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ChicagoRonin

(630 posts)

3. A privileged opinion

Reply to maxsolomon (Original post)

Fri Mar 8, 2019, 06:03 PM

Mar 2019

Not saying you're wrong. Personally, I don't believe war will ever be completely eradicated and at some point a world leader will have to order the use of deadly force.

At the same time, your opinion strikes me as one from someone who can comfortably assume neither they nor any of their friends or family may end up collateral damage.

My mother's side is from Seoul and she lived through the Korean war. And plenty of non-combatants were needlessly killed by US forces. Sometimes unintentionally. Sometimes indifferently.

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The Awful Truth: every President kills. [View all] maxsolomon Mar 2019 OP

Murder by Numbers Reader Rabbit Mar 2019 #1

Sting's implying it's for fun. maxsolomon Mar 2019 #2

A privileged opinion ChicagoRonin Mar 2019 #3

Priveledge is also a harsh reality. BannonsLiver Mar 2019 #5

Not true at all. I didn't say they SHOULD kill in our name. maxsolomon Mar 2019 #6

Wait, you mean the world isn't all rainbows and moon pies? BannonsLiver Mar 2019 #4

I feel like we're heading back into the Clinton/Sanders battle again. maxsolomon Mar 2019 #7