it was not an original question of whether i agree or not, it was a question of observation
as to my own observation of history, i say the situation was screwed up long before we got here, and will be so long after we are gone
i will instinctively say it is wrong to use hightech weaponry and cluster bombs on lowtech civilians herded into a variation of concentration camps
i will naturally spot the wrong that several generations of so many families have known nothing but concentration camp living
i fear something is terribly wrong when ordinary people feel the urge to commit suicide by the most horrible way, like vietnamese grandmothers (who were not driven by religion, but vengence, once did
on the flip side, rocket attacks by lowtech irregulars against civilians are obviously horrid as well, but collective punishment is what the nazis used to do, no?
i cannot help but feel something is not right
i cannot make it right, it all just is, but to say collective punishment is not what the nazis used to do is to lie, and that i will not do, unlike maurice
i at least got two jewish brothers, and maurice, he just has a fantasy
i am not one to say 'collective punishment, under certain circumstances, is right, and torture, during certain times, are necessary, and regime changing operation leading to utter chaos is justified' |
