Originally posted by SE4X4:
I am as much for killing terrorists as the next guy, but I fail to understand how some things are not clear to most people about this conflict.
To illustrate,
Lets say you and a very good friend of yours are at a bar, I am there too. Your friend comes up to me punches me and gives me a black eye.
I pull out a revolver and shoot at your friend, meanwhile hitting you with a stray bullet in the head and killing you.
Now according to many people here;
- you are not a human being you are just a causualty.
- I have a right to defend myself, so shooting everything in sight is just fine.
- Since you are a friend of the person that hit me you deserve to die as much as he does. If you don't think someone deserves to die because of hitting someone - well let's pretend that your friend went up to me and shoots my friend that is with me. Do you deserve to die then?
Amusing anecdote there.
Wouldn't be applicable if they were bombing Syria.