5th May 2003, 9:20 PM
Did you pay attention when you played Starcraft? A world government is doomed to evil and mass genicide!
You point out our nation's support of regimes we now condemn, but why exactly is that a valid argument, at all? Are you THAT afraid of being viewed as a hipocrit? Worrying about that pretty much guerentees that you will never ever change your mind on anything, because then you have to say "I once believed this, so if I change my mind, I'm a hypocrit". It's OKAY to change your views on what is right and wrong!
You point out our nation's support of regimes we now condemn, but why exactly is that a valid argument, at all? Are you THAT afraid of being viewed as a hipocrit? Worrying about that pretty much guerentees that you will never ever change your mind on anything, because then you have to say "I once believed this, so if I change my mind, I'm a hypocrit". It's OKAY to change your views on what is right and wrong!
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)