Subj : Moral delima and Islamic takeover.
To   : ALL
From : BOB KLAHN
Date : Sun Jan 30 2011 23:02:52


 I posted a msg about a short story called, The Ones Who Walk
 Away From Omelas. This story was described by the only one who
 seems to have read it as SF and he completely mis-stated the
 premise. His shallow analysis served no useful purpose.

 No one else seemed to have read it, or looked it up, though I
 did post a link. Snipurl.com/omelas.

 I challenged all readers to tell what they would do in that
 case. At the time I did not give my choice.

 Now we are seeing protests in Egypt, Tunis, Sudan, etc. Some are
 near to rising to the level of rebellions. When I googled the
 protests, to find out what commentators are saying, I found very
 little. I don't follow many commentators, so I don't have links
 to go to their websites.

 Mostly I was interested in what Fox News commentators had to
 say. The only thing I found was Dick Morris saying we had to
 oppose an Islamist takeover of Egypt.

 Ok, before I sent this off I checked again. I found an article
 in the far right American Spectator criticising American
 conservatives for impugning the Egyptian revolution, and esp
 mentioning Fox News. I found Krauthammer giving a muddled
 commentary in which he expressed the opinion that there is a
 grave danger of the Muslim Brotherhood taking over and the US
 should prevent that. And John Bolton saying much the same.
 National Review online had a good comment on it.

 Oh, and that Sudan is a vital ally in the war against Al Qaeda.

 This is a perfect example of the Omelas challenge. So, look at
 it, and give your position on it.

 Now I will give mine.

 I would bring down Omelas.



BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

.... I would bring down Omelas.
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