snippet of conversation between Alderaanian-born Rebel commando, Cara Doune, and an Imperial Remnant pilot on a ship she and her team are in the process of hijacking:
"I saw your planet destroyed. I was on the Death Star."
"Which one?"
( Pilot laughs mockingly ) "You think you're funny? Do you know how many millions were killed on those bases-"
"Drop your blaster."
"-as the galaxy cheered?"
"Last chance."
"Destroying your planet was a small price to pay to rid the galaxy of terrorism."
#CEO
Offering this as food for thought, a possible factor of why the Right/Alt-Right/Fascists hate And fear The Left. Why they think we are the hypocrites. This concept of a Deserved Death. We preach that all life is sacred but rejoice when they die #SubmarineFor all our finer words and touted morals our Solutions are, in the end, The same as theirs: Final.
#FoodForThought
Excerpt from The Mandalorian, Season 2 Ch16: The Rescue
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Hypolite Petovan
•ScotsBear π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
•That's the kind of profound revelation I'd expect from my seven year old niece. There are degrees of moral difference between actions? β
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It's where "more easily justifiable" comes in that bothers me. We look at people making judgements or decisions that mean people die, and we HATE that, and yet we turn around and make judgements that people on the other side should die but we pat ourselves on the back that because our reasoning is moral OUR wishing death on people or celebrating it when it happens is ok?
Fuck that.
Hypolite Petovan
•@Scotsbear 🏴🐻 I am using simple arguments because you claimed the killing of marginalized people and the killing of a CEO are on the same immoral level. If you can't see that the why is more important than the what (without even going into the issue of scale), then I'm afraid we won't have much to discuss.
Even going back to your quote, the last sentence you included exhibits the same flawed argumentation that is currently supporting a large-scale annexation war in Ukraine and a genocide in Palestine. But the argument itself isn't the motivation for either conflict, merely propaganda to support it.
So the why matters a lot, for Russia and Israel to be deploying considerable resources to justify the killing they perpetrate. Which means that killings will be viewed differently whether the why you perceive aligns with you
... show more@Scotsbear π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώπ» I am using simple arguments because you claimed the killing of marginalized people and the killing of a CEO are on the same immoral level. If you can't see that the why is more important than the what (without even going into the issue of scale), then I'm afraid we won't have much to discuss.
Even going back to your quote, the last sentence you included exhibits the same flawed argumentation that is currently supporting a large-scale annexation war in Ukraine and a genocide in Palestine. But the argument itself isn't the motivation for either conflict, merely propaganda to support it.
So the why matters a lot, for Russia and Israel to be deploying considerable resources to justify the killing they perpetrate. Which means that killings will be viewed differently whether the why you perceive aligns with your own beliefs.
You don't have to cheer for the killing of that one CEO, of course, but your shaky political analysis isn't likely to sway any heart in the matter. I've tasted your food for thought and found it wanting.