[Dean's World] Naftali: An Interesting Discussion.

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Posted by Naftali:
An Interesting Discussion.
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1200022686.shtml


   In the comments to [1]this post, Aziz, a Dean's World front-pager,
   asked me to support, or reject, the policy of [a] saturation bombing
   of the Gaza Strip.

   When I responded that I have no moral problem at all with a saturation
   bombing of Gaza, Dean Esmay, the blog host, challenged me thusly:
   Support that logically if you will, and explain how it's not
   genocidal.

   What I answered follows:

   "I don't care if its genocidal or not.

   The only support I will offer is that if one wishes to wage war, he
   needs to be prepared for he and his dependents to die. And if his
   people (or even a part of them) wish to wage war and he objects, he
   needs to stop them or flee; his life is his responsibility not mine.
   And if he is unable to flee, than my life comes before his.

   And I grant the same calculation to my enemy."

   (Please place all relevant comments in the thread started by my friend
   in Egypt)

References

   1. http://deanesmay.com/posts/1198765604.shtml