Comments on: Worth http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/01/22/worth Pontification without all the gritty gravitas Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:57:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tozier http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/01/22/worth#comment-320 Tozier Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:10:57 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=255#comment-320 [Everybody, wave at the nice NSA folks. Hello, NSA folks!] [Everybody, wave at the nice NSA folks. Hello, NSA folks!]

]]> By: Maynard Handley http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/01/22/worth#comment-319 Maynard Handley Sun, 22 Jan 2006 20:01:20 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/?p=255#comment-319 cf The Nazis were bad because there ultimate goals were undesirable, but the Communists were good because their ultimate goals were desirable. One might also add a question about just how many civilians have been killed by each in the last few years. Finally, America is a democracy. What if Al Qaeda agreed to bomb only cities and counties that overwhelmingly voted for GWB in 2004? Would that count as knowing they will kill innocents, but trying to target so as to mainly kill guilty? cf The Nazis were bad because there ultimate goals were undesirable, but the Communists were good because their ultimate goals were desirable.

One might also add a question about just how many civilians have been killed by each in the last few years.

Finally, America is a democracy. What if Al Qaeda agreed to bomb only cities and counties that overwhelmingly voted for GWB in 2004? Would that count as knowing they will kill innocents, but trying to target so as to mainly kill guilty?

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