I wrote that I respected the lady's RIGHT to express her opinion,
but I think I made it clear, and   I intended to do so, that I had no
respect for her OPINION on defense spending, specifically on missile
defense, because her opinion defies logic.


At 11:09 PM 9/11/01 -0500, you wrote:
>yes don, you do have a right to your opinion.  however, saying "...I am
>compelled to refute a misguided opinion ..." and "While I respect the nice
>lady's right to her opinion, I also feel I have a right to refute it with
>a modicum of common sense." does not simply state your opinion, it
>denounces the original writer as misguided and having no common
>sense.  next time, please just state what you think without trashing  the
>opinion you disagree with.
>
>sami
>--
>
>On Tue, 11 Sep 2001 22:53:19   Don Adams wrote:
> >        Once more I am compelled to refute a misguided opinion advanced
> by one of
> >the regular contributors to PIEN.  The statement in question was, "Those
> >who relied on the fantasy of a ' missile shield ' to protect us have had a
> >stunning wake-up call today."  To the complete contrary....the people who
> >SHOULD observe today's events as a wake-up call are those so naive to
> >believe that we SHOULD NOT invest in a missile defense. Do they believe
> >that any government or group who would organize and carry out an attack
> >like today's would hesitate in using an atomic warhead on New York or
> >Washington if it were available? We have a limited period of time to act
> >before that availability  becomes a reality. If this country does not go
> >forward with at least a limited SDI, then perhaps it will not be very long
> >before New York, Washington, or some other American population center joins
> >the cities that were mentioned..... Berlin, Dresden, London, Hiroshima, and
> >Nagasaki.
> >        While I respect the nice lady's right to her opinion, I also
> feel I have a
> >right to refute it with a modicum of common sense.
> >                                Don Adams
> >
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