Some commentary from Hans:
"Yes, the war in Iraq is not looking so good. But, that doesn't change the fact that fundamentalist Islam is a collection of very bad people. At what point do you draw the line between a culture just being different from ours and a culture where power is dominating by inhumane treatment of its people. I hate when people use overuse hyperbole, but there is a reason that parallels can be drawn to slavery and Nazi Germany. I'm not saying American Democracy and capitalism is the best for every culture, but it is a pretty darn good alternative to living under Islamic Sharia law. Is humanity better off if everyone has free choice and free expression? I believe yes. But, with free choice has to come responsibility...that's a different topic.
"Is it too much to ask that the world stand up against anyone that believes it is justifiable to blow up the person sitting next to you because they don't agree with you? Because they don't pray like you? There will always be violent people in this world and bad people and senseless killing will happen. I can go on an on here...
"But, the point is that in the United States we live among Jews, Christians, Muslims, anarchists, right wing evangelicals, and lefty tree huggers and still no one in this country has been able to mount a sustained violent effort to undermine American society. Why? Because Americans won't stand for it. We look out for each other. We "rally around the flag" whenever someone is able to slip past us. But, the world is shrinking and isolationism is no longer a viable answer like it was before transcontinental flights in 8 hours. So the question I leave to ponder is one of sovereignty. At what point do we see the "rally around humanity" effect? We did not see it in Somalia. We did not see it in Rwanda. Bosnia? Not really. At what point do the first world countries shrug their shoulders and say, whelp George and Tony really screwed this one up. Then everyone sends all the troops it takes to Iraq because the current bloody mess just is not acceptable. Can that ever happen? And then we say to Kim johns IL that he's one messed up piece of crap for starving his people and playing around with nixes and that the world won't stand for that. And an intel force removes him from his nice little dictatorship.
"So please, don't just tell me I'm wrong. Don't just tell me why George Bush sucks and make me beg for forgiveness for invading Iraq. Tell me why I'm wrong and offer me an alternative. "Serious times call for serious people.""
"Yes, the war in Iraq is not looking so good. But, that doesn't change the fact that fundamentalist Islam is a collection of very bad people. At what point do you draw the line between a culture just being different from ours and a culture where power is dominating by inhumane treatment of its people. I hate when people use overuse hyperbole, but there is a reason that parallels can be drawn to slavery and Nazi Germany. I'm not saying American Democracy and capitalism is the best for every culture, but it is a pretty darn good alternative to living under Islamic Sharia law. Is humanity better off if everyone has free choice and free expression? I believe yes. But, with free choice has to come responsibility...that's a different topic.
"Is it too much to ask that the world stand up against anyone that believes it is justifiable to blow up the person sitting next to you because they don't agree with you? Because they don't pray like you? There will always be violent people in this world and bad people and senseless killing will happen. I can go on an on here...
"But, the point is that in the United States we live among Jews, Christians, Muslims, anarchists, right wing evangelicals, and lefty tree huggers and still no one in this country has been able to mount a sustained violent effort to undermine American society. Why? Because Americans won't stand for it. We look out for each other. We "rally around the flag" whenever someone is able to slip past us. But, the world is shrinking and isolationism is no longer a viable answer like it was before transcontinental flights in 8 hours. So the question I leave to ponder is one of sovereignty. At what point do we see the "rally around humanity" effect? We did not see it in Somalia. We did not see it in Rwanda. Bosnia? Not really. At what point do the first world countries shrug their shoulders and say, whelp George and Tony really screwed this one up. Then everyone sends all the troops it takes to Iraq because the current bloody mess just is not acceptable. Can that ever happen? And then we say to Kim johns IL that he's one messed up piece of crap for starving his people and playing around with nixes and that the world won't stand for that. And an intel force removes him from his nice little dictatorship.
"So please, don't just tell me I'm wrong. Don't just tell me why George Bush sucks and make me beg for forgiveness for invading Iraq. Tell me why I'm wrong and offer me an alternative. "Serious times call for serious people.""
posted by GW at 12:23 AM
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