re: #29 Charles

I’m not saying his murder is equivalent to G. Gordon Liddy having a talk show. I’m saying that his murder is equivalent in intent to that of a guy who intended to burn a bunch of people alive in a building. See, I think the intents are the same, largely because they are the same. I know I’m going to catch flak for saying that one guy one intended to do one thing is equal in intent to another guy who intended to do the same thing, but that’s just how it’s going to have to be.

I’m also using him as an example out of any number of Americans who are actually more closely affiliated with American institutions than he is to al-Jazeera and who also committed murder, such as the troops in Afghanistan who hunted and killed several Afghan civilians and then hassled one of their command officers when he freaked out about it. Obviously there are any number of other examples I could pull out. And I know that me pulling them out at all is considered offensive by some people. But America is good enough to be criticized harshly when certain Americans dishonor it by their conduct.