--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jyouells2000" <jyouells@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > <shempmcgurk@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" > <jflanegi@> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" > > > <shempmcgurk@> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > In Canada, you can have sex with a 14-year-old... > > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, just like getting married at 14 in Iowa, South > Carolina, > > > and > > > > > Connecticut with parental consent... > > > > > > > > > > And is that actually *worse* than waging war on people? > Please > > > deny > > > > > that all kinds of atrocities, torture and rape are *not* > > > occuring in > > > > > Iraq... oh...right...just for the "suspected terrorists"... > > > > > > > > > > > > > Huh? > > > > > > > > What's the logic of the segueway from age of consent to war? > > > > > > > Personally, as an American, I find that waging unprovoked war on > > > others to be so evil and corrupting an influence on the world, > that > > > these days it is damned hard to point fingers at any other > country. > > > > > > Granted nobody is perfect, and yet what this country is doing is > so > > > horrible, so irredeemable, that other countries' behaviors truly > > > pale in comparison. > > > > > > So, in my opinion, we should first get our own house in order > before > > > pointing out the errors of others. > > > > > > ...must be a Sat Yuga thang...;) > > > > > > > Gee, Jim an awful lot of fuzzy relitivistic stuff there.... One > man's > > evil is another man's duty or at least lesser of evil's. Let's see > how > > it works out, statigically. > > > > JohnY > > > I don't see the fuzz. This ability that many of us have these days > to look at something so ugly and pointless as war and pronounce it > as somehow strategic, or a sound solution, is beyond me. It is as > close to pure evil as anything I can think of. > > I know a world war two vet who served in the Pacific as a Marine > sniper. He had nightmares for *thirty years* nearly every night > afterwards because of what he had been exposed to. > > And it isn't like there aren't alternatives...I proposed back in > 2001 that we as a country embark on an alternative energy program > with the same fervor as we had in the 60's to put a man on the moon. > That would cool down the Middle East immeasurably. > > But now I see that this war isn't about oil. It is about bullying, > and imposing our will on others, and showing the world that you > can't push around the USA. Oh, and weapons testing. Can't forget the > immoral weapons testing... > > So call it what you will. I call it Sin. >
I agree that the best way to settle the middle east would have been to get off of oil entirely, but that's not what has happened. Many things in the relative involve choosing the lesser evil, that's why it's relative. It's not about bullying either, we could do a far better job at that if that was the goal. JohnY ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
