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Re: A question of remembrance...
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Tue, 8 May 2001 11:42:20 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > Put it this way, when was the last time you were personally threatened by
> > the Lichtenstein Army?
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> It does not have one. They rely on the Swiss for defence.
Got me... I did not know that. Pick some other tiny country as the root of
the example then... one that does have a tiny army.
How about if we use the Grand Duchy of Fenwick, because that's obviously
fictional. This is a fictional example, intended to be somewhat humourous,
not intended as an advocacy, and not directed at you anyway.
> > Now if Lichtenstein turns into a pocket dicatorship
> > that kind of stinks for the Lichtensteiners but it won't last. Bill Gates
> > could afford to do something about it if he so chose... Hence the thinking
> > that many small powerless states are good.
> Big business would only do such a thing if there was $$ involved fom them.
> Individuals would only do such as thing if there was kudos involved.
You don't know what motivates businesses OR people in general, just
yourself, so you can't say that for sure. I don't think Hemingway went to
Spain because "there were kudos involved" I think he went because he thought
standing up against Franco was a needful thing to do.
> I would
> rather these sorts of interventions were based on what is right or wrong…
By whose metric?
The UN just voted the US off the Human Rights Commision while retaining
Libya, Cuba, Vietnam and a bunch of other dictatorships. Proving once again
that majority rule can produce screwy results. So if you're going to count
on a transnational organization to determine right or wrong you are not
going to get good answers. And if it's up to individual nations, how is that
different than now?
++Lar
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| (...) I do. (...) For people "in general" I do. (...) Well, what were his motives? (...) That is the important question. Many things are clearly "wrong" : mass murder etc. But at the other edge of the scale it is harder to tell... but perhaps the (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Indeed. (...) It does not have one. They rely on the Swiss for defence. (...) Big business would only do such a thing if there was $$ involved fom them. Individuals would only do such as thing if there was kudos involved. I would rather these (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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