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Two pictures from the war
Posted by Bigfoot on March 20th, 2010
Years ago, I used to hear a saying that went, “One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter.” The terrorist, as the saying implied, was the violent guy with whom you disagreed. He was really no different from the freedom fighter, the violent guy with whom you agreed. It all depended on whose side he was on. I would eventually come to the opinion that this saying was horse-manure. The difference between the terrorist and the freedom fighter could be determined from their behavior. The first picture and its caption, which recently appeared on several blogs that I read, helps to explain the difference. Just substitute the word “freedom fighters” for “good guys” and “terrorists” for “bad guys”, and you’ll see what I mean.
The second picture appeared on a message board that I read, used in a “caption the pic” type of post. From its URL, I could tell that it appeared in the Baltimore Sun, but I haven’t found the corresponding story (not even with Google), so I can’t entirely explain what’s going on.
The soldier is preparing to fire a slingslot, but we don’t see if he’s aiming at a bad guy, trying to spring a booby-trap, or just showing off.
March 29th, 2010 at 3:42 pm
There’s no end to the vile crap you can come up with if, in the effort to rid yourself of hypocrisy, you fall into the trap of arguing that nearly every action is morally roughly equal to nearly every other action. Love your poster’s caption. What are we put on Earth for if not to learn how to make distinctions like that?