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If he chooses to 'feed his family' by building bombs to drop on a poor family on the other side of the world, I have absolutely no sympathy for him. And I don'

by jMyles 11y ago

If he chooses to 'feed his family' by building bombs to drop on a poor family on the other side of the world, I have absolutely no sympathy for him. And I don't see any point in passing the buck to whatever government claims authority over his landmass. Yes, of course I wish that the government didn't corrupt the economy by making war seem like a viable way to "feed the family," but it's obviously not. Nobody forced your hypothetical guy to take that job - and even if he's starving, he has no right to exact violence on strangers.

heartbreak 11y ago
I'm amazed at how _hatefully_ non-violent some people can be.
justinsingh 11y ago
Is your home town ready for those who would have to seek new employment? If so, what type of jobs would be available to them? If not, in what (as specific as possible) ways do you imagine your home town to adapt to the change of sudden unemployment so that these people can have adequate jobs to still support their families?
politician 11y ago
> Nobody forced your hypothetical guy to take that job Fine. I'll call you out. Hunger did. Do you have no compassion? His children are starving. Now what?
- TimJRobinson 11y ago
  Give them food and support? Like the rest of the modern world does when their citizens are out of work.
- jMyles 11y ago
  I don't mean to sound devoid of compassion; I'm not. Most military contractors make very good money. Even if, in your hypothetical, he has starving children, I don't see any compassion in telling him to murder other people's children. This just seems like insanity to me.
PhasmaFelis 11y ago
If the guy who packs MREs or sews uniforms so his family won't starve is complicit in violence, then you are just as complicit for paying your taxes so you don't go to prison.
- jMyles 11y ago
  I don't disagree really. But in this particular case, I'm talking about Lockheed Martin.
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by jMyles 11y ago

heartbreak 11y ago

I'm amazed at how _hatefully_ non-violent some people can be.

justinsingh 11y ago

Is your home town ready for those who would have to seek new employment? If so, what type of jobs would be available to them? If not, in what (as specific as possible) ways do you imagine your home town to adapt to the change of sudden unemployment so that these people can have adequate jobs to still support their families?

politician 11y ago

> Nobody forced your hypothetical guy to take that job Fine. I'll call you out. Hunger did. Do you have no compassion? His children are starving. Now what?

TimJRobinson 11y ago
Give them food and support? Like the rest of the modern world does when their citizens are out of work.
jMyles 11y ago
I don't mean to sound devoid of compassion; I'm not. Most military contractors make very good money. Even if, in your hypothetical, he has starving children, I don't see any compassion in telling him to murder other people's children. This just seems like insanity to me.

PhasmaFelis 11y ago

If the guy who packs MREs or sews uniforms so his family won't starve is complicit in violence, then you are just as complicit for paying your taxes so you don't go to prison.

jMyles 11y ago
I don't disagree really. But in this particular case, I'm talking about Lockheed Martin.

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