a) If 9/11 mastermind Osama Bin Laden were to turn his life around in the future, and help schoolchildren around the world, would it be ok for our current generation of children to associate with him and have dinner at his house?
b) How does question a differ from the current Ayers/Obama situation?"
For this to REALLY be comparable, OBL would have to have NOT turned his life around, and to have openly stated that he regretted NOTHING!
Good point - I would like to see Governor Palin use this analogy though - it would resonate I think