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Originally posted by Purrybonker
That is cute – congrats on a making a pretty slick construct. You juxtapose the loss of life in a “frivolous” endeavor (ie cycling) with the loss of life in an “honorable” endeavor (ie operation Iraqi obliteration – or wtf it’s called) – or more precisely; you attempt to use our complacence with the frivolous loss of life as a vehicle to advance the argument for the honorable loss of life. I guess, to paraphrase you are saying:
“We don’t care that thousands of Americans are killed riding their bikes, thereby relatively speaking we should care even less that thousands are killed trying to advance Iraqi freedom because they are certainly dying for something more important than bike riding.”
Interesting construct – but a pretty specious argument. Using this tactic you actually devalue the loss of life – not advance the soundness of a sacrifice, which is what you really hoped to accomplish.
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So close yet so far away. Not meant to value or devalue any lives at all. It's simply showing that the real motivations of those using soldiers deaths as tools for their cause. When in reality they don't give two squirts about the loss of lives, only the ability to push their agenda or maybe even only to justify their philosophies in their own minds.