I seem to recall someone rebuking another for their name calling. OOP, I guess when you are always right, its ok.

Fred White Post of Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:14 PM

Name calling identification.





Fred White Post of Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:36 AM

On Wednesday, February 12, 2003, at 04:37 AM, J Dunlop wrote:

> I have been reading the war/anti-war thread with interest. It is
> amazing to me how blinkered and dogmatic some people can be (not
> mentioning any names). I couldn't believe someone even quoting an
> article from the Daily Mirror from over here, a well known "tabloid"
> newspaper, well known for publishing complete rubbish. Here in the UK,
> the latest opinion polls (for what they are worth) show more than 80%
> of the UK public against military action without UN approval. I have
> received emails from people in the US suggesting that there is also a
> majority there who are against a "war" with Iraq. To me, the UN
> provides a sort of sanity check against the gung-ho "hawks of war"
> whose ultimate answer is to go in shooting. It raises disturbing
> questions about the leadership of the US and the motives involved in
> this issue. Did I say "war"? It wouldn't be a war, it would be
> carnage. Iraq's ragtag army wouldn't have any effective resistance, as
> shown in the last "war". Surely the most powerful nation in the world
> can come up with effective solutions to the problem without resorting
> to war.

....... etc. etc. + great poem

John

Great post. Hope that it persuades at least some of the "carnage hawks".

Fred

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