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Re: Ethics and Morons


On Fri, 21 Apr 1995, Hovden Jan M wrote:

> On Thu, 20 Apr 1995, Sean wrote:
> 
> > 
> > THERE IS NO MILITARY THREAT IN THE POST COLD WAR WORLD
> > 
> > CHRISTOPHER `95 [FOREIGN POLICY, SPRING, PG 6]
> > 
> > "The Soveit empire is gone, and with it our primary security imperative of the
> > past half century--to contain communist expansion while preventing a nuclear
> > holocaust.  Today, no great power views any other as an immediate military
> > threat.  And the triumph of democracy and free markets is transforming
> > countries form Europe to Latin America, and from Asia to Africa."
> 
> I think this card is out of context when tagged in the manner that it 
> is.  I think the card says two things.  1)  The U.S.'s major military 
> threat is gone, not that a military threat does not exist.  2)  Great 
> powers do not perceive a military threat to themselves.  
> 
> Based on the rest of the article I think the author clearly concludes 
> that military threats exist all over the globe.  This contradicts the 
> claim being made by the team using the evidence.   
> 
> >     "In this new era, we face heightened threats that spill across borders,
> > The breakup of the Soviet Union brought risks that nuclear material could fall
> > into the wrong hands, just as advances in technology and the diffusion of
> > expertise could place weapons of mass destruction within reach of an increasing
> > number of states..."
> > 
> In addition I think this part of the card answers Aaron's argument that 
> the tag implies the United States.  THe author states that we (the United 
> States) are clearly in danger.  
> 
> I think that Ken Broda-Bahm did an excellent job of explaining why the 
> card is out of context.  My opinion mirrors his if any of you have me in 
> the back of the room and are wondering whether or not to make a context 
> challenge.
> 
> Thanks for giving us a specific scenario to discuss Sean.
> 
> Jan Hovden
> SMS Debate
>
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