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Originally Posted by dalakhani
Rupert-
You are the one that are saying these things, not me. Why is everything so black and white with the myopic masses? Who brought up gangmembers? What are you even talking about?
Of course there is a difference between the US and Al Qadea. Who ever said there wasnt? But if you are talking about whether or not US intelligence would kill a prisoner to glean information, then anyone that has any common sense and has any knowledge of the intelligence community would know that this has gone on for years. Thats all im saying. And its not just the US, its every country in the world.
I think it funny when people buy into this whole "good vs. evil" thing. It was labeled as such in the cold war and its labeled as such with any country that dares defy the US. Does it make one less patriotic to question the motives of some of the people that run our government? Are they holy prophets or something? Who is to say that Bush/cheney arent evil, selfish men? Who is to say that they dont truly believe that what they are doing is right? As a citizen of this country, i have every right to question it one way or the other.
I choose to keep an open mind one way or the other. The US has done plenty of great things for this world but there have been some bad things as well. I dont see things as black and white, as good vs. evil. Our "good" side does bad things too. Its the way of the world Rupert.
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I'm not saying that you specifically said that the US and Al Qadea are equal. I'm not saying that you specifically said that cops are just as bad as gangmembers. But you are basically always defending the bad guys and making excuses for them. You say things like "One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."
I'm not saying that there aren't two sides to every story, there are. But that doesn't mean that there is no "right" and no "wrong". If a guy murders his wife, I'm sure he had a reason. I'm sure he has his side to the story. In a case like that, I'm not saying that the guy is "all bad" and his wife was "all good". What I am saying is that there was no excuse for the guy killing his wife even if she was not a very nice person. The guy was 100% wrong for killing her and the guys hould go to jail for life. Part of the story is "black and white".
That's where I differ from you. You seem to think that nothing is "black and white". Your thinking is just as simplistic as someone who thinks that everything is black and white.