tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088893.post113768747514453193..comments2023-10-18T07:02:57.612-04:00Comments on The Barking Dingo: Where Is The Line?Dingohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04386587646469853172noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088893.post-1137743466729217292006-01-20T02:51:00.000-05:002006-01-20T02:51:00.000-05:00I'm going to take the easy way out of answering th...I'm going to take the easy way out of answering this because it's <A HREF="http://www.villainouscompany.com/vcblog/archives/2006/01/american_dummit_1.html" REL="nofollow">said SO well here</A>--and note in particular, the quoted text from none other than Michael Kinsley(!). The blog post says it so much more eloquently than I normally bother with, anyway. ;-)<BR/>Besides, I'm sick as a dog and heavily medicated so I'm too tired to give the long--book-length long--answer on that one. <BR/><BR/>So, short version right here--Michael Kinsley:<BR/><I>If the cost of losing the war and the cost of winning it are both measured in the same currency—American values, especially freedom—then giving up some freedom in order to avoid losing all of it is obviously the right thing to do.</I><BR/><BR/>Read the link for the whole thing, though, not just the Kinsley stuff. (Normally, I think he's a pointy-headed tool but he's exactly right in that sentence.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088893.post-1137702297185423932006-01-19T15:24:00.000-05:002006-01-19T15:24:00.000-05:00I think it is a legitimate question. Different pe...I think it is a legitimate question. Different people will have different limits on either end. But if you want to answer that question also, feel free. I am not looking for right or wrong answers here. Just peoples personal opinions.Dingohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386587646469853172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088893.post-1137689509561563072006-01-19T11:51:00.001-05:002006-01-19T11:51:00.001-05:00I've sorta touched on this a few times before, lik...I've sorta touched on this a few times before, like siggy give me a chance to try and say it more clearly and eloquently this time, I'll be back later.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088893.post-1137689493738426422006-01-19T11:51:00.000-05:002006-01-19T11:51:00.000-05:00and this is an unfair question unless you also ask...and this is an unfair question unless you also ask how far is not far enough?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8088893.post-1137689006675719412006-01-19T11:43:00.000-05:002006-01-19T11:43:00.000-05:00OK, good question- give me a bit to gather my (lim...OK, good question- give me a bit to gather my (limited) thoughts.SC&Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08896449261475558935noreply@blogger.com