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Originally posted by EarthChilde
reply to post by Section31
I am very concerned for anyone who believes in absolutes. They are used to justify all kinds of atrocious behavior by people who want to justify their actions and control over other people. Absolutism is a false idea when it comes to the human condition and actually allows for the very thing YOU and I (seem to) BOTH abhor, dictatorial killers.
reply to post by NadaCambia
He is right that we don't have true Democracy. At the same time rulership by one individual without election isn't much of a better option. Even if you get the greatest man in the world at the time, there is no telling whether through time he will change and be corrupted by his own interests.
Originally posted by EarthChilde
reply to post by Section31
Wow, again, let me reiterate ... killers and tyrants are just that, tyrants and killers. They deserve no mercy and no fanfare. I never once disagreed with your assertion that Gadaffi was anything but. I am very concerned for anyone who believes in absolutes. They are used to justify all kinds of atrocious behavior by people who want to justify their actions and control over other people. Absolutism is a false idea when it comes to the human condition and actually allows for the very thing YOU and I (seem to) BOTH abhor, dictatorial killers.
Originally posted by EarthChilde
reply to post by Sagittarian69
I am not sure if the reason for waiting 42 years was anything more than opportunity. Plausibly, they simply needed the press. They (TPTB) felt that it was time to play that card. I also still hold to the Chinese vs the West resource war being waged and the 30,000 Chinese migrant workers that were sent home when the shelling began.
Maybe that too is simply happenstance though, maybe it is something more esoteric than any one causal reason. Perhaps it is part of the great turmoil that is prophesied by nearly every culture in history to happen before any Great Change to the species and/or planet. Thanks for understanding though Nice to see someone else gets the fallacy of absolutism.
Originally posted by Section31
Originally posted by EarthChilde
reply to post by Section31
I am very concerned for anyone who believes in absolutes. They are used to justify all kinds of atrocious behavior by people who want to justify their actions and control over other people. Absolutism is a false idea when it comes to the human condition and actually allows for the very thing YOU and I (seem to) BOTH abhor, dictatorial killers.
If we were talking about someone killing an intruder, self defense, I would agree with your sense of logic. However, we are talking about Muammar Gaddafi. We are not talking about someone who steals to feed hungry children, nor are we talking about someone who kills in self defense. We are talking about an individual who was a autocracy/totalitarian leader. Someone who uses terrorism on innocent people.
edit on 10/21/2011 by Section31 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by L00kingGlass
Exactly. And those people weren't cheering because they loved him so much. Much like North Korea, if you don't express your undying devotion to your leader when he's near, you end up dead in a ditch somewhere.