Personally, I don't care if I am on the same side as the NYT. Even George W. Bush was right sometimes. To me it is a strange way to decide your views. You should have the views that are right, not ones chosen to be the opposite of someone you don't like.
Ghadafi is nasty. About this there can be no reasonable dispute. You just have to read the man's own words. However, the world is full of nasty people. It is not an argument for bombing. On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Jim Devine <[email protected]> wrote: > Jurriaan Bendien wrote: >> Excuse me for the satire, but what a WONDERFUL moment in world history this >> is! >> >> Finally, we can ALL be against somebody. >> >> Everybody AGREES Mr Gaddafi and what he represents is nasty and evil. >> >> How do I know? I read the NYT too, you know. >> >> We can all be UNITED in our opposition and in a common cause. >> >> Now why doesn't somebody stand up and take out the sonofabitch? > > One problem is that many on the left feel _very uncomfortable_ being > on the same side as the NYT and the like. (Some take this discomfort > too far, as Louis has shown.) > -- > Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own > way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Robert Naiman Policy Director Just Foreign Policy www.justforeignpolicy.org [email protected] _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
