[lit-ideas] Re: Do You Have a Moral Urgency?
- From: Omar Kusturica <omarkusto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:23:18 -0700 (PDT)
Phil,
Not bad. I am not sure about your philosophical
capacities, but perhaps you could try your luck as a
fiction writer.
O.K.
--- Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Omar Kusturica wrote:
>
> "I assume that [Hezbollah] launched (a) the rockets
> they had and (b)
> from the locations they could."
>
>
> The philosophical point being that Hezbollah's moral
> culpability was
> limited by the resources at hand, not intent. The
> lesson, then, would
> be to get better rockets from Iran asap.
>
>
> The moral differences:
>
> Israel fired rockets where they believed Hezbollah
> fighters were hiding,
> going to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties.
> Hezbollah fired
> over the heads of Israeli soldiers in order to kill
> Israeli civilians.
>
> Israel sacrificed the lives of soldiers in order to
> save Lebanese lives.
> Hezbollah sacrificed Lebanese lives in order to kill
> Israeli civilians.
>
> Hezbollah declares victory because their fighters
> were able to
> successfully hide among the civilian population
> while launching hundreds
> of rockets that terrorized much of the civilian
> population of Israel.
> Israel declares victory because it was able to push
> Hezbollah back from
> its borders and force an international military
> presence that is
> mandated to keep the peace.
>
>
> Unless Omar has evidence to the contrary, it seems
> the philosophical and
> moral points are clear.
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Phil Enns
> Toronto, ON
>
>
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