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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Cartman: [QB] [i]"In the interests of balance..."[/i] Thank you, but if you were really trying to bring balance (which, for reasons unclear to me, you often seem to think is needed), you'd link to objective sources and not to other opinion pieces. Now, I don't wish to be a polemic (for once), but your arguments, while garrulous in the extreme, are seriously unbecoming of someone who passed the bar, so if you don't mind... [i]"There was nationalism back then, and there is today. But so what?"[/i] Because the nationalism back then led to a world war, and the nationalism today isn't much better. [i]"There was nationalism on both sides of WWII. By his measure, the Allies were wrong to believe their way of life was the better one for mankind."[/i] No, by his measure, believing that your way of life is better isn't an issue of wrong or right, but rather how and why you act on those beliefs. Two very different things. [i]"And I agree with them. Same for identifying enemies and rallying behind defeating them."[/i] And, again, your beliefs are not relevant, only wether your actions guided by those beliefs are at all merited. [i]"I for one have no problem stamping out Islamofascism and vilifying it for the nihilistic ideology it is."[/i] Yes, we've noticed. Of course, you of all people should know that an ideology can't be "stamped out", no matter how many times you contort its name in posts on an online message-board in frustration, but don't let that stand in the way of your mission. [i]"I�m OK not having government-�purchased� prescription drugs when there�s the risk of a radioactive suitcase coming to a town near me. Am I obsessed with national security? Not obsessed, but very concerned. It�s common among conservatives.[/i] Well, conservatives have a lot of concerns, but that doesn't mean they're justified. [i]"...if he�s thinking that confronting reporters and organizations that disagree with you and not allowing them to frame the debate how they want..."[/i] You know perfectly well what he's thinking, so don't twist his arguments to fit your own views, please. [i]"If corporate power protection means we haven�t modeled our economy on the social democratic model, then yes, we�ve got that too. But by that measure, the EU is more Fascist than we are."[/i] Ah, the obligatory parallel between social democracy and fascism. I was wondering when you were going to draw that one. [i]"America is both an example..."[/i] Of...? [i]"...and a warning."[/i] About...? [i]"I would disagree that mainstream religion is diametrically opposed to what we�re doing overseas. For a smattering of essays from the perspective of Catholics (mainstream enough for you?), try Ratzinger Fanclub�s section on just war."[/i] Oh yes, essays on the compatibility of mainstream religion and American foreign objectives from a subset of practicioners of that same mainstream religion. Brilliant. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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