----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 6:45 AM Subject: Re: New Pope?
> * Dan Minette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > From: "Doug Pensinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Dan wrote: > > > > > > > there is no empirical evidence for human rights. > > > > > > I'll bet a nickle you could prove that human rights provide a more > > > successful strategy than the lack therof. > > > > Well, all we have is history to judge this q > > Wrong again, Dan. You keep writing that, but repeating it will not make > it true. Let me focus things down to one question. According to Gautam, one of our resident Civil War buffs, the consensus among historians is that the victory by the North in the Civil War was very fortuitous. It was not inevitable. Are you arguing that they are wrong? Are you arguing that he misquoted them? While the consensus of historians can be wrong, it should at least be taken seriously. Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
