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Re: Afghanistan
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick () ianai net>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 16:14:40 -0400
At 12:01 PM 9/18/2001 -0700, Randy Bush wrote: >>> Has anyone started to deny all traffic to/from Afghanistan ? >> It is my understanding that the free flow of ideas and discussion of same>> is detrimental to an extremist or dictatorial government. Such governments
>> rarely (ever?) survive open discussions and flow of ideas. > >so i guess we should not advocate cutting off that flow, eh? Absolutely.When someone claims they are in power, or smarter than you, or just know better, and tell you to do something you think is a poor idea, or simply something you do not want to do, you should research and find out why. Do not just take their word for it. And the Internet is a darned good way of getting that outside information for many, many people.
Of course, that opens a long discussion because there are obvious exceptions - parents and children, military personnel, bosses & employees. It is easy to see how someone could extend that to a government and its people. I do not believe it should be in most circumstances. Maybe I am wrong.
But that is straying too far off topic even for me. >randy -- TTFN, patrick
Current thread:
- Afghanistan Smith, Rick (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan Richard Welty (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan Basil Kruglov (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan Patrick W. Gilmore (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan Randy Bush (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan Todd Suiter (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan Todd Suiter (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan Patrick W. Gilmore (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan [OT] Vadim Antonov (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan [OT] Curtis Maurand (Sep 19)
- Re: Afghanistan [OT] Ng Pheng Siong (Sep 19)
- Re: Afghanistan [OT] David VanHorn (Sep 19)
- Re: Afghanistan Patrick W. Gilmore (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan Nathan J . Mehl (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan Tim Devries (Sep 18)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Afghanistan Hallgren, Michael (Sep 18)
- Re: Afghanistan Marshall Eubanks (Sep 18)