Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] life in Congo

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007, Michael wrote:

> Mike Miller wrote:
>
> > Regarding your recommendation that we exterminate the African people -- 
> > you really shouldn't be writing things like that, even if you believe 
> > them.  Do you really want to be branded as an advocate for genocide? 
> > Sounds like a bad idea to me.  In case it isn't obvious:  I disagree 
> > with your ideas about the African people, but your ideas are so vile 
> > that it should be obvious where I stand (along with almost anyone else 
> > who reads your message).
>
> I'm merely practical. We can't afford to fix the problem, the voters 
> won't agree to fix the problem, and it's only going to get worse if left 
> to fester. The fastest way to stop the suffering is to kill off the 
> whole group and start over. Giving a little assistance here and there 
> only drags on the problem, drags more people into the problem, and 
> causes much more human suffering. Evidently you'd rather make ever 
> growing groups of people suffer because you don't have what it takes to 
> either go fight the bad guys or to just make the problem go away. You'd 
> rather pretend it'll go away if we make some token gestures.
>
> Sometimes vile solutions are the best solutions. One way or another it's 
> going to take violence and killing people to fix the problem. It may be 
> sad and vile and not the way we really want things to be but that's the 
> nature of life. If it were left up to me I'd crank the US into gear and 
> produce everything we need to have in order to really be a super power. 
> I'd get the US into good shape and then I'd send troops out to conquer 
> the world and kill the bad guys. It'd be expensive. People would die. 
> The bad guys and the political whiners would say we were abusing our 
> power. Things would get better and it'd happen a lot more quickly than 
> could be done by any gentle warm and fuzzy method.


You'd have made a fine Nazi.

Mike

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