X-Message-Number: 21134 From: Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:01:32 EST Subject: Re: Greedy Wars not good for cryonicists, and other living things --part1_57.17f7ed1a.2b7af6ec_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello, Dear Fellow Cryoneters, Rudi Hoffman, still among the living. Every particle of me...whether interchangeable with identical particles or not! (For those of you reading this without benefit of a brain, this is in reference to recent themes on cryonet.) I just wanted to say that the "Greedy wars not good for cryonicists" posting was very compelling to me. I have watched with alarm as the rhetoric of war has heated up, and now seems virtually inevitable. As Phillip Rhoades points out, most of the world sees the US as the aggressors, initiating the use of force. BTW, I don't always or even often agree with Mr. Rhoades comments, but I found these points very compelling. Many people, I feel, are ambivalent about this war, because we happen to believe the propaganda that Saddam is a very bad tyrant. And, because I have seen documentation from such reliable sources as Amnesty International (not exactly known to be a right wing government promoting lackey organization) that the Saddam regime tortures and kills innocents on a regular basis. This is indeed a very bad government. But, I think most of us on this list would agree that there are multiple examples of very bad governments throughout the world, including those the US helped create. Saddam happens to be the "devil de jour." But, does this justify our killing thousands of shopkeepers and peasants, destroying infrastructure, and creating lasting hatreds on all sides, to get rid of a tyrant that the US government has armed and helped create by previous actions? I think not. So, I have joined my electronic voice to millions of others emailing against this immoral and unjustified war. And I am embarrassed, no, horrified, that my government is prosecuting it. As the recent anti-war folks have said, "Not in my name!...." Although, I totally understand why people usual good will and intelligence can have an opinion that completely differs from mine. Anyway, thanks for the input, Phillip. Regards, Rudi Hoffman --part1_57.17f7ed1a.2b7af6ec_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" [ AUTOMATICALLY SKIPPING HTML ENCODING! ] Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21134