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Originally posted by Gattigap
Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize this was a serious question. I thought you were just being an asshole.
No, I wouldn't be so nonchalant about it, Penske. Do we get to play this game every time we debate politics or public policy, where we personalize horrible impacts to members of your immediate family? I find it tends to stultify the debate, but if you wish to pursue it, we can talk about foreign policy next.
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I don't know that it is useful in every instance, but in this case I do think the hypocrisy is telling. You wave away the violent anti-social, criminal acts of a man who you would otherwise condemn, and by doing so, in the context, you validate the campaign of that man and his cronies to mock and delegimitize the attempts of the victims to his crimes from accessing justice. And yet if they were your family members it would be different. That's a sad commentary on what you must think justice means. America's moral compass has really been wacked by the dimwits to effect such thoughts from someone otherwise so thoughtful and intelligent.
