As I suspected. Many off-topic anti-U.S. comments of varying degrees of
verifiable accuracy in response to my jibe.
Impossible for some it seems.
:-)
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> Subject: Re: Definition of Impossibility Principle
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> > It strikes me that the impossibility principle is that it is
> impossible to
> > discuss ethical issues without degenerating into "yank-bashing."
> >
> > Just a thought.
> > smiles
> > Richard.
> >
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> Not sure if this was meant as a question. Well no we should not 'bash'
> Yankees, nor Canucks. We should criticize those acts which result in
> needless suffering and death. So far as I am concerned the Canadian
> government is innocent compared to the US government, which since
> Hiroshima,
> Nagasaki, and Dresden, have demonstrated that they are the greatest
> terrorist nation on earth. You mean to say that there was no
> terror when the
> 'Enola Gay' completed it's sortie? What did the pilot radio call say:
>
> "Babies successfully born."
>
> This was the code (euphemism) for "we have bombed Hiroshima." Were any
> babies being born during the dropping of the atomic bomb on
> Hiroshima? There
> was a lot of crying of mothers and children. There was labour. The whole
> exercise was purely 'scientific' and 'technical'. The Japanese
> airforce and
> navy was practically ruined at the time. Surrender was eminent. No
> humanitarian aid was ever dispensed to these terrorized souls,
> just a lot of
> scientists were sent there to observe and record the effects of radiation.
> Nothing was done to 'help' those babies which had been burned by the
> radiation.
>
> Oh and don't forget. The US is the only nation in the world that has ever
> used Napalm. And well over 90% of the Napalm used was used to
> actually kill
> and disfigure innocent women, men and children, and some figures indicate
> that it was more likely 99%. There were an estimated 500,000 children who
> were disfigured by this Napalm and white phosphorous.
>
> The US is the premier terrorist state in the world. I hope that
> Canada pulls
> out it's troops from Afghanistan. We should work with the UNITED NATION
> organization. Remain a peace keeping nation.
>
> Personally I like most Yanks. But I fear that more useless suffering will
> result from the US government' flip-flop attitudes and unilateral reliance
> on military solutions. I feel that it is a duty to bash the terrorist
> policies of the US Government. I would like to bash this organization for
> it's failure to uphold basic humanitarian rights which it unilaterally
> believes in as long as you are a US citizen. The US should not be carpet
> bombing civilians in Afghanistan.
>
> Unilateral actions regarding defense often do not work and often result in
> greater costs and suffering.
>
> chao
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