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Junkdrawer

(27,993 posts) Wed May 8, 2013, 09:16 PM May 2013

The harm our military does to foreign innocents exists in this strange Limbo....

On the one hand we deplore it and condemn any and all who direct it. Somewhat.

And yet, let 1/1000 of it blow back, and we're ready to support whatever it takes to punish the offenders. Make that close enough to home, and I'm sure I'd be right there.

Almost like what our parents (or grandparents) must have felt when Berlin was bombed. Horrible those people had to die, but they do support Hitler. They're humans but only just.

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The harm our military does to foreign innocents exists in this strange Limbo.... (Original Post) Junkdrawer May 2013 OP

There does seem to be a sort of collectively unspoken notion... LooseWilly May 2013 #1

And it's a phenomena that exists beyond foreign policy.... Junkdrawer May 2013 #2

LooseWilly

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1. There does seem to be a sort of collectively unspoken notion...

Reply to Junkdrawer (Original post)

Wed May 8, 2013, 09:24 PM

May 2013

"suck it up world", with a sub-text of "what're ya gonna do about it?"

I guess we're all de facto fans of omellettes...

Junkdrawer

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2. And it's a phenomena that exists beyond foreign policy....

Reply to LooseWilly (Reply #1)

Wed May 8, 2013, 09:29 PM

May 2013

Take for example slaughterhouses. Inhuman for the animals AND the most-likely-illegal workers.

Awful. BTW: How do you want your steak?

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