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[aramei]

wow.I think it's interesting that humanity thinks it's always right, somehow or the other, that we think we hold the authority on something. Certainly the people who sprayed Agent Orange thought they had an authority to do so, that they knew something. Confident in their ability to discern the consequences. So confident that they had the facts

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[kesil]

While Agent Orange might have some small effect on the well-being of Vietnamese thirty years later, I think that the more likely cause of their povery is the repressive communist regime we failed to prevent. I read a story about a Vietnamese diplomat who came to the US and took blank paper home as a souvenier for her child. Agent Orange may have some bad effects, but tyranny kills much more effectively.

agreed

[zanbowser]

i would say that i agree with both of you, in measure. i, naturally, have my own very strong opinions on the matter; however, I take them with the necessary grain of salt in avoiding zealotry.

this is the kind of conversation that can make or break friendships. this is the kind of controversy that can make or break leaders. i, for one, endeavour absolution by way of aramei's response: how, indeed, can we pathetic creatures of such limited cranial capacity ever hope for comprehension of that which is inherently unknowable (being as the scope of linear time is all our perception)?

well done, aramei... well done. oh - and thank you for the comment. ^_~ what do you think of that ballad?

[aequo_animo]

"they have been left with little choice but to resort to legal action"

I hate the way people in the west think. When in doubt, file a law suit, as if that will fix everything.

The only thing people these days can see is fucking dollar signs. Fuck them and their fucking economic gain. Fuck the economy. Fuck capitalism.