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I can't decide if using that word is a good thing, in that it turns extremist language against the extremists, or a bad thing, in that it continues the destructive language that we really need to do away with. I'm inclined to think it's the latter.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Dec 27th, 2007 at 10:54:15 AM EST
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Re: Benazir Bhutto killed in suicide attack (4.00 / 3)

Yeah, I'm of two minds about it. It is meaningful to a certain constituency, and that's important. But then, as in Lebanon, you start to build this culture of martyrdom, where each side near-deifies its own "martyrs," and in a polarized and highly charged atmosphere, it just contributes to the downward spiral.

by the stormy present (stormypresent aaaaaaat gmail etc) on Thu Dec 27th, 2007 at 10:58:13 AM EST
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I think it likely results in scoring political points for the moment at a cost of further destabilization in the long run, which is, I think, what you were getting at with mention of the culture of martyrdom. It's dangerous.

Now, granted, I'm thankful to not have Hamid Karzai's job.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Thu Dec 27th, 2007 at 11:19:19 AM EST
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