OT: so this is what our soldiers are dying for in Afghanistan?

[NotCranky]

Ottamojo, while what you posted about is awful,I don’t think it relates to the current administration’s justification for the war. You can correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the current administration promoting the war on only on the idea that it is the best place to fight “terrorism”? There was a lot of culture based propaganda to gain sympathy for the wars early on. I think you have to take that with a grain of salt.

I apologize if I was offensive to you in my somewhat off-tract rant. Just wanted to address any possible U.S. as “holier than thou” misconceptions and some things that really bother me in our own culture.

[Jim Jones]

[quote=outtamojo]Afghanistan’s dirty little secret http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/29/INF21F2Q9H.DTL

Cognitive dissonance at its finest- just to be clear, I have nothing against homosexuality, it’s the pedophilia and the treatment of women as sub-human there that irks me.[/quote]

Making a course correction, based on the the forums rules, is this not just another example of the difficulties in international and global ethical relativism in the modern era?

Are our values any more appropriate than theirs? Here is a good example. We continue to lambaste other counties about human smuggling and trafficking but choose not to end the same practice that is occurring on our own border. What is a crime overseas is considered a politically acceptable form of migration here. The example given from Afghanistan is no different regardless of how horrible I think it is.

[Jim Jones]

[quote=outtamojo]Afghanistan’s dirty little secret http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/29/INF21F2Q9H.DTL

Cognitive dissonance at its finest- just to be clear, I have nothing against homosexuality, it’s the pedophilia and the treatment of women as sub-human there that irks me.[/quote]

Making a course correction, based on the the forums rules, is this not just another example of the difficulties in international and global ethical relativism in the modern era?

Are our values any more appropriate than theirs? Here is a good example. We continue to lambaste other counties about human smuggling and trafficking but choose not to end the same practice that is occurring on our own border. What is a crime overseas is considered a politically acceptable form of migration here. The example given from Afghanistan is no different regardless of how horrible I think it is.

[Jim Jones]

[quote=outtamojo]Afghanistan’s dirty little secret http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/29/INF21F2Q9H.DTL

Cognitive dissonance at its finest- just to be clear, I have nothing against homosexuality, it’s the pedophilia and the treatment of women as sub-human there that irks me.[/quote]

Making a course correction, based on the the forums rules, is this not just another example of the difficulties in international and global ethical relativism in the modern era?

Are our values any more appropriate than theirs? Here is a good example. We continue to lambaste other counties about human smuggling and trafficking but choose not to end the same practice that is occurring on our own border. What is a crime overseas is considered a politically acceptable form of migration here. The example given from Afghanistan is no different regardless of how horrible I think it is.

[Jim Jones]

[quote=outtamojo]Afghanistan’s dirty little secret http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/29/INF21F2Q9H.DTL

Cognitive dissonance at its finest- just to be clear, I have nothing against homosexuality, it’s the pedophilia and the treatment of women as sub-human there that irks me.[/quote]

Making a course correction, based on the the forums rules, is this not just another example of the difficulties in international and global ethical relativism in the modern era?

Are our values any more appropriate than theirs? Here is a good example. We continue to lambaste other counties about human smuggling and trafficking but choose not to end the same practice that is occurring on our own border. What is a crime overseas is considered a politically acceptable form of migration here. The example given from Afghanistan is no different regardless of how horrible I think it is.

[Jim Jones]

[quote=outtamojo]Afghanistan’s dirty little secret http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/08/29/INF21F2Q9H.DTL

Cognitive dissonance at its finest- just to be clear, I have nothing against homosexuality, it’s the pedophilia and the treatment of women as sub-human there that irks me.[/quote]

Making a course correction, based on the the forums rules, is this not just another example of the difficulties in international and global ethical relativism in the modern era?

Are our values any more appropriate than theirs? Here is a good example. We continue to lambaste other counties about human smuggling and trafficking but choose not to end the same practice that is occurring on our own border. What is a crime overseas is considered a politically acceptable form of migration here. The example given from Afghanistan is no different regardless of how horrible I think it is.

[briansd1]

[quote=TexasLine]

Really? “Hard-core right wing bushies”…? and the boy rapers…? This is vile behavior and your implication that there is any connection, between a conservative world view and pedophilia …is just as vile.
[/quote]

Not about pedophilia…. but I can think of quite a few right-wingers who were “taken down” by homosexuality.

It’s perfectly honorable to be gay in my opinion….. but when politicians are bashing gay people and they are homosexuals themselves, then there’s something very wicked. They really need to get their heads examined.

[briansd1]

[quote=TexasLine]

Really? “Hard-core right wing bushies”…? and the boy rapers…? This is vile behavior and your implication that there is any connection, between a conservative world view and pedophilia …is just as vile.
[/quote]

Not about pedophilia…. but I can think of quite a few right-wingers who were “taken down” by homosexuality.

It’s perfectly honorable to be gay in my opinion….. but when politicians are bashing gay people and they are homosexuals themselves, then there’s something very wicked. They really need to get their heads examined.

[briansd1]

[quote=TexasLine]

Really? “Hard-core right wing bushies”…? and the boy rapers…? This is vile behavior and your implication that there is any connection, between a conservative world view and pedophilia …is just as vile.
[/quote]

Not about pedophilia…. but I can think of quite a few right-wingers who were “taken down” by homosexuality.

It’s perfectly honorable to be gay in my opinion….. but when politicians are bashing gay people and they are homosexuals themselves, then there’s something very wicked. They really need to get their heads examined.

[briansd1]

[quote=TexasLine]

Really? “Hard-core right wing bushies”…? and the boy rapers…? This is vile behavior and your implication that there is any connection, between a conservative world view and pedophilia …is just as vile.
[/quote]

Not about pedophilia…. but I can think of quite a few right-wingers who were “taken down” by homosexuality.

It’s perfectly honorable to be gay in my opinion….. but when politicians are bashing gay people and they are homosexuals themselves, then there’s something very wicked. They really need to get their heads examined.

[briansd1]

[quote=TexasLine]

Really? “Hard-core right wing bushies”…? and the boy rapers…? This is vile behavior and your implication that there is any connection, between a conservative world view and pedophilia …is just as vile.
[/quote]

Not about pedophilia…. but I can think of quite a few right-wingers who were “taken down” by homosexuality.

It’s perfectly honorable to be gay in my opinion….. but when politicians are bashing gay people and they are homosexuals themselves, then there’s something very wicked. They really need to get their heads examined.

[outtamojo]

[quote=Russell]Ottamojo, while what you posted about is awful,I don’t think it relates to the current administration’s justification for the war. You can correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the current administration promoting the war on only on the idea that it is the best place to fight “terrorism”? There was a lot of culture based propaganda to gain sympathy for the wars early on. I think you have to take that with a grain of salt.

I apologize if I was offensive to you in my somewhat off-tract rant. Just wanted to address any possible U.S. as “holier than thou” misconceptions and some things that really bother me in our own culture.[/quote]

We here in the U.S are far from perfect I realize that;but how they reconcile their religion with man-boy hookups is beyond my ability to comprehend. I am tempted to insert a Catholic priest joke here but am afraid of the path it may lead to : )

[outtamojo]

[quote=Russell]Ottamojo, while what you posted about is awful,I don’t think it relates to the current administration’s justification for the war. You can correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the current administration promoting the war on only on the idea that it is the best place to fight “terrorism”? There was a lot of culture based propaganda to gain sympathy for the wars early on. I think you have to take that with a grain of salt.

I apologize if I was offensive to you in my somewhat off-tract rant. Just wanted to address any possible U.S. as “holier than thou” misconceptions and some things that really bother me in our own culture.[/quote]

We here in the U.S are far from perfect I realize that;but how they reconcile their religion with man-boy hookups is beyond my ability to comprehend. I am tempted to insert a Catholic priest joke here but am afraid of the path it may lead to : )

[outtamojo]

[quote=Russell]Ottamojo, while what you posted about is awful,I don’t think it relates to the current administration’s justification for the war. You can correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the current administration promoting the war on only on the idea that it is the best place to fight “terrorism”? There was a lot of culture based propaganda to gain sympathy for the wars early on. I think you have to take that with a grain of salt.

I apologize if I was offensive to you in my somewhat off-tract rant. Just wanted to address any possible U.S. as “holier than thou” misconceptions and some things that really bother me in our own culture.[/quote]

We here in the U.S are far from perfect I realize that;but how they reconcile their religion with man-boy hookups is beyond my ability to comprehend. I am tempted to insert a Catholic priest joke here but am afraid of the path it may lead to : )

[outtamojo]

[quote=Russell]Ottamojo, while what you posted about is awful,I don’t think it relates to the current administration’s justification for the war. You can correct me if I am wrong, but isn’t the current administration promoting the war on only on the idea that it is the best place to fight “terrorism”? There was a lot of culture based propaganda to gain sympathy for the wars early on. I think you have to take that with a grain of salt.

I apologize if I was offensive to you in my somewhat off-tract rant. Just wanted to address any possible U.S. as “holier than thou” misconceptions and some things that really bother me in our own culture.[/quote]

We here in the U.S are far from perfect I realize that;but how they reconcile their religion with man-boy hookups is beyond my ability to comprehend. I am tempted to insert a Catholic priest joke here but am afraid of the path it may lead to : )

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