Comments on: Two for the Price of One http://themoderatevoice.com/13382/two-for-the-price-of-one/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 04:43:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: domajot http://themoderatevoice.com/13382/two-for-the-price-of-one/comment-page-1/#comment-85057 domajot Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:56:20 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/terrorism/13382/two-for-the-price-of-one/#comment-85057 Re Couric living up to her standars, I would surmise, then, that only certified saints should be allowed to give inspirational messages. If that rule is applied, we will be hearing few words of wisdom and will be the poorer for it. Re Couric living up to her standars, I would surmise, then, that only certified saints should be allowed to give inspirational messages.
If that rule is applied, we will be hearing few words of wisdom and will be the poorer for it.

]]> By: Chris http://themoderatevoice.com/13382/two-for-the-price-of-one/comment-page-1/#comment-85047 Chris Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:06:41 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/terrorism/13382/two-for-the-price-of-one/#comment-85047 Not to defend Jihad or whatever, but is this really all that different from Western notions of collateral damage? You don't hear a lot of remorse from any of the military, the hawks or our media about the 100s of thousands of Iraqis that we've killed since 1980s. <blockquote>You can kill bystanders without feeling a lot of guilt: This is the “let-God-sort-them-out”-line of thinking: in essence it means that God knows who of the bystanders deserved to die and who did not. Those who did not deserve to die will go to heaven (as martyrs), those who did deserve to die will go to hell.</blockquote> Not to defend Jihad or whatever, but is this really all that different from Western notions of collateral damage? You don’t hear a lot of remorse from any of the military, the hawks or our media about the 100s of thousands of Iraqis that we’ve killed since 1980s.

You can kill bystanders without feeling a lot of guilt: This is the “let-God-sort-them-out”-line of thinking: in essence it means that God knows who of the bystanders deserved to die and who did not. Those who did not deserve to die will go to heaven (as martyrs), those who did deserve to die will go to hell.

]]> By: Lynx http://themoderatevoice.com/13382/two-for-the-price-of-one/comment-page-1/#comment-85038 Lynx Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:21:17 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/war-on-terror/terrorism/13382/two-for-the-price-of-one/#comment-85038 <blockquote>“We have a voting system here in Britain, so anyone who is voting for Tony Blair is not a civilian and therefore would be a legitimate target.</blockquote> In essence; you have to follow the rules of the Koran...unless they inconveniently forbid you from killing who you want to kill. You are a civilian...unless we want you to not be one to make it "ok" to kill you. Killing any innocent is fine, since innocents go to heaven anyway. There has to be a certain level of insanity that goes with suicide killers of course. Fanaticism, of which Islam seems to have plentiful amounts, is a form of insanity. Under the effects of this insanity; the word of the authority figure ALWAYS makes sense, even if it's utterly absurd. Religion, which requires a certain suspension of rational thought anyway, is especially vulnerable to this sort of manipulation. Certain absolute political systems that require a charismatic demi-god leader, like communism and fascism, are also vulnerable.

“We have a voting system here in Britain, so anyone who is voting for Tony Blair is not a civilian and therefore would be a legitimate target.

In essence; you have to follow the rules of the Koran…unless they inconveniently forbid you from killing who you want to kill. You are a civilian…unless we want you to not be one to make it “ok” to kill you. Killing any innocent is fine, since innocents go to heaven anyway.

There has to be a certain level of insanity that goes with suicide killers of course. Fanaticism, of which Islam seems to have plentiful amounts, is a form of insanity. Under the effects of this insanity; the word of the authority figure ALWAYS makes sense, even if it’s utterly absurd. Religion, which requires a certain suspension of rational thought anyway, is especially vulnerable to this sort of manipulation. Certain absolute political systems that require a charismatic demi-god leader, like communism and fascism, are also vulnerable.

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