[Air-l] Re: peace

Mon Mar 24 14:35:11 PST 2003

David, I generally agree with your skepticism of the Iraq war. I find my
country (Denmark), as one of only 3-4 countries participating in war against
the majority opinion here in Denmark and around the world - a very
frustrating experience, when you belong to that majority!

I too, have noted the absence of war-related mails in a couple of days, not
just on this list but also on at least one other I am participating in. I
have a feeling that once the war started some of the discussions leading up
to it seemed futile to many (to late to avoid it). Second, there might have
been a general need of a little time to make sense of the information coming
from the war zone. 

As to the appropriateness of discussing 'non-curricular' issues on a list
like this? Generally, I think not, unless the discussion is clearly related
to the Internet as a phenomenon. However, some times there are exceptions to
rules - I think a war like this is exceptional enough for people to voice
their opinion in this forum (as exceptions to the rule - a continued
discussion could be carried out off-list) - sorry for carrying it on here
;-)

Best,
Rune