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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Yogizuna who wrote (43088)	2/1/2002 2:17:01 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I will call those that were responsible for the monstrous and inhuman bombings war criminals of the highest degree, no more, no less.... I'm reminded of a favorite quote from Lawyer Abe Lincoln. How many legs, he was asked, does a sheep have if you call the tail a leg? Four, answered Lincoln, because calling the tail a leg doesn't make it one. You call those people whatever you want to. I will be grateful that they did what they did to preserve the freedom you have to call them whatever you want to.

To: Yogizuna who wrote (43088)	2/1/2002 2:25:38 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

That is a remarkable statement. I believe we are all "responsible"--although such a concept is hard to wrap the mind around. It surely was inhuman and murderous. Children are not guilty of anything. They should never be destroyed to satisfy anyone's whim. It is just too ugly for words...

To: Yogizuna who wrote (43088)	2/1/2002 2:39:24 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

See now, that is where you lose me. You presume what I cannot: that Truman and his advisors had the requisite malice to be war criminals, that they had to appreciate the evil of their actions, and nevertheless, out of vengeance, racism, and/or political calculation, went ahead with them. I cannot see people who treated their former enemies with such consideration, or who otherwise strike one has being men of character, with a normal array of foibles, could have done it. They had to think that they were saving more lives than they were taking..........