"These are evil-doers. They have no justification..."

[aion]

Thanks to Mike Malloy's show for dredging this quote from Bush. When I heard it, I felt compelled to illustrate.

The quote can be heard at my site: http://www.aionblog.com/?postid=73

Philosophy, as any form of rational inquiry, is concerned with establishing beliefs or systems of beliefs (theories) that can be justified in an objective manner. The rational justification of a belief is expressed in the form of an argument. (Common synonyms for "argument" are "proof" or "demonstration.") In this context, the term "argument" does not refer, as it commonly does in ordinary discourse, to a debate or disagreement between people (although arguments can and commonly do enter into debates), but rather refers to the process by which reasons are offered that recommend the acceptance of a given belief as true. Logic is the study of the fundamental principles that enter into the determination of the quality of an argument: the extent to which the reasons offered in support of a belief actually do provide support for the belief. We will consider here some very basic terminology that applies in analyzing the structure of arguments, and determining their quality.

http://info.nwmissouri.edu/~rfield/primlog.html

The Nazi defendants at Nuremberg cited the concept of preventative war to justify the German invasion of Norway. The judges wisely rejected their defense. They ruled that a war of choice is a crime against peace.

http://www.commondreams.org/views05/0503-25.htm

Okay, I think I now qualify to be included on Friedman's proposed lists...

[mike_c]

1. kicked and nominated....

Everyone should read the commondreams piece linked in the last excerpt!

[xxqqqzme]

2. congrats!

my sources tell me your name has been added 2 :crazy: tom's list.

[aion]

3. Das ist Vunderbar! n/t

[aion]

4. Aristotle calls Bush 'Irascible

With regard to anger also there is an excess, a deficiency, and a mean. Although they can scarcely be said to have names, yet since we call the intermediate person good-tempered let us call the mean good temper; of the persons at the extremes let the one who exceeds be called irascible, and his vice irascibility, and the man who falls short an inirascible sort of person, and the deficiency inirascibility.
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But up to what point and to what extent a man must deviate before he becomes blameworthy it is not easy to determine by reasoning, any more than anything else that is perceived by the senses; such things depend on particular facts, and the decision rests with perception.


http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.1.i.html