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To: LindyBill who wrote (44536)	5/15/2004 4:07:39 PM
From: Neeka	Respond to of 793953

Then as now, the P-I's readers shouldn't simply accept the P-I's interpretation of unshown images, they should demand to see those images for themselves. Don't hold your breath. You posted a passage from a blog a few days ago about letters to the editor and the lack of balanced representation regarding the war and Bush. My immediate thought was the Post Intelligencer. I'll post their letters to the editor next chance I get. M

To: LindyBill who wrote (44536)	5/15/2004 5:47:19 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 793953

You know, I've heard the phrase "moral equivalence" more in the last 10 days than I have in the last 10 years. The problem I have with it though is that most of the time it is used to claim that certain unnamed people or groups have been attempting to mitigate or vigorously de- emphasize the seriousness of the Abu Ghraib abuses. It seems to me that the number of "moral equivalence" charges just don't match up to the actual cases were it really occurred. The Abu Ghraib abuses were widely denounced on this thread. I got the impression that most of us were genuinely shocked & horrified. We were generally united in wanting all guilty parties properly punished & steps taken to assure no more abuses occur. And we wanted it to be swift, transparent & public. As time passed & events unfolded, we began to put the abuses more into perspective in the whole scheme of things. We still discussed it, but we were putting it in perspective with each new revelation. Most of the blogs & newsgroups I read seemed to react similarly. Then the charges of "moral equivalence" skyrocketed. Maybe I've got a tin foil hat on this. It sure seems to me that these "moral equivalence" claims are more about keeping the Abu Ghraib abuses front & center of all debate in perpetuity for reasons other than the seriousness of the issues at stake. Why? Based on what we know, is this still the most important issue we face? It seems to me that this has become one of a number of important issues that deserve attention, but not the one & only issue. Something tells me this is really more about the Abu Ghraib abuses being used by some folks as a hammer to pummel the Bush Admin & give the anti-war crowd a cause celeb. I will admit that shaming everyone with a bunch of spurious claims of "moral equivalence" is a good angle to play though. Quite effective playing on the guilt of others IMO.