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De Quiros pulls a Godwin

Thu 13 Mar 2003 2:26:42

I usually appreciate Conrado De Quiros' columns, and I stand as a Christian against unjust war, pero sobra na po ito. With the deliberate comparison to Hitler, De Quiros is pulling a Godwin, which in newsgroup and message board culture usually indicates that a person is running out of more meaningful arguments for his stand. It's worse than Krugman implicitly making a Marcos out of Bush. C'mon, Mr. De Quiros. There are far more reasonable arguments against the war than the straw man demonization of American political figures; we can do this without sounding like a Boondocks strip.

(Okay, "just-war" Christians, Republicans, Filipino pundits, Marcos loyalists, Boondocks fans... anyone left whose feathers I haven't ruffled? Heh heh. "Left.")

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Rod | March 13, 2003 10:30 AM

Lead me not into temptation, Paulo - I can find it all by myself. The urge to use you as a platform is ungracious.

However, I will say that the current peace is as unjust, if not more so, than any war.

And that's all I have to say about that.

Paulo | March 13, 2003 1:13 PM

Please, use me as a platform. I'm still in the process of formulating an opinion on this issue (hence the qualifier "unjust") and am in need of intelligent input.

Rod | March 13, 2003 3:31 PM

You expect me to write all that in this little tiny box?

Rod | March 14, 2003 9:36 AM

Gosh, it looks like no one is going to take tbe bait. Well, Paulo, you already have my thoughts on the matter.