Comments on: Canada Still Complicit in DU http://lawiscool.com/2008/02/20/canada-still-complicit-in-du/?nucrss=1 The law school blog and podcast from Canada Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Thomas Covenant http://lawiscool.com/2008/02/20/canada-still-complicit-in-du/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Thomas Covenant Thu, 21 Feb 2008 06:56:00 +0000 http://lawiscool.com/2008/02/20/canada-still-complicit-in-du/#comment-965 The circumstance that the uranium the Americans use in warfare is depleted just underscores their general decency. They would win some of their wars much more easily if they permitted themselves a nuke or two, but they lately have refused to take the easy path, even after an astonishing provocation which, I think, might have exhausted my own patience. Similarly, saying that Canada is "complicit in DU" acknowledges Canada's continued existence as a distinct nation. One could imagine that Canada has some irremediable defect that makes it unsuitable for annexation; however, such a supposition seems unwarranted. So, given the great imbalance in numbers, power, and wealth between the U.S. and Canada, it seems Canada's being something other than a territory of the U.S. is another mark of the Americans' decency. As for the citation of remarks by Colin Powell, one could scarcely have made a worse choice in support of one's case. Powell is such a milquetoast, blandly decent fellow that acknowledging his complacency about the use of depleted uranium corrupts a reader's presupposition that depleted uranium, being uranium, must therefore be bad. <hr> LawIsCool: Thank you for your commentary. Stay tuned, we think you will enjoy one of our upcoming scheduled post immensely. The circumstance that the uranium the Americans use in warfare is depleted just underscores their general decency. They would win some of their wars much more easily if they permitted themselves a nuke or two, but they lately have refused to take the easy path, even after an astonishing provocation which, I think, might have exhausted my own patience.

Similarly, saying that Canada is “complicit in DU” acknowledges Canada’s continued existence as a distinct nation. One could imagine that Canada has some irremediable defect that makes it unsuitable for annexation; however, such a supposition seems unwarranted. So, given the great imbalance in numbers, power, and wealth between the U.S. and Canada, it seems Canada’s being something other than a territory of the U.S. is another mark of the Americans’ decency.

As for the citation of remarks by Colin Powell, one could scarcely have made a worse choice in support of one’s case. Powell is such a milquetoast, blandly decent fellow that acknowledging his complacency about the use of depleted uranium corrupts a reader’s presupposition that depleted uranium, being uranium, must therefore be bad.

LawIsCool: Thank you for your commentary. Stay tuned, we think you will enjoy one of our upcoming scheduled post immensely.

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