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Tim Daneliuk wrote:
Morris Dovey wrote:
Tim Daneliuk (in ) said:

| wrote:
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|| False. Not only can we win without abandoning our principles, we
|| cannot win if we do.
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|| Abandonment of our principles is suicide.
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| So is clinging to them to the point where we are annihilated.
| Survival comes before legal nuance notwithstanding the fantasyland
| inhabited by a good many of the war critics.

It would seem that you've not noticed the rather large number of men
and women who valued our principles more highly than their personal
survival - and the lesser (but still awesomely large) number who did
not, in fact, survive - all so that you and I might live in what you
so casually refer to as "fantasyland".

If you choose to discard our fundamental principles in favor of some
hoped-for longevity; most will understand - and I would guess that
most will also be ashamed for you.

It is not a "fundamental principle" that we roll over and play dead
for combatants hiding behind civilian garb. It is not a "fundamental
principle" that such individuals be extended the benefits of our
social contract. It is not a "fundamental principle" that such
individuals should be entirely free of duress, discomfort, and even
intimidation.

And only the straw men in your fantasyland have suggested
any such things.

Care to join us in the real world?

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FF