Comments on: The Moral Equivalence of Beheading

By: La Femme Crickita

La Femme Crickita — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Gee, how shocking. Most people do prefer the Western ideas of civilization, perpetrated by a bunch of dead white guys, or looked at through the lens of history and changed by a bunch of dead white guys.

I enjoy your blog very much and do learn a great deal from it.

By: Barry Ritholtz

Barry Ritholtz — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

We are dealing with an assbackwards, afraid of modernity, stuck 1400 years in the past political insurgency.

Thats why it is so important to make sure we sdo (and did) this right . . . My fear is that at best, we've accomplished 2 steps forward and 2 steps back.

We've captured or killed many of the Al-Quada higher ups, but we've also given OBL a PR/recruiting coup. Al-Quada is like a hydra -- for every savage jackass we kill, 7 more pop up in their place.

Its a problem, and I do not know what the solution is at this time.

By: McGehee

McGehee — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

We are dealing with an assbackwards, afraid of modernity, stuck 1400 years in the past political insurgency.

On first reading this I thought Barry was referring to people like Rodger Jacobs...

By: Kate

Kate — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

James, I'm detecting a somewhat harder edge to your commentary lately.

It looks good on you.

By: One Fine Jay

One Fine Jay — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000

Moral equivalence 101
James Joyner links to a post examining the moral equivalence of beheadings and stonings with that of the use of Old Sparky, a fiendishly inept electric chair. He then concludes:

Our enemies are barbarians. Their value system is stuck in the 7th Cent...

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