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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 19:15:42 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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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.
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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.”
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Where was the outrage in the media at all the previous atrocities by the
various thuggish regimes, gangs, and fanatics in the region?
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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What about:
- Man feeds dog
- Man starves dog
- Man wants dog’s bone
- Man beats dog
- Dog bites man
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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That is correct; we are setting the standard. Remember
this:
“Mr Rumsfeld said the Geneva convention “indicates that it’s not permitted to
photograph and embarrass or humiliate prisoners of war”.
Scott A
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| (...) 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." (...) 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 (...) (20 years ago, 12-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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