Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] facism gaining ground in US

[Roman Zippel]

Hi,

On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 address@hidden wrote:

> Your email to which I responded did not contain specific criticism
> except the unsupported hypothesis that "leaving Saddam in control over
> it was not an option for the US gov", to which I would like some
> support or clarification of what you meant.

Unsupported? Well it pretty much depends on how far oil was a reason to go 
into Iraq and that's pretty much undisputed over here.

> The point of my email (as expressed in the last paragraph, which you
> cut out) was that many people find it convenient to argue as if they
> have a moral high ground, and it is easy to find some moral stance to
> support that, almost regardless of the specific platform.  That does
> not mean their actual motive is morality and it does not mean their
> opponents are wrong.  Making vague comments that indirectly attack
> some country ("I would rather suggest you read a bit more about.. what
> kept them there") is a form of that.

You don't know me, so making assumption about my motives instead of 
responding to what I said is rather rude.
What I said was intentionally vague and was more an advice, as it was 
rather clear that Pierce has no idea how totalitarian systems work and 
what keeps them working. Concrete critism had required some basic 
knowledge about it, which I don't see. Of course I might be wrong with my 
judgement, but then it should be no problem for him to prove me wrong.

bye, Roman