Is Sam Harris becoming a pariah for the anti-religious cause?

[Mudhammam]

Yes.. of course..WTF. That would weigh immensely in my response ESPECIALLY considering their attack poses no significant threat. Sorry to disappoint though, Arizona is not walled off.

I can't agree. Morality is not determined by numbers.

I agree with what Brian37 wrote upthread: both sides here have bloody hands, and as Rhythm and Cato point out, the only real reason Israel's are bloodier is that they have a more effective killing machine. Neither side appears to have any compunctions about killing innocent civilians, clearly; and that speaks more to their morality than any body count.

Otherwise, the question must be asked: how many innocent deaths should be tolerated before striking back?

Morality is an abstraction, body counts are concrete, and I think basing the first off the second is a form of category error.

So, are you denying any moral difference between murdering a single innocent person versus massacring a 1,000 of them? I'd say the latter is 1000x worse.