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To: cosmicforce who wrote (419)	7/21/2005 4:12:35 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1233

I think if you face danger, or your own personal destruction, to do a job, then you are "brave" no matter what you are actually doing. While "brave" is often seen as completely "good", it's pretty clear that outlaws and bad people are also "brave"- according to the dictionary definition. So the person in the plane who faces no danger in dropping the bombs is probably not really brave- unless of course he'll be in danger after he lands- if he faced a huge manhunt after he landed because of what he did, then I'd say he was brave.

To: cosmicforce who wrote (419)	7/21/2005 5:20:53 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Respond to of 1233

We sacrifice equipment instead of people. That's been American policy since at least WW2. Among other nations. The Germans had the same policy, just weren't as good at various aspects of it. Washington was a smart man, but that's different from saying he got EVERYTHING right. This is one of the points he got wrong. Political parties have appeared in ALL democracies, not just the US. They are a way of combining the talents and power of individuals to achieve common goals they cannot achieve alone. And they suffer from all the ills human organizations are heir to. The democracy originally conceived of when the Constitution was written may have lasted a year or two. It was impractical in the real world and was replaced by arrangements that would actually work.