I love when brutal dictators get to use chemical weapons.

[Cerridwen]

11. Why should we care?

Because I'm a pacifist and will not raise a hand in violence even to protect another.

Because I am anti-war and anything that has the faintest whiff of war is wrong, wrong, wrong, dammit no matter how many must die so I don't have to approve of or condone war.

Because I say let's bomb the fuck out of them and let God sort it out; He's such an awesome God.

Because my government has lied to me over and over and I couldn't tell the difference and so now I know that everything they say is a lie.

Because they are over there and I am over here and they are not quite human to me so who gives a shit.

Because this is nothing more than a philosophical debate I have from the safety of my home from an objective place and I don't have to deal with those messy emotional things when I can glomb onto REASON (see God references above).

Because I live in a country in which the horrors of war haven't been seen here since some little island was brutalized and even then it was "over there" not, ya know, main street. War is good...over there.

Because I can see the outcome of war but I am incapable of seeing the subtleties that lead to war.