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Post #8,487
by marlowe
9/12/01 1:39:35 AM
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New War has rules?
Rather an ironic thing to say of the ultimate breakdown of civility between two parties.

Total war has no rules. A war with rules is less than a total war. Not that that's a bad thing. But it's an unsustainable thing.

War is hell, and only demons really want it. Best to get it over with quickly. Let's completely neutralize the threat in as prompt a fashion as we can manage, and then get on with our lives. And if the terrorists don't like it, well, they shouldn't have started it. So there.
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Post #8,494
by bluke
9/12/01 2:55:14 AM
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New It certainly does
Read the Geneva Convention ([link|http://deoxy.org/wc/wc-proto.htm|http://deoxy.org/wc/wc-proto.htm]) there is a whole section dealing with the treatment of civilians during war.
     So what's with all the shock and disbelief? - (marlowe) - (45) - Sept. 11, 2001, 11:49:39 AM EDT
         Not much shock here - (JayMehaffey) - Sept. 11, 2001, 12:24:59 PM EDT
         That's not the point - (cwbrenn) - (37) - Sept. 11, 2001, 12:34:43 PM EDT
             Maybe I'm desensitized. - (marlowe) - (36) - Sept. 11, 2001, 12:50:31 PM EDT
                 Maybe we can learn something useful from this cruelty. - (brettj) - (35) - Sept. 11, 2001, 01:20:39 PM EDT
                     Not the people in this group - (bluke) - (30) - Sept. 11, 2001, 02:56:01 PM EDT
                         Difficult to reason with some one motivated by conviction. - (mmoffitt) - (7) - Sept. 11, 2001, 03:06:27 PM EDT
                             And therefore what? - (bluke) - (6) - Sept. 11, 2001, 03:16:00 PM EDT
                                 Nothing arbitrary about it - (drewk) - (4) - Sept. 11, 2001, 03:27:07 PM EDT
                                     It is not so simple - (bluke) - (3) - Sept. 11, 2001, 03:35:34 PM EDT
                                         No responsible adult is ever fully innocent. - (marlowe) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2001, 05:39:52 PM EDT
                                             Easy for you to say - (bluke) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2001, 03:04:47 AM EDT
                                                 Maybe you're right. But what I have to wonder about is... - (marlowe) - Sept. 12, 2001, 04:02:06 PM EDT
                                 I was attempting to explain the sentiment. - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 11, 2001, 04:03:53 PM EDT
                         I do not advocate use of nuclear weapons . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (21) - Sept. 11, 2001, 03:15:00 PM EDT
                             How is a nuclear weapon ever a reasonable alternative? - (bluke) - (20) - Sept. 11, 2001, 03:19:07 PM EDT
                                 You've got to stop thinking with your emotions. - (addison) - (19) - Sept. 11, 2001, 04:14:58 PM EDT
                                     So tell me ... - (bluke) - (18) - Sept. 11, 2001, 10:32:58 PM EDT
                                         Re: So tell me ... - (Steve Lowe) - Sept. 11, 2001, 10:59:23 PM EDT
                                         So you tell me... - (addison) - (11) - Sept. 11, 2001, 11:31:37 PM EDT
                                             Do you seriously believ that the US can drop a nuclear ... - (bluke) - (10) - Sept. 12, 2001, 02:59:01 AM EDT
                                                 Yes. Because *I* am not an idiot. - (addison) - (9) - Sept. 12, 2001, 09:09:20 AM EDT
                                                     Really - (bluke) - (8) - Sept. 12, 2001, 03:23:24 PM EDT
                                                         Really???? - (addison) - (7) - Sept. 12, 2001, 03:59:20 PM EDT
                                                             Lets' give 'im a break - (jbrabeck) - (4) - Sept. 12, 2001, 04:05:23 PM EDT
                                                                 And what do you know about tactical nukes??? - (bluke) - (3) - Sept. 13, 2001, 03:24:09 AM EDT
                                                                     Far more than you. - (addison) - (2) - Sept. 13, 2001, 10:05:18 AM EDT
                                                                         Of course, you are right and everyone is wrong -NT - (bluke) - (1) - Sept. 13, 2001, 03:38:05 PM EDT
                                                                             Run Away! Run Away! - (addison) - Sept. 13, 2001, 04:05:30 PM EDT
                                                             I don't think Bin Laden has his bases in the South Pacific - (marlowe) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2001, 09:47:35 PM EDT
                                                                 Just shorten that to "I don't think" and you'll be right. - (addison) - Sept. 12, 2001, 10:50:09 PM EDT
                                         War has rules? - (marlowe) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2001, 01:39:35 AM EDT
                                             It certainly does - (bluke) - Sept. 12, 2001, 02:55:14 AM EDT
                                         What does it matter where you lie when you're dead... - (marlowe) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2001, 01:43:09 AM EDT
                                             So tell me why are chemical weapons outlawed ... - (bluke) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2001, 03:01:46 AM EDT
                                                 Were you ever in the military? - (jbrabeck) - Sept. 12, 2001, 08:13:21 AM EDT
                     Not the people in this group - (bluke) - (2) - Sept. 11, 2001, 02:57:22 PM EDT
                         "Americans say"? - (wharris2) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2001, 03:34:22 PM EDT
                             Sorry - (bluke) - Sept. 11, 2001, 03:37:02 PM EDT
                     A different take - (wharris2) - Sept. 11, 2001, 03:18:26 PM EDT
         The shock... - (GBert) - (5) - Sept. 11, 2001, 01:18:05 PM EDT
             And the New Product Is... - (gdaustin) - (4) - Sept. 11, 2001, 02:50:51 PM EDT
                 I don't know what it is - (GBert) - (3) - Sept. 11, 2001, 03:44:05 PM EDT
                     What really happened... - (jbrabeck) - (1) - Sept. 11, 2001, 04:00:28 PM EDT
                         That much we know - (GBert) - Sept. 11, 2001, 04:25:03 PM EDT
                     A marketing blitz? - (marlowe) - Sept. 11, 2001, 07:11:15 PM EDT

He wasn't always this way. He used to be a genial nerd, like many of us.
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