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To: nathanbedford
Muslims seek to [it] achieve mind control through intimidation and minority groups in America pursue the same goal by claiming victim status.

Moral equivalence. The perennial Islamic terrorism around the world cannot be compared to the complaints of "minority groups" in this country. It's this kind of thinking that must be challenged and exposed,

52 posted on 08/02/2007 12:55:33 PM PDT by Misterioso
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To: Misterioso
Rubbish!

By definition, moral "equivalence" means that one makes one value the relative equal of the other and thereby imply that it should be excused. I did no such thing. I said they both pursued the same goal and condemned them both.

When you say, a thing "cannot be compared" to another thing you must mean that one side of the equation has been falsely stated otherwise there can be no comparisons of any kind whatsoever. In my view it is a truism that both Islamic terrorists and American minority groups pursue the goal of mind control. You can tell me that my analysis is faulty but you cannot say that it cannot be made unless you first take the trouble to show where is faulty.

Moral equivalence means that one bad thing justifies another bad thing. I gave you no warrant to come to that conclusion about my remarks for I have condemned both bad things, which is more than I can say for you who has left the door open to condone the political correctness of minority groups in America because the evil they do might be lesser in degrees in the evil done by terrorists.

That is precisely moral equivalence and you have committed it.

53 posted on 08/02/2007 1:11:13 PM PDT by nathanbedford ("I like to legislate. I feel I've done a lot of good." Sen. Robert Byrd)
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