(November 28, 2016 at 8:42 pm)Maelstrom Wrote:(November 28, 2016 at 8:40 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: It doesn't make me more angry, per se. Innocent lives being taken is horrendous regardless. But yes, it does make me a particular kind of irritated when we take someone in and they turn around and try to kill us.
To use an analogy, it's like... what's worse: Someone breaks into your house and kill your family? Or someone you take into your home to give shelter to the turns around and kills your family?
Both our awful and infuriating, but the latter arouses a particular type of anger.
Your reasoning seems to come from a place of selfishness rather than a place of understanding. And that is sad.
I'm not sure what you mean by this. Why/how am I being selfish?
If I didn't make it clear in my first post, I am for taking in refugees. But that doesn't mean I'm not going to be pissed if one of them turns around and tries to kill our citizens. I don't see how that makes me selfish.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
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