[PEN-L:6136] Re: Re: Re: Re: A note of thanks to all

["Henry C.K. Liu" <hliu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I never once attacked Max personally for taking a position I disagree with, much
less accused him of being evil.
Read my post.  Max was not mentioned.
I stand behind every word in my post.
Innocent people are getting killed.
The bombing attacks are evil (my opinion but I even allowed in my post that an
opposite opinion exists).
Humor is not redeeming in supporting evil (be it for or against bombing).  It
merely trivializes.
However, personally speaking, Max would have to "forgive his weird take on the
war" himself.

Henry C.K. Liu

P.S. Kindergarten morality, as William S. Lear calls it, is the only kind.

HCKL

Michael Perelman wrote:

> Henry Kissinger, Bill Clinton, and their ilk are war criminals .Max is a
> progressive Social Democratic, who is absolutely wrong about the war.
>
> I don't feel that being impolite to Max would do much to help people suffering
> in Serbia, in Iraq, or even in Chico.
>
> I understand how frustrating it is to hear somebody like Max, who is otherwise
> intelligent to go off the rails about the war, but yelling at him to no good.
>
> However, given my enormous powers over this list, I grant you permission to
> pound on Max in one posting of no more than 75 words.  After that, we will
> enjoy his humor again, and forgive his weird take on the war.
>
> "Henry C.K. Liu" wrote:
>
> > Meanwhile, innocent people are getting killed.
> > NATO claims moral superiority by pronouncing at least NATO regrets the
> > technological shorfalls.
> > It reminds me of list members congratulating themselves for keeping their
> > sense of humor.
> > When innocent people are killed, there are only three possible morality
> > postures.
> > 1) one side is evil, and I am against it,
> > 2) one side is evil and I support it, and
> > 3) both sides are evil and it make no difference which side I am for.
> >
> > In the battle between good and evil, is civiity a virtue?
> >
> > Henry C.K. Liu
> >
> > "William S. Lear" wrote:
> >
> > > On Wednesday, April 28, 1999 at 08:30:20 (-0700) Michael Perelman writes:
> > > >...
> > > >Although I vehemently disagree with St. Max's read on the war, I think
> > > >that the tone of the dialogue with him is admirable.  Nobody has lost
> > > >their sense of humor in dealing with our fallen colleague, and he has
> > > >responded in kind.
> > >
> > > I'm not sure I can call my tone admirable, though I am trying my best
> > > not to be mean-spirited.  I really do think Max has shown admirable
> > > patience.  We are very lucky to have someone to argue with about this,
> > > in more or less civilized tones.
> > >
> > > Bill
>
> --
> Michael Perelman
> Economics Department
> California State University
> Chico, CA 95929
>
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