[PEN-L:6129] Re: Re: A note of thanks to all

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

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