Friday, November 11, 2005, 11:42:45 PM, Eric Yost wrote: EY> Judy: Really I am concerned only with arguments (defences, yes) EY> that take the form "Yes I killed X, but B is a *mass murderer*" EY> -- I refer list members to my first posts on this point. EY> EY: It wasn't a defense, as I pointed out earlier. EY> We were discussing the bizarre glee with which some people greet EY> bad news from Iraq. Ursula wrote, "Can our hatred of George Bush EY> really be more important to us than the toll of suffering that's EY> accompanying his failure?" Why, I asked, do people pounce on EY> wacked reports of Marine misbehavior and let the Darfur Genocide EY> pass in silence? I refer you to the posts, by poster, w/ref date/time and now I really will leave this thread -- Judy Evans, Cardiff, UK mailto:judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html