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	<title>Comments on: The One Minute Case Against Iran&#8217;s &#8220;Right&#8221; to Uranium Enrichment Technology</title>
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	<description>The One Minute Case is a new collaborative blog which will present a brief argument about a controversial issue that can be read in about a minute. The goal is to publish one case per day. You can read the cases to learn something new about an issue or use them as a source for longer arguments of your own.</description>
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		<title>By: Chella</title>
		<link>http://oneminute.rationalmind.net/iran-nukes/#comment-12618</link>
		<dc:creator>Chella</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:15:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"A nation who protects, finances or endorses unilateral military invasions is a nation that encourages the violation of the inalienable rights of others. Such a nation has absolutely no right to any technology that will enhance its offensive capability."  See, there I substituted the term "unilateral military invasions" for "terrorism" ... and viola!  The U.S. no longer has any moral right to possess technology that enhances ITS offensive capability.  

Or, how about this one:  "A nation who protects, finances or endorses the violent replacement of democratically elected regimes is a nation that encourages the violation of the inalienable rights of others. Such a nation has absolutely no right to any technology that will enhance its offensive capability."  Again, if you paint the U.S. with appropriate colours, you can apply these factors to the right to posses nuclear weapons, and the U.S. is once again on the losing end.

What do both paragraphs have in common with your article?

All 3 pieces take historical factors, throw in some supposition, prediction, character assassination, and accusations of future actions which haven't taken place yet - and we apply these arguably irrelevant factors to that piece of international legislation known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty.  You can't take the facts you cited and apply them to this legislation, because those facts are not proven, and are based on old history which YOU feel should be relevant (but it isn't).

Any judge would have definitely thrown you right out of court on the very weak arguments above.  I'd say this does a very poor job of convincing anybody that Iran should receive special, unique treatment under the treaty that no other regime receives.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;A nation who protects, finances or endorses unilateral military invasions is a nation that encourages the violation of the inalienable rights of others. Such a nation has absolutely no right to any technology that will enhance its offensive capability.&#8221;  See, there I substituted the term &#8220;unilateral military invasions&#8221; for &#8220;terrorism&#8221; &#8230; and viola!  The U.S. no longer has any moral right to possess technology that enhances ITS offensive capability.  </p>
<p>Or, how about this one:  &#8220;A nation who protects, finances or endorses the violent replacement of democratically elected regimes is a nation that encourages the violation of the inalienable rights of others. Such a nation has absolutely no right to any technology that will enhance its offensive capability.&#8221;  Again, if you paint the U.S. with appropriate colours, you can apply these factors to the right to posses nuclear weapons, and the U.S. is once again on the losing end.</p>
<p>What do both paragraphs have in common with your article?</p>
<p>All 3 pieces take historical factors, throw in some supposition, prediction, character assassination, and accusations of future actions which haven&#8217;t taken place yet - and we apply these arguably irrelevant factors to that piece of international legislation known as the Non-Proliferation Treaty.  You can&#8217;t take the facts you cited and apply them to this legislation, because those facts are not proven, and are based on old history which YOU feel should be relevant (but it isn&#8217;t).</p>
<p>Any judge would have definitely thrown you right out of court on the very weak arguments above.  I&#8217;d say this does a very poor job of convincing anybody that Iran should receive special, unique treatment under the treaty that no other regime receives.</p>
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		<title>By: Michael Price</title>
		<link>http://oneminute.rationalmind.net/iran-nukes/#comment-11428</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael Price</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you're not going to let Iran have it's rights under the treaty they signed, why shouldn't they just scrap that treaty?  Especially since no nuclear-armed nation actually stood by their side of the deal (disarmament).  There is almost zero evidence that Iran is pursueing a nuclear weapons policy.  Most of the "evidence" is obviously made up.  Enriching to weapons grade without warning the rest of the world would be impossible given the safeguards.  So what's the actual risk?  Even assuming that Iran gets the bom what use would it be to them?  Israel has had it for years.  Worst case scenario Iran is offered Isreali disarmament in return for it's own.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you&#8217;re not going to let Iran have it&#8217;s rights under the treaty they signed, why shouldn&#8217;t they just scrap that treaty?  Especially since no nuclear-armed nation actually stood by their side of the deal (disarmament).  There is almost zero evidence that Iran is pursueing a nuclear weapons policy.  Most of the &#8220;evidence&#8221; is obviously made up.  Enriching to weapons grade without warning the rest of the world would be impossible given the safeguards.  So what&#8217;s the actual risk?  Even assuming that Iran gets the bom what use would it be to them?  Israel has had it for years.  Worst case scenario Iran is offered Isreali disarmament in return for it&#8217;s own.</p>
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		<title>By: John Baxter</title>
		<link>http://oneminute.rationalmind.net/iran-nukes/#comment-38</link>
		<dc:creator>John Baxter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2007 01:01:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent piece. Read Alireza Jafarzadeh's book, it is a must read for every American.</description>
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