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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (4120)3/22/2002 8:22:47 PM
From: thames_sider  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 21057
 
be sure and send your army over to beat up ours
That wouldn't be ethical or moral, so we couldn't.

The probability that your army would crush ours by weight of numbers or mass of weaponry does not make your case right, BTW, despite your foolishly gloating implication. It's a complicated ethical point, I know, but might does *not* make right.

If you can grasp this, do explain it to GWB - he's clearly still oblivious. Maybe use the analogy of the sandpit bully - i.e., the bully may be big and stupid and nasty, and may tell you to do as he says or he'll hit your face, but it doesn't give him any right to boss everyone else. I figure GWB may comprehend this - what do you think? You wouldn't tell your child to give in to the bully, would you?

Let me know when you need more complex ethical points explained (I shan't wait up).