There should be an iron-clad rule for people who justify collective punishment and massacres. They should never be able to call themselves “civilized”. I don’t care if you think you live in a democracy, or you’re part of some narcissistic, self-congratulating cult of a nation that’s intoxicated with an absurd sense of ethnic superiority (which is most countries). If you justify the death of children and innocent people (or torture for that matter), or you call it a “necessary evil”, then you should own up to your proclivity toward senseless and barbaric violence, and stop calling yourself “civilized”. Most of all, you should never be allowed to call others “uncivilized”. Who are you fooling?
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This matters to me as I was called an “uncivilized Arab” by a sloppy jerk at the library a couple of months ago. I really hope he wasn’t able to get that mustard stain off his pants.
