On Mon, 26 Sep 2011, Mike Mitchell <m.mitch@exemail.com.au> wrote:
That comment is obtuse and unfair. You are accusing me of using the same technique used by yourself against the wealthy. Something I complained about bitterly. I am saying that there are people who need our compassion but we are blinded by those standing in our faces.
Are you saying that I lack compassion for the "poor" (sic) rich people?
No. I am saying you lack compassion. You still treat those you choose to call "rich" as the racists treat black skinned people. Bigotry, including yours toward those "rich", comes from ignorance.
Racists want non-white people kept out of Australia, something you are advocating in this thread. What I want is for people to pay their fair share of taxes and not be permitted to poison the environment (which means poisoning other people) without paying for the mess to be cleaned up. This isn't going to distract anyone from the racist policies you are advocating.
Best comment on the subject so far and I agree with the sentiment in a broad scale use. If we'd left the tyrant alone the people of Iraq would be better off. Even then we, the west, could have continued strong diplomatic action to get him to do less harm to his people.
The "strong diplomatic action" isn't such a good thing, recall the claims that 500,000 Iraqi children died as a result of trade embargos.
When it comes to Iraq and Afghanistan there are no good options, just less evil options. That area has been a basket case for generations. In some ways, even pre the biblical era.
Please provide evidence to support your claim that Afghanistan was somehow worse than other parts of the world 2000+ years ago. -- My Main Blog http://etbe.coker.com.au/ My Documents Blog http://doc.coker.com.au/