Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: combjelly who wrote (309882)	11/8/2006 9:13:31 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573718

To challenge someone to stand up for what they are advocating is perfectly legitimate. Standing up for what you believe in, does not equal, head off to war right now. Many of the people are too old. The counter argument to that is "they should send their children", which is nonsense because the children are not the property of the parent, can't be forced in to the military by the parent (and if they could be doing so would still be wrong), and may not share the opinions of the parent. "Not having served in combat isn't enough by itself to call someone a coward." That is true. But advocating a course of action that risks others and has no possibility of causing you any risk is not exactly showing lots of courage. Not going to war, is obviously not showing courage, but it isn't showing lack of courage, let alone cowardice. And even if the person making the call for war was a coward, that doesn't say anything about the wisdom of their call. An idea or plan isn't wrong just because someone calling for it might have a negative personality trait.