Absolutely. As a country we now find ourselves in a terrible situation due to our dependency on the US - a policy for which governments of both colour are to blame. If only we had followed a path aki… (View Post)

War requires the dehumanisation of your enemy so that your soldiers are able to kill them without guilt. Religion can aid dehumanisation by allowing you to portray the enemy as unbelievers and theref… (View Post)

Indeed. And it's right to be cautious about the effect of Western intervention. Done badly it could end up bolstering the regime by giving them the ability to portray the protestors as traitors,… (View Post)

Perhaps it's because they aren't horrible people? (View Post)

That conflicts with claims that she was present as a "legal observer". While you are absolutely correct that it makes no difference with regard to justification for the shooting, it would b… (View Post)