Eclipsed from the headlines by the ongoing carnage, there is an active
civil resistance in Iraq that opposes the occupation, the torture regime
it protects, and the jihadi and Ba'athist 'resistance' alike.
Submitted by Gabriel Ash on Thu, 08/04/2005 - 16:57.
This discussion emerged out of a complaint about my failure to condemn the methods of the Palestinian armed struggle in an article written three years ago.
I will not do so. I share your opposition to attack on civilians in principle. There are many principles, however, I hold dear, and they always tend to clash when I try to apply them to real situations.
Here's another principle: justice should be rooted in a moral community, i.e. in ethical beliefs common to all parties, including the Palestinian public. Here's another principle: the judge must not be an interested party at the trial. And here's another dear principle: don't judge someone before you walk a mile in her shoes. And here's finally another principle: in coming to seek justice one must have clean hands.
I will apply these principles and solve the dilemmas they create to the best of my judgment.
I believe you will do the same, according to your judgment.
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This discussion emerged out of a complaint about my failure to condemn the methods of the Palestinian armed struggle in an article written three years ago.
I will not do so. I share your opposition to attack on civilians in principle. There are many principles, however, I hold dear, and they always tend to clash when I try to apply them to real situations.
Here's another principle: justice should be rooted in a moral community, i.e. in ethical beliefs common to all parties, including the Palestinian public. Here's another principle: the judge must not be an interested party at the trial. And here's another dear principle: don't judge someone before you walk a mile in her shoes. And here's finally another principle: in coming to seek justice one must have clean hands.
I will apply these principles and solve the dilemmas they create to the best of my judgment.
I believe you will do the same, according to your judgment.