[lit-ideas] Re: A serious inquiry
- From: "Andy Amago" <aamago@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 13:54:55 -0400
Omar, IMO, unfortunately, yes. This is the U.S. We take the good with the
bad. Censorship doesn't work. We just have to take people for who they
are. That's what freedom means, as long as they don't break laws. That's
the messiness of freedom.
I wanted to say that if anyone wants to see the end of Western
Civilization, they should follow the prescriptions set out in the movie
Paul reviewed. It just proves that the West has no ability to learn from
either history or experience; Iraq, the Israeli effort, etc. Instead of
learning that the ONLY way to prevent this crap is to make friends with
moderates, even, yes, Iran, and do what we need to do to coinhabit this
little planet, all we civilized people do is want to exterminate each
other. During the Cold War there were all sorts of scenarios like this one
with the Russkies. People huddled deep under the ground in NORAD,
paranoid, waiting for MAD. The military pressured Kennedy to a nuke
showdown with the SU but he had the wisdom to refrain. This is that all
over again. HOW are we more civilized, let alone more intelligent than the
mullahs?
Mike Wallace will be interviewing Ahmadinejad on 60 Minutes, don't know
when.
> [Original Message]
> From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 8/10/2006 1:21:54 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] A serious inquiry
>
>
> I have a serious inquiry addressed to the people here
> who are concerned with civility and such matters. I
> know that we are supposed to be be polite, tolerant of
> each other's opinions and so on. However, does this
> requirement extend to someone who openly advocated
> killing hundreds of millions of people on the basis of
> their alleged opinions ? I should remind you that this
> kind of hate speech would qualify as a punishable
> offense in many countries. Am I really expected to
> just indicate mild disagreement with such 'ideas' ?
> Can I expect the list moderators to take some sort of
> action in such extreme cases, or should I act on my
> own ?
>
> O.K.
>
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