In truth, when people support policies that go against their personal self interest, I'm inclined to give them a closer hearing. As to the call for Nathan to enlist, I have always been struck by the fact that those who have actually engaged in war, tend to be less bellicose, although not in every case.
Perhaps, it is different in Aleve, Md.
Max Sawicky wrote:
> > Unlike the cruise missiles liberals, Marx personally suffered a great deal
> > because of the Civil War in the United States. . . .
>
> What about our cerebral traumas induced by nonsense like this? One
> list-member nagged Nathan about enlisting. It would be just as ridiculous
> to demand that all the pacifists to sit on bridges in Belgrade or wrap
> bandages in their hospitals. And the revolutionaries should join the
> Serbian anti-imperialist battalions in Kosovo, as they battle CIA-sponsored
> KLA terrorists. Or they could join the Serbian police as they liberate
> Muslim women from the oppression of the patriarchal, Islamic society.
> Sheesh.
>
> mbs
> Aleve, Md.
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