Bob Blakely wrote: > The notion of requiring some sort of moral ground for one nation or one > person to object to the brutal actions of another is absurd.
Surprisingly some people don't care for hypocricy. (Though hypocracy is not reason enough to necessarily having to restrain oneself from an action like entering a war.) > Yup, your kin brutalized, but thank God that > felonious neighbor didn't intervene and attempt to assert some > moral ground > that you, judge of such things, has determined he doesn't have. False example. A better one would be of a man pinching wallets in the street objecting to a mugger. We were not speaking of someone who had been a felon in the past but was one in the moment. Man: Officer, I was mugged. Policeman: What were you doing when you were mugged? Man: I was trying to pinch a wallet. That won't go over very well. > that you, judge of such things, has determined he doesn't have. That's right, I _do_ judge such things. I do my best though I haven't reached the status of being the VOICE OF REASON. 'Nuff said. Regards, Gautam <End of topic for me> > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Blakely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 8:57 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: Re: The Photographer's Rights > > > The notion of requiring some sort of moral ground for one nation or one > person to object to the brutal actions of another is absurd. > Should you be > burglarized, your kin be brutalized and your neighbor witness it, > perhaps he > should not intervene in as much he's only been out 5 years after a 7 year > stint for assault himself. Yup, your kin brutalized, but thank God that > felonious neighbor didn't intervene and attempt to assert some > moral ground > that you, judge of such things, has determined he doesn't have. > > Regards, > Bob... > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------------------------- > By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; > if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher. > - Socrates > > > From: "Gautam Sarup" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > From: Bob Blakely wrote: > > > >> > The United States and the United Kingdom reacted to Japanese military > >> > actions > >> > >> Those "actions" as you called them were Imperialism and brutality > >> on a grand > >> scale. > >> > > > > On what possible moral ground could the United Kingdom in the 1940's > > object to Imperialism and brutality on a grand scale? > > > > Today's world is of course different. > > >
