PN: So, likewise, if the world called on us to do something, such as find a peaceful solution, we would have an obligation to listen? WM: By “world,” I meant the United Nations. PN: So, we have an obligation to listen to the United Nations? WM: By “United Nations” I meant the Security Council. PN: So, we have an obligation to listen to the Security Council? WM: I meant the majority of the Security Council.PN: So, we have an obligation to listen to the majority of the Security Council?WM: Well… there could be an unreasonable veto.
…and so on. It’s pretty funny.
Sort of out of date now, but still a fun read. I could probably respond with a piece that shows how the peacenik’s logic is similarly tied up in knots, naive, or worse, just plain intellectually dishonest.
:I could probably respond with a piece that
:shows how the peacenik’s logic is similarly
:tied up in knots, naive, or worse, just plain
:intellectually dishonest.
And why don’t you write that? Who cares if it’s out of date, if it’s fun?
Nah, I’d rather go for a full frontal assault than some tame parody. Even if the latter is ultimately funnier, the former is more immediately more gratifying to the author. ;-)