Posts here have been in short supply as I have been living life and trying to get a campaign off the ground. But "11 questions to see if Libertarians are hypocrites" by R. J. Eskrow, picked up at Salon , was just so freaking lame that I spent half an hour answering them. In the end (but I'll leave it to your judgment), it is not that Libertarians or Libertarian theory looks hypocritical, but that the best that can be said for Mr. Eskrow is that he doesn't have the faintest clue what he's talking about. That's ok, because even ill-informed attacks by people like this make an important point: Libertarian ideas (as opposed to Conservative ideas, which are completely different) are making a comeback as the dynamic counterpoint to "politics as usual," and so every hack you can imagine must be dragged out to refute them. Ergo: Mr. Eskrow's 11 questions, with answers: 1. Are unions, political parties, elections, and ...
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But possibly one reason we are less upset over wanton killing of Pakistanis and Afghans, far less so than we got upset over the Cambodians and Laotians.....
is that neither Cambodians or Laotians used airplanes to bring down the Twin Towers and poke a hole into the Pentagon...
I had to ask myself why I really wasn't concerned... and sad to say, I had deep down, the feeling they deserved it.
I'm not saying it is the right course of action, but it can be an explanation or insight as to why there is less outrage across the country.....
it is kind of sad, really.
Here's a better one: The media loves the president and will do little to harm him.
"...we are less upset over wanton killing of Pakistanis and Afghans, far less so than we got upset over the Cambodians and Laotians.....
is that neither Cambodians or Laotians used airplanes to bring down the Twin Towers and poke a hole into the Pentagon..." - kavips
None of the 9/11 hijackers was from Afghanistan or Pakistan.
K: Yup, sad.
I was thinking of the outrage about Cambodia the other day in relation to the drone strikes. The only difference is the accuracy of the drones makes carpet bombing unnecessary. It is still wrong and illegal.
I wonder if we might dig up some quotes from the dinosaurs in congress from that era.
DC: I understand they trained in Afghanistan. "
They also trained in Florida, but we did not attack Florida.
Wow, Steve, what a great and appropriate analogy. Absolutely stunning. Perhaps you should consider working this up into an op ed for the New York Times. I think they might bite at that one.