tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post7926912108214919367..comments2024-01-01T01:47:59.449+02:00Comments on Yaacov Lozowick's Ruminations: Guantanamo FablesYaacovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12835192312242961481noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-70197906809278435832009-02-23T18:16:00.000+02:002009-02-23T18:16:00.000+02:00Dr. Lozowick,The real problem is that many of the ...Dr. Lozowick,<BR/><BR/>The real problem is that many of the internees have not had a hearing or trial of any kind. The charges against those prisoners may or may not be known, but certainly the right to a trial on the charges is a fundamental right. The notion that a prisoner lives in better conditions than if he was released is the same argument made for ante-bellum slavery. I think almost all would choose freedom, even if the necessities of life were less.<BR/><BR/>Joe5348josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09057606413590949268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4008006782907969381.post-56676833580561859032009-02-23T16:03:00.000+02:002009-02-23T16:03:00.000+02:00Does the following quote refer to moral relativism...Does the following quote refer to moral relativism and cognitive egocentrism? These things are as embedded in a person's belief as any religious dogma could be. I am interested in reading more, but would appreciate clarification or speculation about what this quote implies.<BR/><BR/>"significant sections of the liberal West, the parts that regard themselves as its elite, are abandoning their glorious but hard-fought for heritage in favor of a set of religious-beliefs-sans-God that takes the silliest part of religion and the silliest part of secularism while abandoning all the serious parts of both."rashkovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11957522977917798197noreply@blogger.com