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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 > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > > > > >Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail >account at http://www.eudoramail.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] >In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn