Posted by Jim Shady at 64.236.224.52 on January 16, 2003 at 08:14:01:
In Reply to: That's Why You Should Have Read My First One posted by Superbish on January 15, 2003 at 15:56:57:
: This is a philosophical, moral question. Do you believe in the unalienable rights of human beings?
: Seriously, can you honstly say you WANT these people to live like they do?
So what you're saying is that because people are living in the kind of society that you're personally not comfortable with, that gives you a moral right to impose your ideas on them? Whose rights are more right / correct?
If the Chinese wanted to start a war with the US, they could use exactly the same argument as the one I've just attributed to you (I hope I've got the gist correct). Also, Bin Laden no doubt feels a "moral right" to do what he does.
It all depends on which side of the divide you're standing on. Everyone's right and everyone's wrong...
Jim