On 12:50 29 Mar 2003, Mikhael Goikhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > > Not me I'm afraid, I'm British and I agree with the war against | > > the Iraqi dictatorship. | > | > I do not understand this. In how far does being British, German, | > American, Chinese or Martian affect ethics? | | If this does not affect ethics, how can you explain that most of the | people choose (agree to) the position of their countries? After all | these people elected their politicians or are forced by their dictator.
Bosh. In a democracy you don't get to pick policies. The best you get to do is vote for whatever power group least offends you. And in most systems, if that's not one of the few major groups your vote gets discarded. There are preferential scheme, but that basicly means your voite gets moved to another power group. And once they're in they can basicly do as they please. The current agression in Iraq supplies a classic example: in Oz, if pretty clear that the majority of the population oppse the war and our role in it. Our glorious leader basicly has the view that it's his prerogative to go forth anyway. The US leader has the same attitude: he's asserted the power to make war without going through his Congress. Anyway, I support Dominik's approach: it doesn't require people to take his views or even to support pacifistic organisations as he wishes. Merely to get people to think seriously about it and consider some/all of the wishes of the code authors. Personally I think FVWM is a neutral tool. Very unlike, say, a gun, whole purpose is to kill or injure others - it is fundamentally a weapon, whatever the mindset of the person brandishing it. But I'll support Dominik's approach here. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson, DoD#743 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.zip.com.au/~cs/ Your modesty is typically human, so I will overlook it. - a Klingon -- Visit the official FVWM web page at <URL:http://www.fvwm.org/>. To unsubscribe from the list, send "unsubscribe fvwm-workers" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To report problems, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
