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Your question had to do with "compelling reasons". If you're asking a different question with regard to justification, then no, neither side is justified. However, factoring in the tens of thousands of Near and Middle Easterners we have killed, including women and children, might lead to at...

You asked "are you suggesting both sides have equal compelling reasons for this war?" I replied "Depends on how you define "compelling reason". Ours is cheap oil." You replied "i am asking your definition" I replied, again, "I just gave it to you: cheap oil. Why else did we begin interfering...

I just gave it to you: cheap oil. Why else did we begin interfering in the ME?

Which means that Americans are no better than anybody else. So much for our "exceptionalism".

Depends on how you define "compelling reason". Ours is cheap oil.

Who says I'm downplaying it? We've been committing atrocities in the Middle East for decades. But rightists continue to hold onto the belief that we are somehow better than "they" are.

And how does this compare to My Lai?

The Violence Policy Center has just released an update on its ongoing report about shootings committed by individuals with concealed-carry permits and the information deserves to be studied in detail. The issuance of CCW has been a hot-button issue for the "gun-rights" movement ever since Gary...

The principle of bounded ethicality states that when a belief conflicts with a behavior that people are motivated to maintain due to self interest, cultural norms and so forth, most individuals will find a way to convince themselves that their ethical principles do not apply to the behavior in...

Just blocks from “The Happiest Place on Earth,” in one of the richest counties in America, Demond, Ashley, and their four kids have been living in a cramped, run-down motel room for a year and a half. Between the six of them, they share one bed and one small couch. Surprisingly, they aren't...

What is yet another "thing of amazement" is the lengths to which members of this forum will go to justify their beliefs. I was watching a documentary on Jan Smuts last night. He would have been right at home here.

WASHINGTON -- In a rare show of defiance of the National Rifle Association, the Senate on Monday confirmed Dr. Vivek Murthy to serve as surgeon general of the United States. Murthy's nomination had been stalled for nearly a year due to comments he made in support of stricter gun laws.

Yeah. That makes sense. o_O

Like the torturers? They're white, for the most part.

You'll have to take that up with the Christian Right.

And what exactly are "white liberals" supposed to learn?

Running with that particular ball, I suppose one could consider Hitler and Stalin to be men of integrity as well.

Who says it's acceptable? The straw men?