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Lowell Googins's avatar

Excellent. The “respect the dead” bs is always applied to the perps and not their victims. Respect the dead victims by calling war criminals exactly what they are and especially at their death when they are briefly the focus of attention.

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Riff McClavin's avatar

Your framing things this way was brilliant, as is so often the case; a talent not to be overlooked.

The default position when regarding the statements of any government should be one of healthy skepticism. With the United States, this skepticism can safely be increased 100-fold.

I don't believe the act of dying makes one noble; only living a decent life can do that. I suppose they say don't speak ill of the dead because they aren't around to defend themselves. You know who else isn't around to defend themselves? At least a hundred thousand Iraqis.

We must stop elevating the worst among us.

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