On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 11:53 PM, billbartlett at dodo.com.au wrote:
> At 5:46 PM -0600 19/2/03, Jeffrey Fisher wrote:
>
>> ah, the old "it's way more complicated than that" straw man. ms bone
>> appears to have more "moral certainty" than a lot of people i know
>> who oppose the war . . . my fave recent twist was blair arguing that
>> we should go to war so that we can end the evil sanctions.
>
> No, I think the argument is a valid one. I don't agree with the
> conclusion, but it is an extremely good argument for war.
my point was more about her reduction of "protesters" to a stereotype convenient for her argument.
j