Monsters remain human beings. In fact, to reduce them to a subhuman level is to exonerate them of their acts of terrorism and mass murder — just as animals are not deemed morally responsible for killing. Insisting on the humanity of terrorists is, in fact, critical to maintaining their profound responsibility for the evil they commit.
And, if they are human, then they must necessarily not be treated in an inhuman fashion. You cannot lower the moral baseline of a terrorist to the subhuman without betraying a fundamental value.
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You know what they say," Dad said. "If you love something set it free."
"What if he doesn't come back?"
"Something do, somethings don't," he said, reaching to tweak her nose. "I'll always come back to you anyway."
"You don't light up," Hadley said, but Dad only smiled.
"I do when I'm with you.
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That’s the way these things work, kiddo,” he says. “Love isn't supposed to make sense. It's completely illogical.
Jennifer E. SmithTag: andrew-sullivan hadley-sullivan
A number I'd love to know: the % of those now saying 'we have to vote Obama to stop an attack on Iran' who will support one if Obama does it.
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