<div dir="ltr">Leave aside the quaint attribution of the capacity for agency to an abstract noun. What is it exactly that we hope to forestall from happening in the future: the brutalization and extermination of a particular group of human beings or the destruction of the liberty and lives of all individual human beings who are victimized by war, including, e.g., those belonging to the myriad groups of e.g., tens of thousands Pacific Islanders and tens of millions inhabitants of the central European marchlands crushed between the Japanese and Allied forces and Nazi and Russian forces, whose fates are only now coming to be taken seriously. Surely the latter is a (non-partisan) objective about which everyone of good will ought to be able to agree - and one which, pace the history of the 20th century, is not likely to be accomplished by activities that aim to inflict humiliation on and fan resentment among ethnic/national groupings in the service of nationalist agendas. <br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 4:56 PM, Henny Savenije <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:webmaster@henny-savenije.pe.kr" target="_blank">webmaster@henny-savenije.pe.kr</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Maybe history might repeat itself. That's why<br><br>
At 03:39 PM 2/8/2014 Saturday +0900, you wrote:<br>
</div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite">1. Why is this blatantly
political appeal appearing on the list?<br><br>
2. Why should the US permit an instrument of American public opinion to
be hijacked to sharpen the nationalist axe of one foreign nation against
another in a controversy in which the only US interests is that it is
settled between the nations in interest in a manner that is mutually
acceptable? <br><br>
3. What procedural safeguards exist to ensure that, in connection with a
device that is intended to provide for the ostensibly sua sponte
expression, and perhaps official Presidential affirmation, of American
public opinion, petitioners' identities as US citizens are confirmed (and
the propensity of Korean nutizens to vote early and vote often is
effectively curtailed)?<br><br>
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