--- Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then there are people like me, who are all over the > spectrum when you measure the spectrum in > traditional > liberal vs. conservative terms, who agree or > disagree > with this war for a variety of reasons. I've seen > this > debate onlist cast more and more in black and white > terms, and I think this note from Guatam is a good > reminder that there is plenty of grey (or perhaps > plenty of black and white stripes) to go around. > > Reggie Bautista
I think part of the problem is that there is one party in the whole dispute who is as black as you can get. Outside of the lunatics (ANSWER) everyone agrees that that party is as black as it is possible to be. _By contrast_ everyone else tends to look white. And if you're focused on that one party, and you find yourself in opposition to other people, even ones who don't mean to support him, then that color starts to shade over a bit. If you're attacking someone as evil as Saddam, and other people are, for whatever reason, trying to stop you, it can be hard to remember that they might have legitimate motivations for doing so. It gets still harder when many of most prominent opponents _don't_, in fact, have legitimate motivations for doing so, and harder yet when those people who are acting in good will don't seem to make much effort to separate themselves from those who aren't. That makes it very easy to make things black and white. Gautam __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
