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"If there's something defensible going on here, it's really not easy to see what it might be."

Of course I think the situation is terrible too, but talking about people as "evil" and "mullahs" is the kind of thing I expect in one of Bush's speeches rather than here. I don't think your generalised harangues make it much easier to see what is going on -- or what to do about it - kill all those you deem to be "evil" ? But I'm sure writing them makes you feel better :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.

by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Fri Aug 17th, 2007 at 05:48:41 PM EST
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I'm not talking about killing anyone.

But I don't apologise for lumping Free Market dogma in with the other religious follies of the day. They're indistinguishable as far as I can tell - with the difference that Market Fundamentalists are far more dangerous than other fundies because they have real power, rather than simply aspiring to it.

As for the ethics - what other words would you suggest for a system which has killed millions, ruined entire countries and done trillions of dollars of damage to a life support system that we all rely on?

Not terribly nice? A bit misguided? Possibly not the best of all possible worlds?

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Fri Aug 17th, 2007 at 09:42:09 PM EST
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Well, while you're condemning "religious follies" I'd suggest you avoid the use of "evil".

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Mon Aug 20th, 2007 at 04:03:23 PM EST
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