Originally posted by What Would Jesus Do?:
Originally posted by Pepperman:
Slieb, you make a great white knight. Let's just say it would be best if Mr. WWJD answers the question himself? In other words, "why do you assume he does?" We can have a good volley on this or just let him handle his own Q&A?
If you insist....
The main difference between you and me (and between swag and me, since he made the same charge) is that I care about the innocent people brutalized and killed on BOTH SIDES of these conflicts -
including those killed by us and those we support. And I object to those atrocities, no matter who causes them.
If it seems to you that I only object to the atrocities we and our allies commit, that's because you aren't paying attention.
If it seems to you that I object
more to the atrocities that we and our allies commit, that may be true. I don't think the atrocities themselves are worse for that reason, but I am much more upset when my side does evil. We are supposed to be the good guys. And if we don't object to the evil done in our name, we are no better than the Germans who blindly endorsed their government's atrocities. Or the Soviets, or the Brits, or any other chauvinists who condone or look the other way while their leaders do evil.
Your blinkers are so firmly welded in place that you routinely lie about my positions rather than examine your own.