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Originally Posted by irateplatypus
really? you think every good political organization should be in charge of providing education to children and be the gatekeepers of hospital care? that seems like a disastrous idea. i'm certain you would hate the reality of living under such a system.
i don't understand the need morally equivocate at every turn. just because there is good and evil on both sides (as is always the case when dealing with men and women), it shouldn't prevent us from realizing that Hamas is an organization with plainly-stated evil as its objective. that a population actively supports such an organization is indeed an evil thing.
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As alpha points out, I do think government has a place in providing these things. Are you really ready to suggest that this all about communism (am I wrong that this is where you are heading with this?)
As for "morally equivocating"... you must be very comfortable in your black and white world where there is only one right answer and one wrong answer... I don't believe in an absolute world.
Hamas has done some very evil things. The state of Israel has done some very evil things. I condemn them both.
What I am reacting to is the one-sided support of Israel, who's own activities get white washed because their actions are state sponsored and carried out by a millitary rather than a rag-tag group with bombs strapped to their chests.
In the end, both sides are equally convinced of the rightness of their position and their methods for achieving their ends. Nothing good will ever come of this part of the world.