>>You are quite reasonable in saying they are illogical, based on your standards. You can even say that their standards are wrong and you are welcome to try to convince them. But you can't say that they are illogical based on their standards and their standards are what they use to make decisions.<<
Actually, IMHO, I am a person that believes in moral standards, as well as moral absolutes.
What is wrong is wrong, no matter the "standard."
Situational ethics do not apply when it comes to the deliberate targeting and murder of the innocent.
Murdering the innocent is wrong. That is a moral certainty.
You nailed it in your response here, Gunrunner.
furball is falsely applying some set of 'standards' to Islamofascists based on their ability to reason, and missing the fact that there is nothing rational in what they are doing.
It's like all those on the left trying to understand WHY they hate us, and what we have done to deserve it so we can 'fix' it.
Both are missing the fundamental problem that it is raw hatred that motivates them, and the only way to stop them is to destroy them.
Unfortunately morals are not absolutes. They are accepted on an individual basis. Most people accept the moral code of their parents, which in this country is typically a Judeo-Christian code. But in the middle east, the ayatollahs have bee shoving a code of death down the throats of the people for at least 3 generations and so their code says it's OK to kill innocents.
Your code may be right and their's wrong, and I encourage you to go straighten them out - Good Luck! But according to their code it is quite logical to blow up themselves and as many other people as possible. Only when their code changes will they change.