Quote:
Originally posted by taxwonk
You sit here, safe at home, and pretend that it's okay for us to play God and choose who will live and who will die, vainly believing that you have the power to determine the fate of "hundreds, or thousands, or more."
|
You haven't been watching TV, have you?
There are groups of people out there who are looking to kill huge swaths of other people for various perceived indiscretions, like not following the right nutjob's version of what some god told him we should all do, or not willingly granting supreme authority over all to the whacko leader they've chosen for themselves. We've stepped in to slow that killing down. The "power to determine the fate" of tons of people is derived from whatever power we can muster to stop those whackos and nutjobs, and I can testify that that power is there. "Vainly"? Right. You're like Adder, standing firm that Saddam and his ilk constituted inconveniences to some people.
So, when we try to stop these killers, are we playing god? Does that fit your definition? Do you perceive that everything we do to try to stop these killers is somehow morally equivalent to the actions and motivations of these killers? If you want to talk about soul, compassion, and conscience, and have people keep a straight face around you, consider that what we're doing ranks far higher on the moral scale then the actions of the Baathists trying to re-seat the murderous dictatorship, or the mullahs looking to rule by their personal vision of gawd, or the simple murderous thieves taking what they can because they can. If that concept staggers you, then your answer to Club about there being no point of communication is right.
