Free labor, was Re: support out troops

Steven McGraw stmcgraw at vt.edu
Thu Mar 27 20:08:52 PST 2003



>> >'They're' part of the Warlord class.
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>> You see no difference between an enlisted person and a warlord?
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>Nobody made them sign up. Period.

Are you actually basing your moral position on "free labor?" Do I even need to point out that your'e dodging the question? How are my buddies "warlords," with the shit paychecks they get, the illegal hazing, the 16-hour days?


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>> >'They' join 'us' when they give up
>> >the desire to kill
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>> The desire to kill?
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>Oh, that's right, they join to 'defend.'

Many believe so. Others enlist out of economic necessity. But bloodlust? A pathological minority at most.


>War is about killing people, not
>skinning potatoes

What material risks have you taken to stop the war? What sacrifices have you made? What right do you have to demand much greater sacrifices of others? What steps have you taken to aid those who make the sacrifices that you demand of them?


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>> >paradoxes of compassion
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>> WHAT compassion?
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>If you don't know, I can't tell you.
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A rhetorical question is not a request for information, rather it implies a line of argument. No compassion for the soldiers, no "paradox of compassion." Get it?



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