Tonight's Topic: "Collateral Damage - So What"
NEW ITEM: Brian Hughes watches a television program and now he wants to save the world.
Hey Hughes - get down from your anti-American horse and take a closer look at the facts. Innocent people have to die. Collateral damage is unavoidable as we rid the world of cretins like Sadamm Hussein and Osama bin Laden. Granted we wiped out a few unsuspecting Afghans during our purging of the Taliban, but hey, it could have been much worse. Look at the bright side -- our aim is a hell of a lot better today than it has ever been. Close to 40 million civilians (that's million, not thousands) were killed during World War II (talk about bad aim). Mr Hughes - not wanting to harm innocent men, women and children - what would you have done to stop Hitler? As a pacifist I'm sure you would have constructed a few anti-war signs (complete with a Scrag Ends promotional cartoon, no doubt) and picketed the streets of Blighty -- or possibly (likely) just complained about perceived injustices to a few of your equally intoxicated pseudo-buddies. Yes, you and your pacifist friends would have been doing this while Hitler was prancing through Europe -- while millions of Jews were being exterminated in death camps. 40 million civilians had to die during World War II to make the world right. Yes, had to die ... just like a few hundred thousand Iraqi men, women and children will have to die to ensure that terrorism is held in check.
Editor's note: Actually I'd have given Germany more financial support following the First World War instead of trying to keep them as the underdogs. Then inflation wouldn't have spiralled out of control leading to the rise of fascism in the first place, the election of Hitler and the loss of millions of lives. Just so long as Douglas Adams would have agreed in principle.
