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To: Machaon who wrote (7021)	5/6/1999 11:16:00 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 17770

<<Ever notice how many death row murderers have sincere conversions? Now, in Slob's case, he either doesn't believe in God, or believes that God is on his side.>> No Robert I can't say that I know of one person ever who has had a "sincere" conversion. If I were the judge of who is sincere and who is not in this respect, I am absolutely sure I would screw it up. Thank God its God's job. In the case of Milosevich's behavior we have the responsibility to judge his behavior as right or wrong. I say wrong, and you? We have no ability to determine the sincerity of what he beliefs, only his stated politics, beliefs, philosophy, agenda etc. Statements are behavior and we have the ability to take his word on something he says he intends to do and react accordingly. The question at hand is how much of his behavior is our business? On the one hand, he has every right to use his forces to quell a violent insurrection within his borders or a direct attack on his country. On the other hand, if there is attrocities committed against an ethnic group that has no ability to negotiate then we "may" determine our level of influence to correct the injustice. Like we have done in Mexico related to the well publicized genocide of Indians over the last few years. Whoops, we did nothing about that. Hmmmm...doesn't it even make you wonder? No, of course not Robert. Anyway, I don't agree with the bomb the crap out of them and let God sort sort out the dead philosophy. <<On a side note, I can still remember, from our history, our cavalry charging into an indian village screaming "For God", while they slaughtered innocent men, women and children. It was wrong then, and it is wrong now.>> Your point being that there is hypocrisy in the world or that all religion is evil? I suspect based on our previous dialogs that it is the latter.