Note to the "ladder of force left"

Zak McGregor zak at mighty.co.za
Thu Oct 18 20:03:53 PDT 2001


On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 22:36:00 -0400 Kelley <kwalker2 at gte.net> wrote:


> nice post. for zak, who apparently missed it, i'll repost what i
> suggested
> already, it's what i say after i've already engaged in an analysis of
> what
> we have done that would make them "hate" us. i then offer suggestions
> for a
> ME policy that might address legitimate grievances, though not reward
> those
> who committed such an act. i try to make people stop and think about
> what
> being brave is about and what it really means to fight an asymmetrical
> war,
> since i think that is exactly what is happening right now:

Do you *ever* take a position and then keep it? You seem to be all over the place... Assymetrical or not, this sin't a war. It is simply murder.


> Hey, we're all in this together, right? This was an attack on "US" by
> "THEM," right?

This is where we differ, Kelley. I do not see it as "US" vs "THEM". Who is "US"? I don't identify with any specific group that was either targeted or responsible for Sept 11th.

Cheers

Zak



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