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Sam Harris On Trump........
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RE: Sam Harris On Trump........
(August 16, 2016 at 1:12 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: OP, what about what Harris said in this clip do you disagree with?

I don't agree with his wording about using torture, that is about the only thing in the clip I disagree with. In the context of war shit happens and war is hell, and I do agree that circumstances to that degree have to be judged conditionally. It does cut to the core of example of the old fat guy on a bridge shoving him off to stop the train. It also reminds me of the episode of MASH where Hawkeye went through the episode with the shrink trying to figure out what was bugging him. You end up finding out that he had been in a cave?, I think, with refugees and the baby kept crying and the North Koreans were close by, and he watched as the mother suffocated the baby to death in order to save everyone else.

Kinda like it was not ideal to murder Mussolini after he was caught, or Gaddaffi after he was caught, but considering you cant judge that as harshly. But to his credit and I agree, he made the point that it is nothing to brag about wanting to do nor should it be a default. 

I don't agree with him about Hillary but again, even then to his credit, he was making the point that between the two, whatever transgressions someone wants to accuse her of, she is nowhere near or close to being that dangerous, and does give her credit for understanding to a great degree global affairs. 

Other than that most of what he said I agree with, especially with calling Trump dangerous.
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Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 11:27 am
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by CapnAwesome - August 16, 2016 at 11:41 am
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 11:52 am
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by CapnAwesome - August 16, 2016 at 12:00 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 12:02 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 1:11 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 1:17 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 1:19 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 1:21 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 1:27 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 1:30 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 4:57 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 5:10 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 5:12 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 5:15 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 5:21 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Grandizer - August 16, 2016 at 5:33 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 5:39 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 6:02 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 6:04 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 5:32 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 5:38 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 6:55 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 7:14 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 7:35 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 8:51 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 11:52 am
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by CapnAwesome - August 16, 2016 at 11:56 am
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 12:08 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 11:56 am
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 12:29 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Whateverist - August 16, 2016 at 12:09 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by CapnAwesome - August 16, 2016 at 12:18 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Anomalocaris - August 16, 2016 at 11:53 am
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by downbeatplumb - August 16, 2016 at 12:46 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 1:29 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by downbeatplumb - August 17, 2016 at 12:35 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 1:12 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 4:42 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by PETE_ROSE - August 16, 2016 at 5:08 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 5:10 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 5:19 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by PETE_ROSE - August 16, 2016 at 5:52 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 5:54 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by PETE_ROSE - August 16, 2016 at 5:17 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Thumpalumpacus - August 16, 2016 at 5:40 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 5:42 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Thumpalumpacus - August 16, 2016 at 6:41 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Faith No More - August 16, 2016 at 6:40 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Jesster - August 16, 2016 at 6:42 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 6:55 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Faith No More - August 16, 2016 at 7:41 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 8:25 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 7:17 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 7:42 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 8:09 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 8:16 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 8:19 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 8:22 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 8:24 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 8:26 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 8:06 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by PETE_ROSE - August 16, 2016 at 8:56 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 7:18 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 8:08 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Jesster - August 16, 2016 at 8:27 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Excited Penguin - August 16, 2016 at 8:28 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 8:31 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 9:01 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 9:07 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 9:14 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by abaris - August 16, 2016 at 9:19 pm
RE: Sam Harris On Trump........ - by Brian37 - August 16, 2016 at 11:22 pm

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