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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=LeoCasey@aol.com href="mailto:LeoCasey@aol.com">LeoCasey@aol.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 09, 2001 6:59
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Just Wars</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT size=2>My original: <BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>And
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TYPE="CITE">I recognize that necessity. A just war can be a war in
self-defense. <BR>======= <BR>Ian: <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>That's what the Japanese
and Germans said. Preemptory self-defense is one</FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial
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<BLOCKQUOTE
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TYPE="CITE">of the finer lies in life. <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF"><BR>Not a convincing retort, I am afraid. The fact that a
concept can be abused <BR>or misused is hardly a refutation of the concept
itself. <BR><BR></FONT><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2
FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Leo Casey <BR>United Federation of Teachers <BR>260 Park
Avenue South <BR>New York, New York 10010-7272 (212-598-6869)
<BR><BR>============</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#000000 size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Name one
person in the history of the world that has the moral authority to inaugurate
death. Not political power, moral authority.</FONT></DIV>
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FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Ian</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML>