"what would i do if i were in charge," is an unfair question because of many reasons. Nevertheless, we can speculate as to what is the "right" thing to do. All I can say is that it would be morally right to convene a world court to examine all the evidence against all parties, including the USA. But once again, fairness loses its place in the American character when unenlightened self-interest (false consciousness) takes over, and being a bully on one hand while selectively giving out candy with the other is the normative response.
-----Original Message----- From: Yoshie Furuhashi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L:20178] Re: What is to be done about Everything? Gar: >Carrol - I think you are overlooking the demand here. We are dealing >with a government doing the wrong thing against terrorist who have >killed a lot of people in the U.S. and successfully terrorized them. >We are opposed to the evil things this government is doing in >response. We need to be able to answer the question: "what would >you do if you were in charge?". People simply will not consider >anyone a serious critic who refuses to answer this question. The subjunctive gives you away. The question is not serious as it is contrary to facts. -- Yoshie * Calendar of Anti-War Events in Columbus: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/calendar.html> * Anti-War Activist Resources: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/activist.html> * Student International Forum: <http://www.osu.edu/students/sif/> * Committee for Justice in Palestine: <http://www.osu.edu/students/CJP/>
