Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 12:13:38 -0500
From: Sandi & Scott Spaeth <vespags-AT-stlnet.com>
Subject: Re: carp likes straw men


At 11:22 AM 4/19/99 -0500, danceswithcarp wrote:

>> But if we really cared
>> about what was going on in kosovo we would go there and try to solve
>> it ourselves. 
>
>Oh.  This is sort of like saying unless you've been raped you can not
>speak of the horrors of rape.  This is the elitist approach.  If this was
>a real solution then the Nazis would still be frying slavs, gypsies, and
>jews because no one outside of those people could have opinions on it.
>

Huh?  I don't follow your logic.  Using your rape example, his text would read:

"But if we really cared about [that person who is continously being raped] we
would go there and try to solve it ourselves."

which is sensible.  Bombing them both is not.  I can't see where your objection
to the above comes from.  

cheers,
Scott
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