Posted by gabbii on July 30, 2005, at 11:47:47
In reply to Re: good point gabs. » Carolina, posted by AuntieMel on July 30, 2005, at 11:30:23
> I don't know about the current 'terrorists.'
>
> But throughout history what one side would call terrorist the other side would call freedom fighter.
>What I was saying was that calling saying you shouldn't call a terrorist a bad name was a little contradictory. Of course the other side is going to call them something else, it's like Draft dodger/conscientious objector. And the fact that other cultures and other generations have felt differently about violence and life is no secret but that's isn't really this issue is it?
She wasn't putting down anyone, she was clearly horrified, and I'm completely galled that there even has to be a discussion as to whether it was *okay* to voice her horror, especially when she did it as well as she did. We can distance ourselves by intellectualizing all we want, it doesn't change that what she saw was horrifying to her, and for Chr*st sake she spoke of it!How about next time someone sees a child being tortured and writes about how horrifying it is, we all just talk about how different people value children differently, we havn't always valued them and torture ain't all bad...and would she please be civil cause there may be some child abusers out there who will have their feelings hurt.
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