From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Sep 25 23:49: 2 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from femail2.sdc1.sfba.home.com (femail2.sdc1.sfba.home.com [24.0.95.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0168037B41D for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 23:48:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ATLANTA.threespace.com ([24.21.224.204]) by femail2.sdc1.sfba.home.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.20 201-229-121-120-20010223) with ESMTP id <20010926064858.YRBC1722.femail2.sdc1.sfba.home.com@ATLANTA.threespace.com> for ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 23:48:58 -0700 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20010926015428.01814630@threespace.com> X-Sender: tech@threespace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 02:14:09 -0400 To: FreeBSD Chat From: Technical Information Subject: Re: helping victims of terror In-Reply-To: <3BAFD532.6ED7A320@duth.gr> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010924170815.0180aee8@threespace.com> <4.3.2.7.2.20010924191808.0227cf28@threespace.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 08:52 PM 9/24/2001, you wrote: >Technical Information wrote: > > But even if the CIA was involved in training and arming these people, it > > was NOT done in the name of terrorism. It was made in the interest of > > stopping the spread of Communism, which has been part of our national > > directive for decades now. > >Let me ask you a question - is fighting the spread of Communism any more >just a cause than fighting the spread of Capitalism? It's not a question >of ideology mind you, and please don't take it as such. Just think about >it. The biggest problem I have with Communism is the desire to destroy all capitalist markets, even when it meant using military force. If Communists had historically been content with maintaining the social order of their countries, it might not have registered as such a threat on the radar of other countries. As it was however, it was such a threat that the U.S. decided to counter with its own agenda. At least this is how I was taught the story here in the U.S. At this point, I'm sure many of you will again call me an ignorant, uneducated, CNN-watching American sloth, but my principal three points remain: * There is no justifiable context for the acts of September 11th. * Two weeks later, the U.S. still has taken no action and is seeking the support of many nations worldwide. How this is rash or hotheaded is unclear to me. * I have yet to see the unbiased news source -anywhere-. --Chip Morton To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message