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Re: Thinking Out Loud...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 18 Sep 2001 23:22:19 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Low writes:
> Be angry about last Tuesday's murders, and have the courage not to seek
> revenge. People might also consider signing the petition at
> http://www.9-11peace.org/petition/ .
Before people foam about this petition, they ought to go actually read it.
It asks for very reasonable things... that we seek to obtain proof of who
did it, that we do our utmost not to target civilians, that we not seek
revenge on nations unless it's clear they provided sanctuary or aided and
abetted the terrorists, that we not nuke or gas anyone if at all possible...
This all seems eminently reasonable to me. Not "pacifistic", just
reasonable, restrained, orderly, just and fair. The way I read it, it does
not request that we not dismantle rogue states...
My issue, if any, is with the name of the site, which implies a much more
pacifistic stance than what the petition calls for. I haven't signed it yet
but I probably will.
Thanks, Stingless, for bringing this to our attention!
++lar
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| (...) I try to be a pacifist: as Richard says, it's a position that's only really challenging when war looms. The more I think about it the more I am convinced that any military offensive in the Middle East will be a grave mistake, morally as well (...) (23 years ago, 18-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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