Posted by OddipusRex on April 7, 2003, at 6:03:04
> > Ask the French, who would be German now, if it weren't for the U.S. dying by the 1000's to save their lazy asses.
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> > Just don't tell me our troops are evil and mindless and that one American life isn't worth saving.
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> Did someone say our troops are evil and mindless and an American life isn't't worth saving? Please be sensitive to the feelings of others and don't
> be sarcastic, post anything that could lead them to feel put down, or exaggerate or overgeneralize, thanks.
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> Bob
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> PS: Follow-ups regarding posting policies should be redirected to Psycho-Babble Administration; otherwise, they may be deleted.
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Here's a paradox: Terrorists in our society are supposedly evil. The definition of a terrorist is a person who plots to kill an innocent civilian. Yet our allied forces conspire to kill the same number of `enemy' human beings who died in the World Trade Towers.
Our allied forces are not terrorists?http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/social/20030401/msgs/216112.html
I don't think this statement was sensitive to the feelings of others. It was also logically flawed. I would call it an overgeneralization. It equates innocent civilians with enemy human beings. This is a slur against truly innocent civilians. Chemical Ali is not the same as the women and children he gassed. The coalition forces who killed Ali in war are not the same as terrorists.I don't think there is any factual support for her claim that there is a "conspiracy" to kill a particular number of enemy . I don't think it is civil to post inflammatory statements without any suporting facts.
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