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Thread #56867   Message #896397
Posted By: TIA
23-Feb-03 - 12:42 AM
Thread Name: BS: Vote to Impeach Bush
Subject: RE: BS: Vote to Impeach Bush
Old Guy says:

"I want to hear one anti-war protestor say that it is OK for the people living under the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein to suffer because we should not go to war
with the Iraqi regime. They say they hate Saddam and they say the people are suffering but they never say it is OK for them to suffer. That it is in their best interest
to suffer. They just go back to their "thousands of bombs being dropped on millions of innocent people" routine"

Old Guy, I mean no disrespect, but the only appropriate response is DUH!

I've said over and over again that the issue is not whether Hussein is a good guy or not, and it is not whether the Iraqi people are better off under Hussein or not under Hussein. You insist on casting people who are anti-war as pro-Hussein. OF COURSE WE WILL NEVER SAY IT IS OKAY FOR THEM TO SUFFER! If you are not familiar with the "straw man" fallacy, please go look it up, and then please, please,please stop succumbing to it. Thank you. Peace, music & compassion my good man.

TIA