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Re: Wining Hearts & Minds
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 4 May 2004 22:08:36 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
> > > http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/966AE903-390F-4B56-B786-CCED9BFD22BB.htm
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> > Strangly enough, according to this blog:
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> > http://iraqthemodel.blogspot.com/
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> > The particular incident may in fact do just that: Win some hearts and
> > minds if it's handled correctly.
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> If it's "handled correctly" a lot of people will end up in the slammer:
I tend to agree with you there, however I suspect your heart and mind
are set in their ways, regardless of how this particular event works out.
Fortunately, according to the blog, some people (whom this actually concerns)
are able to see the big picture, rather than focusing on every little
failure as if it's the end of the world.
I'm curious, would you be happier if the free press were silenced? Is
the world a better place when this sort of thing happens, but we don't
have to hear about it?
I think you need to spend a bit more time with your toys. After all,
that's what we're really here for. Tell me, what do you think of the
new colors?
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| (...) Unfortunately, it's far too easy to justify countless small atrocities by invoking The Big Picture. Here's the well-known and prevailing wisdom on the matter (quoted here, but famous in general): (URL) more and more ugly details keep surfacing (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) What makes you think I'd want that? I'm lucky enough to live in a country which has a good range of independent national media which reports on domestic and international issues without feeling the need to wave my flag in my face. I know the (...) (21 years ago, 5-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) If it's "handled correctly" a lot of people will end up in the slammer: (URL) Against the law of war> "the laws of war require that all countries take the necessary steps to ensure that they are respected. All military personnel should receive (...) (21 years ago, 4-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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