(February 14, 2017 at 4:48 pm)Khemikal Wrote:(February 14, 2017 at 4:26 pm)paulpablo Wrote: No I still don't think the merits of a cause can be assessed by how willing people are to die for the cause.
Because as we've already spoke about some people are simply mentally unhinged, brainwashed and so on.
Take for example the cult of rev jim jones or the the heavens gate cult who took their own lives for the cause of their cult leaders.
Oh ffs..here we go again.
Do you think that african american protesters, as a specific example, are mentally unhinged in their violent response to 150 years of demonstrable and historical disenfranchisement and violent oppression? Do you think that they're a cult? Do you think that they intend to commit suicide for their cult leaders?
For a guy so seemingly hung up on individual justifications your assessment of theirs is conspicuously lacking. Instead, you want to babble about islamic terrorism, crazy people, jim jones, and heavens gate.
Do I think African Americans are a cult? No.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
Impersonation is treason.
