You say:
Our killing is good, their killing is evil.
I say:
All killing is evil.
So what's your point? I say what bin Laden, Hussein, et al, have in mind for us and the rest of the world is degenerate, backward, evil, and not permissable.
If, to stop them, we must kill them and some of their followers, that's OK by me. It's troubling but I can live with it.
self-defined-wearers-of-White-Hats?
Well, you see, I know, by comparison, I'm a better person than bin Laden or Hussein and I'm a better person than most of their followers.
Furthermore, I know, from observation, that George Bush and most other modern people are better folk than bin Laden, Hussein and their followers.
I also know, from observation, that with its lack of tyranny and its prosperity, a modern way of life is far superior to the tyranny and poverty the likes of bin Laden and Hussein have in mind for the world.
I see bin Laden, Hussein and others of their ilk as mortal enemies. In confirmation, I can hear them say so and I see their actions.
The romantic, fascist type ideologies represented by people such as bin Laden and Hussein are not compatible with modern way of life and there is not enough room in the world for both. The events of the twentieth century have demonstrated they lead to killing and misery of unprecedented dimensions.
We have already made the mistake of allowing these ideologies to get new footholds and even to attack us and our allies but I see no reason to continue with this mistake. We can either fight small wars now or very large ones later. |
