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Posted by alexandra_k on October 23, 2005, at 14:42:10
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3453386a10,00.html
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3453440a1861,00.html
Posted by Toph on October 26, 2005, at 16:05:55
In reply to Kiwis go to war on Iraq, posted by alexandra_k on October 23, 2005, at 14:42:10
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>Former colleagues and lecturers in New Zealand describe Kendall-Smith as a "thinker". His philosophy thesis, a 65-page bound critique on the philosopher Immanuel Kant, grapples with ethics, human freedom and morality...>Thinking and killing are usually incompatible activities, alex.
Posted by Damos on October 26, 2005, at 19:27:15
In reply to Kiwis go to war on Iraq, posted by alexandra_k on October 23, 2005, at 14:42:10
I read an article about the philosopher Martha Nussbaum on the weekend in which she said a friend once said to her "You know, we're not here to play around. You have agreed to be a lawyer for humanity. That's what a philosopher is."
The last Australian to see active service in world war one died was buried this week and I have been so worried that a link to something enormously important may have died with him. But this man, this one remarkable man gives me hope that that special something lives one.
Thanks Alex, reading this story means so much right now.
Who you are, what you aspire to be and how we see you living that each and everyday is just so damn important. You may be just one person. But sometimes all it takes is one.
Posted by Damos on October 27, 2005, at 17:28:49
In reply to Kiwis go to war on Iraq, posted by alexandra_k on October 23, 2005, at 14:42:10
Posted by alexandra_k on November 17, 2005, at 16:39:03
In reply to What a Kiwis did for Britain » alexandra_k, posted by Damos on October 27, 2005, at 17:28:49
From a different perspective:
http://www.globalpolicy.org/wtc/terrorism/0926znet.htm
Why people might not get a different perspective:
http://www.globalpolicy.org/empire/media/2005/0403mediaown.htm
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/justify/2005/0812sadness.htm
http://www.globalpolicy.org/security/issues/iraq/attack/law/2004/1104torture.htm
I wondered what the 'illegality' claim was about... Apparantly the thought is... The war on Iraq was supposedly lawful because Saddam posed a threat to US and England because of the alleded 'weapons of mass destruction'. But evidence is coming out now that Bush and Blair knew before the war that there were no 'weapons of mass destruction'. So that means... The war wasn't defensive. It was an act of agression. And wars of agression are unlawful.
So...
That is the thought there.
The Nazi's were held accountable because they lost the war.
I wonder whether people will be held accountable this time...
:-(
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