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Re: Wining Hearts & Minds
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Tue, 4 May 2004 22:17:07 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
> 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.
> >
> > If it's "handled correctly" a lot of people will end up in the slammer:
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> 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.
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):
http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/30/messages/2095.html
Additionally, more and more ugly details keep surfacing about The Big Picture,
such as this, if true:
http://news.com.au/common/printpage/0,6093,9465475,00.html
> 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'm not sure that Scott is calling for restricted press. I have little doubt
that he'd prefer to have all these crimes subjected to the light of public
scrutiny.
> 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?
Haven't noticed them, honestly! 8^)
Dave!
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