Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men
by dforrestwilson1 on Monday September 19, 2016 @08:27AM
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I'm not saying it is. Just putting it into context. If we want to save the most lives, perhaps we should focus on the political choices which are killing the most.
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Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men
by piva00 on Monday September 19, 2016 @08:49AM
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This is not only about saving lives, it's the ethical point of it. Drone strikes are horrible, death penalty is horrible, both can be talked about.
I can't understand why American society has this need for narrow-focus in ONE specific issue at a time, is there a reason for this cultural approach?
Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men
by Practicality on Monday September 19, 2016 @10:36AM
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"why American society has this need for narrow-focus in ONE specific issue at a time"
This isn't an American phenomena, it's a human one. EVERYONE can only focus on one issue at a time. It's a delusion that we tell ourselves that we can focus on more than one thing at a time:
https://youarenotsosmart.com/2012/04/24/yanss-podcast-episod...
(That doesn't mean we can't talk about one and then talk about another, which is probably what you meant. But you still have to do one at a time, or make a comparison, you can't just consider all issues simultaneously)
Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men
by coldtea on Monday September 19, 2016 @09:00AM
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So it can ignore everything else while business goes on as usual...
Re:What I Learned from Executing Two Men
by okwhatthe2 on Monday September 19, 2016 @09:50AM
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It is the erroneous belief that every topic, including those concerning human life, can be a relativism.
The corporate controlled media likes divide and conqueror as a propaganda technique, you'll see people copying it a lot.
Why do international megacorporations like it so much? Probably some tangential hangover of union busting.