[lit-ideas] Re: dealing with the Slobodan Husseins
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 23:28:38 EDT
You know, I think part of this issue is a matter of what globalization
means. That is, what our conception of the world as a global village is as
compared with the reality. If I were aware that my next door neighbor was in
the
middle of murdering someone, would I intervene w/ impunity? Absolutely. And
technology, the instant relay of information, the shrinking of the planet
through technology has given us this notion of a "global community". But
we're
not -- there's unity in some areas, but we are not neighbors with the
countries that we know so much of what goes on in (someone fix that sentence
for me,
please; I please exhaustion and oxycodone for broken ribs). We FEEL like we
are one communal planet because technology has sort of done a smoke &
mirrors thing to us -- we are a communal planet in terms of information and
awareness, but not in terms of ..... community. Oh hell, I'm taking another
oxycodone and going to bed.
Julie Krueger
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The article addresses those who believe that unilateral intervention in
another country is justified by the perception that the country is a
site of:
I believe in this but only as a last resort. And only if it is impossible
to get UN agreement. I have read that this is the case in the situation in
Darfur, due to the ruler's economic and political relationships with other
countries.d
I believe in just and unjust wars. I am just not sure when I think it's
just. I wish I didn't need to believe in war at all, but my experience
teaches me otherwise.
Veronica
> [Original Message]
> From: Eric Yost <Mr.Eric.Yost@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 7/19/2005 6:34:24 PM
> Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: dealing with the Slobodan Husseins
>
> The article addresses those who believe that unilateral intervention in
> another country is justified by the perception that the country is a
> site of:
>
> *ongoing genocide,
> *precursors of full blown genocide,
> *similar mass killings, or
> *"the likely consequences of inaction seem obvious and far outweigh the
> risks of intervention."
>
> Yet if you can say that the consequences of inaction are obvious, you
> have already made an assessment. So what was the real basis of your
> assessment? The article suggests a bundling of reasons with a moral base
> derived from "just war" theory.
>
>
>
>
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