Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Wrong, and more wrong
On lab bidding:
“The lab needs leadership that’s going to lead it in the direction of demilitarization and democratization,” said Chelsea Collonge, a UC Berkeley junior on The Coalition to Demilitarize the University of California. “Weapons research violates international law.”
Remember, this is coming from someone who "can't even imagine walking for an hour." Strangely, while her imagination can't handle a not-very-long walk, it can invent something called "international law," and even more amazingly conclude that "weapons research violates international law," as she fights wars with sticks and rocks. Unless using weapons in general constitutes weapons research.
Also, the lab doesn't need to be led "in the direction of demilitarization and democratization," since it has no army and is not a government.
Also wrong is Former Senator Hart.
Terrorism experts agree that the United States will be attacked again, but is not prepared to withstand another attack because no one has been held accountable for the Sept. 11 attacks.
If only we'd blame people, we'd be safe. I buy it. But where Hart is really wrong:
“Three thousand people lost their lives on Sept. 11,” Hart said. “Not one person lost their job in Washington.”
Hmm... how about the people who got deaded when a plane crashed into the Pentagon? (disclaimer: I'm not entirely sure about the official definition of such things. The Pentagon may be considered to be in Virginia and not Washington. Nevertheless, "people losing their job in Washington" pretty obviously refers to federal government officials, so it would almost certainly include the Pentagon)
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