[SOC] Melancholy Me

[soc@mailman.qth.net]

You are a kinder man than I.

cheers, Paul

On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:35:15 -0000 soc@mailman.qth.net wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> I *did* say that I thought that they were misguided rather than deserving
> of oprobrium or contempt.
> 
> The problem seems to be that war in Iraq is widely perceived to mean
> massive civilian casualties and I do not believe that to be likely (unless
> Saddam decides to gas them himself...). We'll find out in little more than
> a day now.
> 
> As I said, 'misguided' and 'well meaning' to start with but when faced with
> the reality of the situation on the ground the penny seems finally to have
> dropped. I have to admire their initial principle though.
> 
> Paul
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <paule@sfu.ca>
> To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 8:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [SOC] Melancholy Me
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Mar 2003 20:06:09 -0000 soc@mailman.qth.net wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > > The
> > > > self proclaimed "human shields" who pulled out of Iraq, because it
> > > > was "too dangerous" deserve nothing but contempt.
> > >
> > > I think that's a little harsh. I consider them to have been misguided
> but
> > > my understanding of the situation is that rather than 'shield' schools,
> > > hospitals and the like, they were given the choice of power stations,
> > > communications centres and other important items of infrastructure
> close to
> > > potential military targets. No a difficult decision IMHO.
> > >
> > > Paul
> >
> > Thanks for the reply.
> >
> > What is the purpose of being a "shield" for something that is not a
> > target in the first place... this speaks further volumes...
> >
> > cheers, Paul - VA7NT ex VE7CQK - email: paule@sfu.ca
> > "Those who hear not the music. . . think the dancers mad."
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cheers, Paul - VA7NT ex VE7CQK - email: paule@sfu.ca
"Those who hear not the music. . . think the dancers mad."