tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post4895461701613252119..comments2023-05-22T10:42:54.046-04:00Comments on 6th or 7th: Why I don't like snapshots of the zeitgeistEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-23103810608592519132010-03-07T20:46:24.635-05:002010-03-07T20:46:24.635-05:00Jenny, who the hell said anything about...oh, neve...Jenny, who the hell said anything about...oh, never mind. I'm going to ignore everything you say from now on unless it betrays some hint that you have actually read what you're responding to. I think it'll free up a lot of time for me.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-29377303017211153982010-03-07T01:06:54.579-05:002010-03-07T01:06:54.579-05:00Mm, I don't think that means Bin Laden should...Mm, I don't think that means Bin Laden shouldn't be prosecuted..<br /><br />This rant sums up my feelings:<br /><br />"People die in wars. Oftentimes, they are civilians in the theater of combat, which generally tends to be located in the weaker country. The inevitability of this is why you don't go to war for no reason, which is why the Iraq war was a mistake. If we try to talk about Afghanistan again, you will post a video where Chomsky says that if we had only met the burden of proof required by the Taliban's highly sophisticated court system, they would have gladly surrendered Osama Bin Laden and all this would have been over, and also, because the US government 5 presidents ago provided material support to the Contras, it is impossible for any US government to ever engage in any military action whatsoever. <br /><br />If you do not understand that there is a moral distinction to be drawn between torturing people in your custody who pose no threat to anyone to death and authorizing an air strike in error, EVEN IF THE SECOND ACTION RESULTS IN MORE DEATH, you are fucking hopeless. <br /><br />Also, I like how the US is responsible for Iraqis ethnically cleansing each other, just like the US is responsible for the rise of the Khmer Rouge, but magically the Holocaust is not the Allies' fault for forcing Germany into economic ruin with the terms of the treaty of Versailles. It's almost as if the left believes that white Europeans possess agency and control of their own actions and Asians and Arabs don't. Hey, Saddam's out of power, let's go start a militia and blow up some mosques! WHAT CHOICE DO WE HAVE? Hey, the US bombed our country, there is a power vacuum, let's throw everybody into re-education camps and kill half the country? WHAT CHOICE DO WE HAVE? It's the only rational response! The US made us do it"<br /><br />And c'mon, there is a bit of religious fundamentalism in their rhetoric. What makes the taliban/Bin laden's reasons any more rational then say Jerry Fawell's? The only reason Bin Laden gave was the relationship between the u.s. and Israel- none of the other things that Ward Churchill claims.<br /><br />Fuck it, I'm tired.Jennynoreply@blogger.com