everything I had written shows only the blatant distortion wielded by > those who attempt to use social-level talk-radio rhetoric to attack > and break down any reasonable dialogue. A moronic assertion. > > "National defense", the use of force, as I had said, is a legitimate > response to aggressive force. And should be deployed not out of > nationalistic pride, but out of the reasoned knowledge that such > force is the best option to meet the threat at hand. If you have no national pride, why defend yourself? > Alongside this moral use of force, however, must be the continuing > understanding of how this threat originated, and what other options, > in addition to moral force, may be required to not only stop the > present threat but minimize the potential for similar future threats. > So long as our only approach is "kill em like germs", while we keep > contributing to the foundation for more and more germs, we will > always have nothing but a unwinnable, reactionary position. As I > said, it is not enough to meet future Hitler's with aggressive force, > we must see our role in Hitler's rise, admit to it, learn from it, > and move forward with different actions than we have in the past. > We can take great pride in our defeat of Hitler, but until we > recognize and admit that Henry Ford is emblematic of the historical > foundation that created Hitler's power in the first place our victory > is only partial. What nonsense. Now Hitler's rise was our fault. And I suppose we deserved to get hit by Islamic radicals. Speaking of morons . . . ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
