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99th_Monkey

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5. Great post. Thanks.

Reply to WCGreen (Original post)

Mon Sep 2, 2013, 09:40 PM

Sep 2013

I appreciate the many complexities here.

Compartmentalized Depersonalized Cruelty is still Cruelty, maybe the worst kind,
because it has no face, no real "identity" in the normal sense of the word.

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I know that chemical and biological weapons are nasty and cruel... [View all] WCGreen Sep 2013 OP

If we bomb, innocent lives will be lost. In_The_Wind Sep 2013 #1

Nothing will change. Syrian people will die from our bombs and missiles Autumn Sep 2013 #2

We also need to think about what we're doing here at home: polichick Sep 2013 #3

There are no good choices here... CaliforniaPeggy Sep 2013 #4

Great post. Thanks. 99th_Monkey Sep 2013 #5

the work on banning chemical weapons KT2000 Sep 2013 #6

I surely agree with you... WCGreen Sep 2013 #7

That's a good point treestar Sep 2013 #8

Very true. There's plenty of brutality in "conventional weapons". backscatter712 Sep 2013 #9

I believe the distinction is made in that they are utterly indiscriminate 1-Old-Man Sep 2013 #10