Foofie wrote: You have an indictment? Who gave you the moral authority to indict? Aren't you getting a bit carried away with your own eloquence?
in·dict (n-dt)
tr.v. in·dict·ed, in·dict·ing, in·dicts
1. To accuse of wrongdoing; charge:
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I do not need any sort of authority, moral or otherwise, to accuse you of wrongdoing.
Foofie wrote: I mean, if you like to call me names, that's fine, but you really are not in a position to pass objective judgement on me. Perhaps, the Humanism you talked of might make you feel you have a moral upper hand on this topic.
So, within the confines of Humanism you do; not within the confines of old-fashioned U.S. patriotism (the same type that accepted dropping the bomb on Japan, or bombing Dresden, or bombing North Vietnam).
Are you suggesting that Humanism, as above defined, and US patriotism, as defined by your examples, are incompatible? Is part of the American Identity one that is compatible more with the philosophy of Michael Ledeen than of Humanism? One of the stated war aims of the Iraq was was to emancipate innocent Iraqis from the tyranny of the Hussein regime. I am afraid that you, as is this adminstration, are too full of contradictions to make any sense.
Foofie wrote:I would prescribe standing in front of an American flag for 15 minutes each day and meditate on the hundreds of thousands of military lives lost, during the history of the U.S., so you, like others, can have the privilege of living in the U.S. as it now exists.
If I did live in the US, I would be disgraced by what Bush and previous administrations had done to compromise my country's reputation and integrity--no amount of meditation can make me believe being an American in the 21st century would be either a privilege or an honor....and people like you, who openly admit that they would not care if a million combatants or civilians perished during a preemptive strike on thier country would only further exemplify the deplorable state of affairs it is to be "an American".
