The innocent dead in a coward's war

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Wed Dec 26 08:19:42 PST 2001


My ugly, ugly, ugly point is that our society thinks that the undocumented count for very little.

On Wed, Dec 26, 2001 at 07:58:33AM -0800, Bradford DeLong wrote:
> >Second thoughts about Brad's post:
> >
> >Brad suggests that only a few bond traders and losts of dishwashers,
> >cooks, janitors, secretaries, etc. perished. As I understand the
> >money to be allocated to the victims, the few bond traders count for a
> >great deal, while the undocumented count for nothing.
> >
> >--
> >Michael Perelman
>
> Meaning what, that the janitors did not really die? That their deaths
> weren't a bad thing? That the American legal system's notions of
> compensation for wrongful death are fucked up has little if any
> bearing on who died. If there is any thought at all behind this
> paragraph of yours, it is ugly, ugly, ugly.
>
> Brad DeLong

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