(February 25, 2015 at 11:17 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Sucks for sure, but I'd rather have this than videos of 21 people being beheaded.
I'm going to take a contrarian position. I don't think any 21 random people from Mosul, or any city in the world could contribute to the cultural history lost by such a barbaric act. If I understand the story correctly, we're not talking massed produced pulp, we're talking artifacts, which humanity in its entirety suffers the loss.
I know this sounds callous, especially to the families and friends of those executed, but even if they lived a full life would they contribute to the advancement of human culture to the extent of what was lost in this act?
So am I valuing culture more than human life? Yes, to the extent that any given life contributes to the advancement of culture and ultimately the species. But then, I'm not against making glass out of ISIS held territory.
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
Epicurus
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
Epicurus
