I've been mulling Lieberman's words. "The enormous moral difference. . ." between us and the terrorists.
Know what the real test is? Not that we've now committed a handful of atrocities of our own. Such things occur in every war. It's in our reaction to them. We're repulsed by these acts. We're ashamed of them. We're investigating and looking to bring the guilty parties to justice.
Meanwhile, the Islamists dance and ululate in the streets every time another "enemy" child or three is killed by a terrorist's bomb.
So you American haters out there can warm yourself by the fire of self-loathing and moral equivalency. The prison scandal will provide fuel for that fire for a long time, without doubt. But you're idiotic. There is no such moral equivalency.
America sins, certainly. But we don't center our culture on perpetuating and glorifying such atrocities, we abhor them. And that makes all the difference in the world.
Posted by Discoshaman at mai 15, 2004 12:02 AM | TrackBack
So what do you do with the marching 500,000 glorifying the murder of babies in Washington DC?
Posted by: Jeff at mai 15, 2004 06:36 PMRight on!We do make mistakes, but we are trying to do what is right for all.
Posted by: Jake at mai 15, 2004 09:27 PMJake!
It's good to see you man. . . It's been ages. How are ya?
Jeff-
I'm as pro-Life as the next guy, providing the next guy is Terry Randall or the Pope. And I certainly agree that abortion is the unlawful killing of an innocent human life. But I can still recognize that there is a massive difference in mentality between the women marching in Washington, and the ones ululating in Riyadh.
The ones in Washington, for the most part, honestly don't believe that a baby is human in a meaningful sense at the time of abortion. Most of them buy into the propaganda that a fetus is only a "simple fish-like creature without the ability to feel pain" during a D&C. They may be willfully ignorant, but they really don't think abortion is murder.
The Islamists, on the other hand, are consciously cheering the murder of innocent non-combatants.
Posted by: Discoshaman at mai 15, 2004 09:49 PMI agree with your distinction, and I agree that many "pro-choice" folks do not consider a fetus a person, but there has been a more recent shift in which a growing number are admitting that the fetus is a person and then say "so what, its my body." This, in my opinion is no different than the Islamists that you describe
Posted by: Jeff at mai 17, 2004 08:03 PMAbsolutely, Jeff. And I'd agree about the moral standing of that radical minority. But that's the real key -- it's a massive minority. Most Americans, even the "pro-choice" ones, are clueless about Roe. They think it virtually banned all but first trimester abortions. Few ever take the time to research how expansively the Court defined the "health of the mother" exception. . .
That's quite different from the Middle East, where you have vast tracts of people enthusiastically cheering bin Laden.
Posted by: Discoshaman at mai 17, 2004 08:48 PM