Word: argumentative
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This time is different. Twenty-eight Americans have died in the war since October, but the national mood remains resolute. Here, without argument, is one way in which Sept. 11 truly has changed the way we think. "The American public," says Ralph Peters, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and a military scholar, "is sensible about war and amazingly stoical." Who, six months ago, would have dared say that...
...another, coffee farmers are generally too poor to do so. (If they do switch, coca, a source of cocaine, is one of the most profitable crops to grow.) The market is already filled with numerous restrictions; most of these simply do not benefit small farmers in poor countries. Another argument against fair trade coffee is that it will cost significantly more. This claim is simply unfounded; when fair trade is compared with other high quality organic coffees, such as Starbucks or Peet’s, it falls roughly in the middle of their price ranges. Fairly traded coffee...
...argument, in its simplest form, is analogous to snatching a toy from a child and then taking umbrage when the child is not thankful upon return...
...assumed that the e-mailer referred to my column, but I was perplexed. His argument was simple enough—one that I’ve heard many times: the mass punishment of the entire Palestinian people is just retribution for the horrific acts of a few Palestinian suicide bombers. But what struck me was not the argument but the phrase—“blown to bits by your brethren.” When did I claim brotherhood with religious fanatics who attack innocent civilians? I thought I had spoken out in favor of peace, reconciliation and justice...
This planning, against a day that hopefully will never come, is prudent. But it is imperative that the U.S. never again use weapons of mass destruction before its adversary. The historical argument in favor of preserving a first-strike option—that of the Soviet Union starting a massive invasion of Western Europe—is no longer relevant, and no similar situation is foreseeable. Nuclear weapons are not just big bombs; even the smallest tactical weapons pack immense payloads, nuclear explosions leave fallout for years, and their use runs the risk of spurring catastrophic escalation...