----- Original Message ----- From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 11:24 PM Subject: Re: "God Is With Us" L3
> > --- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I don't doubt that Iraqi soldiers trashed many > > buildings and did > > bodily harm to many people. I don't doubt that > > American soldiers have > > done similar things in Iraq. > > But not every story repeated will have the same > > component of truth. > > > > xponent > > Fortunes Of Maru > > rob > > I'm sorry, are you seriously trying to make this moral > equivalence here? No, not at all. I think we are in general agreement in that regard. > I'm going to assume it was some > sort of a misstatement. Actually, the point is that the truth will be regarded differently depending on *who* is hearing the truth. It is a matter of a humans inability to rise above his/her subjectivity. Our opinions form dependent of what we accept and what we reject, but people almost never take the truth in it's entirety because try as we might we are simply unable to. Statistically, if you take any group of people, a certain number of them are going to be assholes (morally or ethically deficient or perhaps unjustifiably selfish). There are assholes on this list and everyone can name one or two. (I have no doubts I makes someone's list entirely) Why would anyone think that being soldiers exempts all soldiers from even being potentially an asshole? I support our military people and am glad that they do the job for the rest of us whether they or I agree with the job or not. But I do not harbor any illusions that they hover above the rest of humanity in some scintillating aura of saintliness. To pretend that they are more than mere mortals diminishes their every accomplishment because those feats come at great cost. xponent I Know A Guy I Wouldn't Piss On If He Were On Fire, But Actually I Would Piss On Him If He Were On Fire Just So He Would Be Grateful That I Pissed On Him Maru rob, the pisser <G> _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
