Summer 2003 volume 99 issue 3 : letters
Re: Letters, Spring 2003
Regarding the letter from Bruce Mendelsohn ’90 in the Spring 2003 issue — is the right to protest and disagree worth defending if no one exercises that right? Does it even exist if no one exercises it? In Mr. Mendelsohn’s view we ought to make wars to protect a right that no one should exercise because they would then dishonor those who fought to protect the right. It seems to me that there is a logical fallacy here; leaving aside the further question of how we are to know which of our many military engagements is actually an action in defense of the rights of American citizens.
Patricia L. Arnold ’67
Trout Lake, Washington