NancyLebovitz comments on 9/11 as mindkiller - Less Wrong

12 Post author: NancyLebovitz 12 September 2011 05:44PM

You are viewing a comment permalink. View the original post to see all comments and the full post content.

Comments (111)

You are viewing a single comment's thread. Show more comments above.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 13 September 2011 10:38:25AM *  1 point [-]

I agree that you can't reason by historical analogy alone, but do you think historical analogies should be left out entirely?

I strongly agree that American character has been shaped by the feeling of just war, and if one identifies with the north, then with victory in just wars.