bad guys

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

But we ARE good.  Or at least, better than the bad guys.

> OK, I didn't remember that.  But my dislike of the term is
> that it is so simplistic, so Manichean--if they're bad, then
> we must be good, right?
>
> At 09:47 AM 12/4/2006, you wrote:
> >"Bad guys" was in frequent use during the unpleasantness in SE Asia.
> >See HDAS.
> >
> >  In a world where "enemy" is a designation that may be fading from
> >popular use, "bad guys" usefully distinguishes such persons from
> >friendlier Vietnamese, Iraqis, etc.
> >
> >   JL
> >
> >
>

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