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In reply to the discussion: Burning people to death. Didn't Christians do that a few years back? [View all]Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)125. Fallacious argument.
Long ago we lost the high ground, if we ever had it, to criticize barbarian acts such as these.
Who is "we"?
I, personally, have never incinerated anyone, and I would hope you haven't either. I think we can both comfortably criticize anyone who sets aflame another human being without suffering accusations of hypocrisy.
But, even if I had set someone on fire, would I be wrong to criticize someone for doing the same? The answer is no. Hypocritical, yes, but not wrong.
All of this, however, is purely academic. The fact of the matter is I'm a pretty capable guy. I can walk and chew gum at the same time, and I can very well criticize ISIS without losing perspective of what my own government has done, and continues to do.
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Burning people to death. Didn't Christians do that a few years back? [View all]
MannyGoldstein
Feb 2015
OP
Yes because of course, Soviet occupation of Afghanistan was welcomed by the people there and
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#54
There is an interesting quotation from the Quran that says something on the lines of
MADem
Feb 2015
#90
Which is why the terrorists of 9/11 shouldn't be considered Muslim as they did both...
cascadiance
Feb 2015
#102
They aren't. People forget the enormous outpouring of sympathy and goodwill from the Muslim world
MADem
Feb 2015
#168
He does not speak for Protestants nor for the millions of members of Orthodox Churches which
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#81
Anglicans come under the rubric of "Protestants," and I figured by mentioning the Eastern Chruch I'd
WinkyDink
Feb 2015
#205
Al Tabari is not the Quran. His exegesis is an opinion, and even in your example,
MADem
Feb 2015
#89
When Muslims pull out the "shatan" references, they aren't playing. They're pissed.
MADem
Feb 2015
#94
Quite true! Technological progress and sociological progress often do not go hand in hand.
RKP5637
Feb 2015
#29
That's a hell of a qualification. It's also not done as a harvest ritual by albino Irish girls.
enki23
Feb 2015
#186
Yes, because the way to save face under well-deserved mockery is to take it ultra-literally.
enki23
Feb 2015
#198
Christians burning people is not a "credible argument" that Christians burn people, "dear?"
enki23
Feb 2015
#202
Insults typically underscore an inability to argue effectively, so let me explain this to you in
whathehell
Feb 2015
#211
Are you... responding to me with arguments against other people? Or are you trying to gaslight me?
enki23
Feb 2015
#229
How about Depleted Uranium and White Phospherus? What religion is the use of these, far more
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#216
How do you determine that? Many of the supporters and defenders of the burning of Iraqi
sabrina 1
Feb 2015
#220
"Self-defined Christians" can be as non representative of Christianity as Al Queda is of Islam
whathehell
Feb 2015
#222
Much better. It's also much better to fantasize about a brutal rape than to undertake one.
enki23
Feb 2015
#75
Unless you're defining "Christians" very narrowly, cpwm17, your experience is
whathehell
Feb 2015
#141
Once one thinks it is just to infinitely torture one for eternity for having a different opinion
cpwm17
Feb 2015
#171
Yup. "Many" is a weasel word that's a placeholder for something that is not currently quantified.
enki23
Feb 2015
#185
Christians are doing it now, with hellfire missiles and white phosphorous upon occassion
Dragonfli
Feb 2015
#21
Governments use people to do their killing, Those drones are not self aware just yet.
Dragonfli
Feb 2015
#87
How so? "Each individual killer makes a choice to kill or not when asked to"
Dragonfli
Feb 2015
#147
You said governments use people. The fact is, governments are comprised of people,
whathehell
Feb 2015
#152
So are Corporations, but it should not excuse the people within it that are the actual perpetrators
Dragonfli
Feb 2015
#155
The first three make your position clear. The 4th just gives you room to weasel.
Dreamer Tatum
Feb 2015
#117
i have a picture book about the inquisition. the rack in the movies is NOTHING.
pansypoo53219
Feb 2015
#27
Tu quoque is a shitty and fallacious argument and using it to defend burning people alive is...
JVS
Feb 2015
#31
Nah, some people don't give 2 flips about protecting Islam, they just want to stir
FSogol
Feb 2015
#35
Easy to unclog your board. Use ignore or trash thread but it's better to complain about posters
Autumn
Feb 2015
#52
No I just like the emoticons. If Skinner didn't want us to clog up the bord with them we wouldn't
Autumn
Feb 2015
#71
What is your point----That evil lies in the hearts of men of every persuasion? Yeah, and so? It
WinkyDink
Feb 2015
#58
And the Romans fed Christians to the lions. And Aztecs practiced human sacrifice.
randome
Feb 2015
#50
Nope, witch burnings happened many years ago. Words have meanings. 'Few' has an actual definition
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2015
#59
"Suspected Witches Burned Alive By Christians in Kenya." A year and a half ago.
Comrade Grumpy
Feb 2015
#126
May I briefly bring to mind the photo that is credited for ending the Viet Nam War? The naked
libdem4life
Feb 2015
#80
With all due respect, dropping incinerating materials intended to anhiliate citizens of a town
libdem4life
Feb 2015
#122
Who is WE? And no, it's really not academic at all. ISIS is at war, whether we acknowledge it or
libdem4life
Feb 2015
#133
No, again, we lack the moral ground to be outraged and wag our fingers. If we did not do the same
libdem4life
Feb 2015
#183
I believe your question was Who is We? "We" is a collective yet contextual personal pronoun.
libdem4life
Feb 2015
#210
"We" and by we I mean our elected leaders who claim to be Christians yet always ok sending
Autumn
Feb 2015
#218
Yes, but they had the One True God on their side. Just like ISIS does.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2015
#99
thank you. this was something I pointed out in another OP on the burnings. the roman
niyad
Feb 2015
#106
Christians were burning people to death "a few years back"? What's your definition of a "few years"?
cherokeeprogressive
Feb 2015
#146
Using religion to justify doing nothing when people are being brutalized is
btrflykng9
Feb 2015
#187
It looks like President Obama has been reading DU, and your thread in the past few days.
dissentient
Feb 2015
#191
Yes but then they eventually grew out of the stone age unlike some islamic countries
glasshouses
Feb 2015
#221