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by inthane-chan
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9/26/01 11:37:48 PM
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New Not bad...
I think the one thing that I disagree with is your comment on "putting our young men in harm's way." Okay, so we don't put ours in harm's way - we pay another government to put THEIR young men in harm's way.

Talk about leading by example.

That is why it is so important for us to step up to the plate up front, instead of letting others do our work for us - that way, the only ones with a moral leg to stand on in challenging our actions are those who would do the same. Everybody else would either have to put up or shut up. Not that they will, but I think you get my meaning.
"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Post #10,626
by marlowe
9/27/01 1:04:04 AM
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New Leading by example?
Who, pray tell, would be following?

You don't help anybody learn by doing all his homework for him. Unless you're trying to teach him abject dependency.

On the other hand, if we go in and fight all our battles in person from the very first, we'll eventually control the entire world. And then leadership will be a moot point. There'll be nobody left for us to lead. At least not until we invent warp drive. And then we can go out there and play Captain Kirk. Or Zap Brannigan.

A world government, with its capital in Washington, DC. There are worse scenarios. But even so, are you sure that's what you want? Because that's exactly where this leads.

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     US repeating cold war mistakes - (bluke) - (42) - Sept. 25, 2001, 02:29:16 AM EDT
         This is exactly what I was warning against. - (inthane-chan) - (32) - Sept. 25, 2001, 02:31:18 AM EDT
             Find us some non-monsters with teeth, and we'll talk. - (marlowe) - (31) - Sept. 26, 2001, 01:38:50 AM EDT
                 We have teeth. - (inthane-chan) - (30) - Sept. 26, 2001, 01:46:39 AM EDT
                     So what you're saying is... - (marlowe) - (29) - Sept. 26, 2001, 02:21:16 AM EDT
                         I didn't say occupy. - (inthane-chan) - (28) - Sept. 26, 2001, 02:30:54 AM EDT
                             You do realize you're not making sense, don't you? - (marlowe) - (27) - Sept. 26, 2001, 05:29:13 AM EDT
                                 I wouldn't call it imperialism. - (inthane-chan) - (26) - Sept. 26, 2001, 05:41:51 AM EDT
                                     Trouble is... - (Simon_Jester) - (22) - Sept. 26, 2001, 05:45:55 AM EDT
                                         Well, that's something else that needs to change. - (inthane-chan) - (14) - Sept. 26, 2001, 06:05:07 AM EDT
                                             Our puritanical attitude toward heroin? - (marlowe) - (13) - Sept. 26, 2001, 11:38:15 PM EDT
                                                 I know drugs screw people up. - (inthane-chan) - (12) - Sept. 26, 2001, 11:49:11 PM EDT
                                                     So you'd fight the monster... - (marlowe) - (11) - Sept. 27, 2001, 12:53:18 AM EDT
                                                         Yes I have. - (inthane-chan) - (10) - Sept. 27, 2001, 01:14:23 AM EDT
                                                             Re: Yes I have. - (Fearless Freep) - (4) - Sept. 27, 2001, 01:27:15 AM EDT
                                                                 Do you like crack babies? - (inthane-chan) - (3) - Sept. 27, 2001, 02:26:18 AM EDT
                                                                     Problem is... - (Fearless Freep) - Sept. 27, 2001, 02:31:54 AM EDT
                                                                     I'm all for sterilizing hard drug addicts. - (marlowe) - (1) - Sept. 27, 2001, 03:21:15 AM EDT
                                                                         Half the world... - (Fearless Freep) - Sept. 27, 2001, 03:42:54 AM EDT
                                                             Quite a mixture there... - (Another Scott) - (3) - Sept. 27, 2001, 01:29:24 AM EDT
                                                                 Casual heroin users? - (marlowe) - (2) - Sept. 27, 2001, 01:56:56 AM EDT
                                                                     I was apparently misinformed. - (Another Scott) - Sept. 27, 2001, 02:13:50 AM EDT
                                                                     Re: Casual heroin users? Not so. - (Ashton) - Sept. 27, 2001, 03:20:24 AM EDT
                                                             You'd rather write off people than try to prevent... - (marlowe) - Sept. 27, 2001, 02:22:29 AM EDT
                                         Algeria is a perfect example - (rsf) - (6) - Sept. 26, 2001, 06:16:55 AM EDT
                                             Point well taken, still - (Ashton) - (5) - Sept. 26, 2001, 06:31:30 AM EDT
                                                 Problem is Peace Bombs are... - (rsf) - (4) - Sept. 26, 2001, 06:51:45 AM EDT
                                                     Aberration.. hmmmm - (Ashton) - Sept. 26, 2001, 07:40:21 AM EDT
                                                     Marshall Plan an aberration? No, rather, a data point. - (marlowe) - (2) - Sept. 27, 2001, 12:23:26 AM EDT
                                                         Minor correction. - (a6l6e6x) - Sept. 27, 2001, 02:34:18 AM EDT
                                                         Heh.. Marlowe, yer on a roll :-\ufffd - (Ashton) - Sept. 27, 2001, 03:45:45 AM EDT
                                     You wouldn't call it imperialism. But others will. Loudly. - (marlowe) - (2) - Sept. 26, 2001, 11:32:10 PM EDT
                                         Not bad... - (inthane-chan) - (1) - Sept. 26, 2001, 11:37:48 PM EDT
                                             Leading by example? - (marlowe) - Sept. 27, 2001, 01:04:04 AM EDT
         What do you suggest? - (Another Scott) - (8) - Sept. 25, 2001, 02:43:58 AM EDT
             People and regimes don't change overnight - (bluke) - Sept. 25, 2001, 02:51:42 AM EDT
             Re: What do you suggest? - (neelk) - Sept. 25, 2001, 02:51:56 AM EDT
             Pakistan as an example - (bluke) - (5) - Sept. 25, 2001, 03:10:36 AM EDT
                 That doesn't answer the question. What should the US do? -NT - (Another Scott) - (4) - Sept. 25, 2001, 03:18:34 AM EDT
                     Carpet bomb all the Afghan settlements - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Sept. 26, 2001, 03:12:10 AM EDT
                         But the Afghan people aren't the problem. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 26, 2001, 03:50:54 AM EDT
                             No, they are part of the solution - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Sept. 26, 2001, 05:56:45 AM EDT
                                 I have my doubts about that. Even so, give `em a try (nomsg -NT - (marlowe) - Sept. 27, 2001, 01:17:53 AM EDT

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