Don: I may have misattributed. On reflection, I recall that it might
have been someone other than Lt. Calley who said, "We had to destroy the
village to save it!". That was the example I sought (and seek) to make.

On Mon, 13 Nov 1995, Don Baccus wrote:

> Steve Herman:
> > But one day the lady in L.A. called her
> > Godfather (R. Reagan) and told him they had to get all those birds behind
> > bars. He called Ed Meese, who called the head of the U.S. F&W Service,
> > and it wasn't long before the traps were laid, the choppers aloft...
>
>
> > one of the noblest of the bird spirits that haunted the skies of southern
> > California was dead, murdered by ornithological Lieutenant Calleys, all of
> > them doubtless well-intentioned.
>
> Aren't these two statements in conflict? Aren't you first claiming that
> it was a failure of American politics, not the ornithological community
> or the professionals at USF&W that were overruled?
>
> Do you believe that Lieutenant Calley had the interests of the Vietmanese
> he slaughtered at heart? I don't. If the policy to bring in the
> condors was wrong, the ornithological community didn't do it out of
> hatred for the condor, but out of ignorance. It wasn't their intent
> to slaughter the condor. Calley knew that pulling the trigger on
> his M-16, and ordering his men to do the same, when the weapons were
> pointed at unarmed men, women and children would cause their death.
>
> There's a real difference here.
>
> The ad hominem attack only detracts from the credibility of the point
> of view you put forward.
>
> - Don Baccus, Portland OR <donb at rational.com>
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