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Originally Posted by Mal
It's easy to rationalize guilt away in the name of war and the "greater good."
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I agree it would be easy to rationalize it away for the greater good, but sadly it doesn't exist right now. We're essentially fighting this war for power and oil. Any perceived threats at this point have long been exterminated.
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Only the worst of people enjoy war, and I'm sure Obama is not among them. He doesn't like war, he doesn't want to be responsible for so much death, but to him and many other Americans this is a matter of defending themselves from some perceived threat.
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I might not go as far as to say he enjoys it, but it doesn't seem like it bothers him. In his mind it's probably just a "cost" of war. In reality it's cold blooded mass murder. Like I said before, I'm sure he has no problem sleeping at night.
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I am not defending his actions, I'm merely pointing out that humanity has become quite adept at convincing themselves of what is right.
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I agree.
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I am not arguing objectively. Obviously death is death and no human life is (inherently) worth less than another. What I am saying is that there is a more immediate connection to domestic tragedies. It is absolutely true that a tragedy in your home country is going to have a much more profound effect on your own life than a similar tragedy in some distant land.
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Yeah, I get that. That's just a part of the reason why it seems a bit hypocritical to me.
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Similar to Marylin Manson's response to Columbine. I gained a lot of respect for him the first time I read that.
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I've never read that before. Thanks. Originally that quote was put on a picture of Morgan Freeman and claimed to be said by him. He denied making that quote so I don't know where it came from, just thought it was insightful.