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From: piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Re: Euromissiles in Belgium
Message-ID: <435@mcvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 31-Jan-85 06:23:43 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 31 06:23:43 1985
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	>(2) If the people desire something morally wrong, does the
	>    national interest demand immorality?
	>(3) If the people desire something patently stupid, does the
	>    fulfillment of that desire advance the national interest?
And who is going to decide whether or not something is morally wrong
or patently stupid. Fortunately we don't have a dictator here to decide
that for us. Is abortion morally wrong? A majority of people here don't
think so. Is deploying cruise missiles in Europa patently stupid? Lots
of people think so, yes, because it can threaten our very existence.

So what is "national interest"? That's the interest of the *people*, not
of those that happen to "rule" a country.

-- 
	Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam
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