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"The very fact that no sabotage has taken place to date is a disturbing and confirming indication that such action will be taken." THAT is disturbing "logic".
by mgkimsal 10y ago
"The very fact that no sabotage has taken place to date is a disturbing and confirming indication that such action will be taken."
THAT is disturbing "logic".
- dsabanin 10y agoI wouldn't call this "logic" at all :)
- ComputerGuru 10y agoIndeed. My brain encountered a segfault attempting to evaluate that expression.
- katkattac 10y agoThis is a quote from General John L. DeWitt, head of the U.S. Army’s Western Defense Command. He's basically the guy that convinced the president that this was a good idea. Why we put people like him in power (instead of prison), I'll never understand.
- coldpie 10y agoThe next United States Secretary of Defense: "There are some people who think you have to hate them in order to shoot them. I don’t think you do. It’s just business." "You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain’t got no manhood left anyway. So it’s a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them. Actually it’s quite fun to fight them, you know. It’s a hell of a hoot. It’s fun to shoot some people." "The first time you blow someone away is not an insignificant event. That said, there are some assholes in the world that just need to be shot." http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gen-james-mad-dog-mattis-7-memorable-quotes/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/gen-james-mad-dog-mattis-7-memor...
- jwcacces 10y agoSecretary of Defense?
- coldpie 10y agoYes, my mistake.
- CrossWired 10y agoAre you equating Mattis to Dewitt? If so, lets not forget Mattis's approach to things: Talks to the enemy diplomatically: "I come in peace. I didn't bring artillery. But I'm pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you all" Promotes thinking rather than force from his subordinates: "You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon." Works well with others: "I don't get intelligence off a satellite. Iraqis tell me who the enemy is."
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- nameless912 10y agoIt sounds straight out of Doctor Strangelove. He might as well be ranting about how they're stealing our vital bodily fluids. It's just so insane that this guy was given this kind of power.
- fasteddie31003 10y agoThere was the Niihau Incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niihau_incident where Hawaiians of Japanese descent helped a crashed Japanese pilot. But then ended up killing the pilot.
- jackfoxy 10y agoI had never heard of this before. You would think it would be better known amongst all the Pearl Harbor trivia.
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- SerLava 10y agoI'm pretty sure 2 native Hawaiians killed the pilot. The husband and wife. The Japanese locals ran off.
- billbrown 10y agoIn a more narrative style - https://www.damninteresting.com/incident-on-niihau-island/ https://www.damninteresting.com/incident-on-niihau-island/
- squozzer 10y agoIt's called "heads I win, tails you lose."
- drdeca 10y agoIt's anti-induction. Anti-induction holds that a thing having happened many times before, all else being equal, is evidence that it will happen again. Anti-induction holds that it having never happened before is evidence that it will happen. Just as induction having generally worked in the past indicates, by induction, that it Wil continue to work, anti-induction having generally not worked in the past "indicates", by anti-induction, that it should begin to work now.
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- drdeca 10y agoTypo: the "Anti-induction" in the second sentence should say "Induction". Also, "it Wil continue" should be "it will continue".
- conistonwater 10y agoIf you want more "logic", there's also Korematsu v. United States [1], one of the worst Supreme Court decisions in American history. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korematsu_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korematsu_v._United_States