From: Technotranscendence (neptune@mars.superlink.net)
Date: Sat Aug 19 2000 - 12:03:03 MDT
On Friday, August 18, 2000 10:12 PM Wilson wilson@supremetyrant.com wrote:
> >My point with my comment was not everyone on this list should become a
> >libertarian. It was just a lament on the fact that almost everyone who
has
> >responded to me on the Kosovo War has been for it. Not one other here
has
> >spoken against it -- at least, not to my recollection. And at least two
> >people have given it their thumbs up. I find that rather strange because
I
> >bet on any other list, on this topic, I'd find people who vary on that.
>
> I can't speak for anyone else, but I didn't reply because I had already
> stated my opinion on the subject many times before (not on this list,
though.)
> I don't think that we (the economic superpowers)
There's that plural again!:)
> have a mandate to
> interfere with the affairs of other countries when they don't threaten the
> life and livelihood of our citizens.
And again!:)
> I can think of a thousand better
> things to spend my tax dollars on than shooting eastern Europeans when
> they're perfectly happy to shoot each other for free.
> That's not a particularly humanitarian sentiment, but I never suggested
> that I was a humanitarian..
I don't disagree with your position about staying out of such wars.
Even so, I would state too that the label "humanitarian" does not make a war
any less warlike. It should also be noted that almost every war that has
been fought is always justified by any side in it as being right and just.
"Humanitarian" is just a new bottle used to sell the same old wine.
Daniel Ust
http://uweb.superlink.net/neptune/
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