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Re: We Must Never Forget: Remembering the Holocaust
I misspoke (miswrote?) earlier in suggesting that Sherman's thinking about total war hasn't worked. We have given ourselves over to guerilla wars, regional proxy wars, and terrorism. I'm not sure we're better off.
Was it worse to use nuclear weapons on Japan than to use Napalm on Vietnam? Are the long-term effects really that much different? For that matter, were the short-term effects that much different?
There might be some times when living with a terrible toothache is worse than just grabbing a pair of pliers and going to work.
I can't believe I just said that. I don't know. War doesn't work. Peace doesn't seem to work. Is there a third alternative?
--lemit
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The only second chance we get in life is a chance to make the same mistake twice. --David Mamet
A mind is a terrible thing to close.
Entropy is just nature's way of telling us it's time to slow down.
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