Protest against the Bombing

Margaret mairead at mindspring.com
Sat Mar 27 05:00:35 PST 1999


"NM" <nillo at tao.agoron.com>) wrote:


> It strikes me Margaret that the problem you have with the
>Kosovo situation is that you, simply put, don't know anything about it.

Perhaps you're right.


>Kosovo is not analogous to a cat and the US is not a bully who feels an
>ounce of compassion for the cat. It reminds me of the Gulf War when the
>Republicans compared Kuwait to a woman being raped, Iraq to a motorcycle
>gang and the US to the police. Clearly, all three were motorcycle ganes
>with the US Angels goading the Iraqi bikers into attacking another set of
>bikers so the US could ride in and away with everything. Why Kosovo is
>suddenly a defenseless kitten is beyond me. You're dreaming.

I guess i must have learned about examples in a different way to some other people here.

You're right, Kosovo is not a cat. [*boggle*] Do you really imagine that i thought it was?

Let's try it a different, more abstract way: a good outcome does not become a bad outcome because it is achieved by a bad actor, or for a bad reason. It remains a good outcome.

If we had saved the lives of the Muslim men massacred by the Serbs at Srebrenica, it would have been a good outcome, regardless of why we did it. That we failed to do it is a bad outcome, regardless of our reasons. People, motives, and outcomes are all distinct, and can be good or bad independently of one another.


>>Additionally, your continued reframing of people's points into the positions
>held by the ruling class before World War II (i.e., worrying about Russian
>fallout is suddenly "peace in our time" appeasement, people against US

That must be a meaning of 'continued' with which i'm not familiar. :-)


>imperialism are suddenly "uncritical supporters" of Milosevic) is frankly
>put, disingenuous, intellectually dishonest and disgusting and I for one,
>demand that it to stop immediately, unless you would like some turnabout.

You mean you'll bomb me? :-)

=margaret, who feels quite as tho she's gone Through The Looking Glass.



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