I ran into a defender of this war over at Big Daddy Weave where, I will concede, I lost my cool. Today has been one of those down days where my mood seems to get darker as the clouds roll in. That, and as I told d.r., finding someone who so fully defends Bush in his implementation and decision to take us to war set off the beast.
But as I told him, I am opening the comments to this debate. Knowing what we know now, and even taking a look at what we knew then, can we call this a just war? d.r. says yes. I say no way. His initial comment lays out the terms for the "just war" defense. What say you?
OK, here's what I got from that exchange. YESSSS! NOOOOOO!
ReplyDeleteAnd, perhaps most importantly, it is not you, per se, that are intellectual. Rather it is your ideas that are anti-intellectual, and as some might argue, stupid. To place those labels on you more directly would simply be an ad hominem tactic. This is more sophisticated.
Or something,
Streak,
ReplyDeleteI appreciate your email to me. And I am truly sorry that my words incited your response. Sometimes I don't know how my words come across and that is definitely my fault. BDW, Michael, and I go at it pretty hard sometimes so I am kind of used to it over there. But that is no excuse for my miscommunication.
Also, I really must make my email link more available as I hear that a lot. Or maybe it just isn't functioning, as that would be normal for Blogger. If you still want to discuss this I would do so. I would actually rather discuss your blog on God calling Israel to destroy a people group (but for now, let me suggest a book: Show Them No Mercy: Four Views on God and Caananite Suicide, while it might not deal with that particular text, it does deal with Christian 'genocide' from different perspectives along the Evangelical spectrum). And I know that the shelf life of a particular post on the blogosphere is quite short. I will check back tomorrow to see if you do indeed want to continue the discussion (though I might not actually be able to respond until Saturday). Thanks again,
D.R.
d.r., feel free to jump in on the discussion on the violence in the OT. I moved it to the top of the blog because it should have been there anyway, but I forgot to update it after writing the first part as a draft.
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