2nd-wave attax

[Doug Henwood]

>Date: Sun, 19 May 2002 10:13:51 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Miles Jackson <cqmv at pdx.edu>
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>Subject: Re: second-wave attacks
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>On Sun, 19 May 2002, Dennis Perrin wrote:
>
>>  I agree in general with that, and don't think that every single list memb=
>er
>>  would look benignly on another al-Q death squad attack. I had in mind tho=
>se
>>  who brush off the remains of the dead in order to wave their fist, chant
>>  clich=E9s, and pretend (or worse truly believe) that there's nothing to w=
>orry
>>  about, that those massacred in New York are mere imperial collateral mulc=
>h.
>>
>>  DP
>
>Interesting double standard here: deaths in NYC shouldn't be treated as
>collateral mulch, but deaths in Afghanistan should.  Am I naive to think
>that people should try to maintain consistent moral standards?
>
>Miles