Eh, one side is committing genocide, has been ethnically cleansing Palestinian, continually attacking neighboring countries, and effectively murdering gay people as well (do you think the 2000 pound bombs make an exception for gay people?) and the other side is a theocracy with all the flaws that come with that. When it comes down to it, Israel is far, far worse than Iran. You can support parties you’re critical of.
I disagree, for three reasons. The first is effectively “inaction in the face of an oppressive status quo is complicity”, and that’s the weakest of the three, I’ll be the first to admit. The second is that any nation has a right to defend itself when attacked. And that is very much what’s going on here.
The third, for me, is the main reason, and it’s an analogy. Imagine a situation with three people, a child rapist, a wife beater, and a child. The rapist is on the verge of raping the child, and the wife beater asks you to give him your gun to stop it (just imagine you’re unable to fire it yourself for some reason). In this scenario, I would give the gun to the wife beater. I would be supporting a bad guy (he beats his wife), but I would do it 11 times out of 10.
For clarity, Israel is the child rapist, Iran the wife beater. And yes, the relative magnitude of immorality here corresponds with that between Israel and Iran.
The crimes of both abovementioned parties against other countries and their own people have been thoroughly documented ad nauseum throughout contemporary history. It’s a pity their isn’t an actual hell for either “party of god” to burn in as they create living hells in their respective countries and region.
I propose that it’s morally sound to oppose both because, in my view, the Islamists and the Zionists are both child rapists, if we use your analogy. In context, the Islamists haven’t raped as many children yesterday, but they’ve done the deed before with just as much gusto.
Ultimately, I would hope they strangle each other to death. To quote a dying Mercutio from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliette, “A plague o’ both your houses!”
Eh, one side is committing genocide, has been ethnically cleansing Palestinian, continually attacking neighboring countries, and effectively murdering gay people as well (do you think the 2000 pound bombs make an exception for gay people?) and the other side is a theocracy with all the flaws that come with that. When it comes down to it, Israel is far, far worse than Iran. You can support parties you’re critical of.
Israel is also a theocracy.
I think the more morally sound position is to not support either of them (Zionists and Islamists).
I disagree, for three reasons. The first is effectively “inaction in the face of an oppressive status quo is complicity”, and that’s the weakest of the three, I’ll be the first to admit. The second is that any nation has a right to defend itself when attacked. And that is very much what’s going on here.
The third, for me, is the main reason, and it’s an analogy. Imagine a situation with three people, a child rapist, a wife beater, and a child. The rapist is on the verge of raping the child, and the wife beater asks you to give him your gun to stop it (just imagine you’re unable to fire it yourself for some reason). In this scenario, I would give the gun to the wife beater. I would be supporting a bad guy (he beats his wife), but I would do it 11 times out of 10.
For clarity, Israel is the child rapist, Iran the wife beater. And yes, the relative magnitude of immorality here corresponds with that between Israel and Iran.
I disagree completely.
The crimes of both abovementioned parties against other countries and their own people have been thoroughly documented ad nauseum throughout contemporary history. It’s a pity their isn’t an actual hell for either “party of god” to burn in as they create living hells in their respective countries and region.
I propose that it’s morally sound to oppose both because, in my view, the Islamists and the Zionists are both child rapists, if we use your analogy. In context, the Islamists haven’t raped as many children yesterday, but they’ve done the deed before with just as much gusto.
Ultimately, I would hope they strangle each other to death. To quote a dying Mercutio from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliette, “A plague o’ both your houses!”