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Originally Posted by roachboy
i am not wholly sure if this is the best place to put this, but i'll do it here anyway. apologies if it comes to constitute a threadjack--but it seems to me that, given all the chatter about hezbollah, this would be of interest:
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Sto...839281,00.html |
There is alot to discuss concerning this editorial. Maybe it can be spun off into a seperate thread. The back and forth "discussion" that can arise from this artical will certainly take us away from powerclown's intent for the thread.
I think that powerclown's questions are very important questions, and not just relating to Hizballah. For those of us that live in democratic societies these are serious questions.
Let's consider at first based on the laws of most of the democratic countries.
- Do people have the right to think what they want?
Yes.
- Do people have the right to say (express) what they want?
Yes...well no. People have the rigth to express what they want as long as it does not promote hate and incite violence (there are specifics in all countries).
- Do people have the right to start a political party or organization or associate with others based around certain beliefs and ideas?
Again Yes and No. As long as it does not promote hate...
Is this right? Should a demorcary limit our freedoms like this?
My opinion is yes. In order to protect alot of the other freedoms we have some freedoms have to be limited. A line has to be drawn somewhere. Many of us will agree on this (let us know if you don't). The question is, where do you draw the line?
So accorrding to the laws (and where the lines are drawn) of the democracies within which a lot of us live, should Hizballah (in its current form - it is what it is) exist? No.
Can Hizballah change? Will it change? Does it want to change?
I think that the answers to these questions are as follows (my opinion of course):
- Can Hizballah change? Yes, anyone can change.
- Will it change? No. Even if we wait forever I don't believe Hizballah will change and the reason for this is the asnwer to the next question.
- Does it want to change? No, I don't believe that Hizballah wants to change. What in their Opinions would they think is wrong with their organization, what they do on a day to day basis and their overall goals?