I am not the moral arbiter. I don't support your morals, but I don't prohibit them either.
I'm simply expressing my opinion of your behaviour - making a point in a free environment. And, as if to make my point for me, you use a dictionary quote instead of an argument yet again. You and I both know full well you chose the word "surrender" in the context of your implication at the start of the original thread that they should have "blown them out of the water", not in the context of Merriam Webster. Morally bereft style of argumentation IMHO. No-one commenting in the press so far as I can see is suggesting those service people did anything wrong in being taken captive. They did not choose to be taken captive - they did not surrender from a position of freedom - once captive they did the sensible thing, from every perspective - They did not cooperate to save their own skins and weaken the position of their colleagues in theatre, they offered no resistance (once captured) to avoid dragging millions of innocents unnecessarily into a dangerous international incident. Get back to the subject of this thread. Morality of selling their stories. Ian On 4/10/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > And Platt, having dealt with the substance of your question ... time > > to point out again what an evil (immoral) moron (ignoramus) you are > > ... > > > > Characterizing the situation as "surrender" exposes what a perverse > > and simplistic understanding you have of international diplomacy, and > > the failure to recognize that we are not actually at war with Iran to > > start with. > > > > But you chose that word deliberately, hence my duty to call you immoral. > > Your name-calling (evil) is only exceeded by your self-appointment as moral > arbiter. > > "surrender: to give (oneself) up into the power of another especially > as a prisoner" Merriam-Webster > > ------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > 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/
