It's funny. People always try to personalize these things. "Sure, you say you're against torture, but what if it was your family who'd get bombed?"
There are just prices you pay for living in a free society, because we're Americans and not a bunch of craven cowards. Moral backbone doesn't count if you don't have it when you really need it. Integrity that disappears in a crisis doesn't count.
So, yeah, it would suck. I might kill someone who hurt my friends-who-are-children. I'd take notice of a creepy raincoater at the playground. But inside his own head, every man is king.
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It's funny. People always try to personalize these things. "Sure, you say you're against torture, but what if it was your family who'd get bombed?"
There are just prices you pay for living in a free society, because we're Americans and not a bunch of craven cowards. Moral backbone doesn't count if you don't have it when you really need it. Integrity that disappears in a crisis doesn't count.
So, yeah, it would suck. I might kill someone who hurt my friends-who-are-children. I'd take notice of a creepy raincoater at the playground. But inside his own head, every man is king.