[Dean's World] Dave Price: Genocide By Any Other Name

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Posted by Dave Price:
Genocide By Any Other Name
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1200070839.shtml


   While I sympathize with Israel's plight and believe they are generally
   the wronged party, I have to disagree with Naftali's statement. Not
   all criticisms of a "disproportionate response" are valid, but while
   one should be prepared for annihilation in war, that does not mean
   that annihilation is ever justified, even if done in the name of
   self-defense.
   Willow is right: these kinds of statements are barbaric, irrational,
   wrong, and counter to the philosophies of tolerance and universal
   human rights that are the foundation of liberal democracy. Enemies
   should be defeated, but making friends of those enemies should be our
   ultimate goal, as our grandfathers did in Germany and Japan and our
   fathers did in Eastern Europe and Asia.
   Anyone calling for genocide by any name under any circumstances should
   be ashamed. And if you're a Christian, you ought to be doubly ashamed,
   as Christ teaches us to turn the other cheek, not burn our enemies'
   cities to the ground with their families inside.