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Re: Arrogance floats amongst the stars...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 12 May 2004 16:50:25 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> it's easy to lose sight of how bad the
> bad guys are when what you mostly hear about is how bad the good guys are.
It's equally easy to lose sight of how bad some of the good guys can be when we
mostly hear about how good the good guys "are."
> Where was the outrage in the media at all the previous atrocities by the various
> thuggish regimes, gangs, and fanatics in the region?
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> Answer: it's not newsworthy, the same way Dog bites Man isn't newsworthy. But
> Man bites Dog??? THAT'S newsworthy.
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> And to a certain extent that's as it should be. The good guys should be held to
> a higher standard.
I think that's the essence of it. We didn't just go in there to stop a bad guy
from doing bad things--we Swept Righteously Down From The Heavens In A Crusade
Against The Evildoer™, as if our own feces weren't foetid.
> I'd just like to see the bad guys held to SOME standard by
> those complaining about the good guys... else those complaining have no
> standing.
In much the same way, alas, that the United States has no moral authority to
complain about brutal acts committed against its forces when US forces have
committed similarly brutal acts against its enemies.
Dave!
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| (...) What about: Man feeds dog Man starves dog Man wants dog's bone Man beats dog Dog bites man (...) That is correct; we are setting the standard. Remember (URL) this>: "Mr Rumsfeld said the Geneva convention "indicates that it's not permitted to (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| (...) Maybe Dave just realised it (again?)... it's easy to lose sight of how bad the bad guys are when what you mostly hear about is how bad the good guys are. Where was the outrage in the media at all the previous atrocities by the various thuggish (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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