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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: rrufff who wrote (11271)1/12/2006 9:23:04 AM
From: Scoobah  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 32591
 
well, there goes the neighborhood.

I will be in NYC friday at the Johnny Winter show and unable to monitor the thread.

I can see it is going to be rife with childish name calling and oherwise off topic material, but alas, this is SI



To: rrufff who wrote (11271)1/12/2006 11:08:10 AM
From: Peter Dierks  Respond to of 32591
 
A more closely related argument might be that slavery was not a problem would be that it conserved the environment in Africa by removing resource consuming humans from the otherwise pristine wilderness.

It is akin to the Iranian terrorist President's comments that the gas chambers were merely removing the Jewish infection from the cloths.

Either is an unacceptable and offensive argument.