Prashanth Mundkur writes:
> Martin William Smith wrote:
> > I have seen no messages from Milutin protesting the bombing of
> > Chechnya.
> >
> > Bombing is immoral.  It is just as immoral to bomb Chechnya as it was
> > to bomb Serbia.  And I don't mean to pick on Milutin.  He's just the
> > easiest target.  Nobody else has protested the bombing of Chechnya
> > either.  Not on this list, and nowhere else, either, that I have
> > seen.
> >
> > So can we finally admit that the protests of the NATO bombing were not
> > motivated by the immorality of bombing?  Because, apparently, bombing
> > Chechens is ok.  Bombing Serbs is not.
>
> Is Milutin or anyone else on this list paying
> taxes to the Russian state?  Or you?  Does the
> Russian govt pretend to represent you in its
> actions? Does NATO?

See, that's what I mean.  When the tax man comes in the door,
solidarity goes out the window.  Morality ends at your national
border, or the border of the alliance.  The people outside don't
count.  They are infidels.

martin

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