Here's a quote from Stanley Kubrick which I think is very relevant to what we're discussing.
Sartre once wrote that if there was one thing you could tell a man about to be executed that would make him happy, it was that a comet would strike the earth the next day and destroy every human being. This is not so much a collective death wish or self-destructive urge as a reflection of the awesome and agonizing lonliness of death. This is extremely pernicious, of course, because it aborts the kind of fury and indignation that should galvanize the world into defusing a situation where a few political leaders on both sides are seriously prepared to incinerate millions of people out of some sense of national interest."
I agree with Kubrick 1000%.
This war in Iraq is tragically senseless.
It's not an act of superior morality to submit to Saddam's evil ways Steve, you're right.
"Set the controls for the heart of the Sun" - Pink Floyd
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