tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post6251419959567615055..comments2023-10-24T04:29:23.693-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: In the Year 1787Alonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-46060453972792625552007-09-26T23:28:00.000-06:002007-09-26T23:28:00.000-06:00Interestingly, I've just been reading 'Oliver Wisw...Interestingly, I've just been reading 'Oliver Wiswell' by Kenneth Roberts - an account of the American Revolution from the viewpoint of a Loyalist who objected to the British measures being rebelled against, but wanted a peaceful settlement. It's a gripping plot, interwoven with scathing comments about the horror, futility and wastefulness of all war and armed conflict. [The author wasn't a pacifist, though - he was a right-wing Republican!]anticanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135207107619114891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-25416159108465161802007-09-26T12:47:00.000-06:002007-09-26T12:47:00.000-06:00Great post Alonzo.Great post Alonzo.Hume's Ghosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551684109760430351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-25865814422989066792007-09-26T10:24:00.000-06:002007-09-26T10:24:00.000-06:00Interesting analogy. It's a nice attempt to help A...Interesting analogy. It's a nice attempt to help Americans visualize the war in Iraq a bit differently.<BR/><BR/>One difference that I see right away is that the Americans began their own rebellion and invited the French to assist them. In the current case, the Iraqis were not rebelling, they were going about their lives as best as they could. They may not have liked the regime, but they weren't fighting it overtly. I believe the current situation is worse because the Americans instigated the war on their own initiative, without any invitation from anyone to do so. Even if they were, briefly, greeted as liberators, that perception was short lived. <BR/><BR/>The US government has behaved abominably and its citizens will pay the price in international opprobrium for at least another generation. That's in addition, of course, to the high costs in lives and money. What a frigging waste.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com