The Cellar - View Single Post - Who doesn't want a Palestinian state? Palestinian leaders, that's who

Undertoad · 06-20-2002, 11:05 PM

It's all about moral equivalency, dood. It's the whole point.

The settlers who were killed yesterday included three children. Targetted? You bet: with rifles, shot at close range.

Would THEY be your target? Would you run into the house, see three children in one room, run to that room, target their faces and pull the trigger?

Well, now you have to. Because you're trying to understand the Palestinian reaction by empathizing with them. If you don't go all the way, you haven't understood it at all, have you?

So this is important: what kind of injustice, inflicted on you, would make you pull the trigger on those kids?

06-20-2002, 11:05 PM	#40
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's all about moral equivalency, dood. It's the whole point. The settlers who were killed yesterday included three children. Targetted? You bet: with rifles, shot at close range. Would THEY be your target? Would you run into the house, see three children in one room, run to that room, target their faces and pull the trigger? Well, now you have to. Because you're trying to understand the Palestinian reaction by empathizing with them. If you don't go all the way, you haven't understood it at all, have you? So this is important: what kind of injustice, inflicted on you, would make you pull the trigger on those kids?