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From: gjk@talcott.UUCP (Greg J Kuperberg)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Closed eyes to the raping of a nation
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Date: Tue, 20-Nov-84 12:43:38 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 20 12:43:38 1984
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> 
>  stuff.  Our technique is different -- that's all.  We get the Shah
> of Iran to kill thousands (literally!) of his subjects.  We get the Death
> Squads to do the dirty work in El Salvador.  Morally, we are simply in
> no position to complain.
> 
> --
> Jonathan Corbet
> National Center for Atmospheric Research, Field Observing Facility
> {seismo|hplabs}!hao!boulder!jon

The difference between the evils of the American Government and the evils
of the Soviet Government is the same as the difference between thousands of
deaths and millions of deaths---three orders of magnitude.