[psiga]

I don't see the contradiction?

It seems basically that he means to say: The military complex follows government orders with little or no questioning, yet they are (or at least should philosophically be) responsible for their actions as people with the power to corrupt and destroy.

Our nation in its entirity has a thing about 'responsibility' right now; actually stepping up to accept any just makes that person or organization look bad. If we all secretly ignore responsibility, then that must mean that responsible people are as bad as they admit and more! etc.

Attention spans = short, and motivations = emotional, so anybody accepting responsibility just sucks a massive shit storm of SEE? HE ADMITTED IT! before the mob gets distracted by a shiny and moves on to the next hit of pride, greed, fear, or what-have-you.

ALSO! I haven't read the whole thread, just the last couple posts, so if I am like totally omg way off, then just ignore.
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Morality being relative and all that. Are the people being killed deserving of death? Are the people doing the killing deserving of the 'right' to kill? Who gets to decide who deserves what; this is what Popes and Presidents and the like are installed to do, but what happens if you disagree with them?

Isn't it nice to know what your tax money is going toward things that you disagree with on a personal level? If the war is the President's responsibility, and the killing is the Military's responsibility, then I suppose the funding is our responsibility? Is a 700+ billion dollar war something that we can accept responsibility for? Is it something that we can atone for?

These are all rhetorical questions. I don't really care about the answers. We shouldn't be placed in these situations of possible responsibility in the first place, as far as I'm concerned.
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Please tell us, in excruciating detail, what to tell the lawyers, police officers, government agents, bank employees, etc, when one of us decides not to pay taxes "because there's a Democrat in the office."

Failure to succeed at providing a very compelling and, dare I even say it, legal solution will result in me thinking that you are an idiot. Be advised!
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