Comments on: Monday Blogging - 8/11/08 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-blogging-81108/ Enjoy worrying in the new year Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:23:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ian http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-blogging-81108/comment-page-1/#comment-1126 Ian Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:23:18 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=315#comment-1126 Yeah well.. thats just like your... opinion... man. Yeah well.. thats just like your… opinion… man.

]]> By: Chris http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-blogging-81108/comment-page-1/#comment-1125 Chris Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:03:09 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=315#comment-1125 That's not a moral perspective. That's realpolitik :-) That’s not a moral perspective. That’s realpolitik :-)

]]> By: Ian http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-blogging-81108/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 Ian Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:35:18 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=315#comment-1124 No because morals are completely relative and that is kind of my point. You are seeing this from your personal set of morals which transcend the ideas of allies and real world diplomacy. You could just as easily see it from a set of morals that says there should be no countries, no divisions between nations, and that we should be all one people. You would obviously have a different point of view of the whole situation. You have to consider this from the perspective and morals of international diplomacy. Allies help each other regardless of circumstance. That is just how it goes. No because morals are completely relative and that is kind of my point. You are seeing this from your personal set of morals which transcend the ideas of allies and real world diplomacy. You could just as easily see it from a set of morals that says there should be no countries, no divisions between nations, and that we should be all one people. You would obviously have a different point of view of the whole situation. You have to consider this from the perspective and morals of international diplomacy. Allies help each other regardless of circumstance. That is just how it goes.

]]> By: Chris http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-blogging-81108/comment-page-1/#comment-1122 Chris Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:09:54 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=315#comment-1122 <blockquote>You can probably make a debate about hypocrisy in a purely moral sense, but it won’t really get you anywhere.</blockquote> Isn't that the only way to reasonably debate something abstract like sovereignty? By saying that only our allies and our sovereignty matters is to say that there is no such thing as a right to sovereignty.

You can probably make a debate about hypocrisy in a purely moral sense, but it won’t really get you anywhere.

Isn’t that the only way to reasonably debate something abstract like sovereignty? By saying that only our allies and our sovereignty matters is to say that there is no such thing as a right to sovereignty.

]]> By: Ian http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-blogging-81108/comment-page-1/#comment-1121 Ian Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:03:49 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=315#comment-1121 I feel like that is pretty forced or at best turning a blind eye to the way things actually work in favor of idealism. Iraq wasn't ours or Georgia's ally. Its apples and oranges. You can probably make a debate about hypocrisy in a purely moral sense, but it won't really get you anywhere. I feel like that is pretty forced or at best turning a blind eye to the way things actually work in favor of idealism. Iraq wasn’t ours or Georgia’s ally. Its apples and oranges. You can probably make a debate about hypocrisy in a purely moral sense, but it won’t really get you anywhere.

]]> By: Chris http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-blogging-81108/comment-page-1/#comment-1120 Chris Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:12:40 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=315#comment-1120 The point is that Georgia wasn't interested in national sovereignty when they helped us invade Iraq. So why should anyone care about theirs? The point is that Georgia wasn’t interested in national sovereignty when they helped us invade Iraq. So why should anyone care about theirs?

]]> By: Ian http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-blogging-81108/comment-page-1/#comment-1119 Ian Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:06:57 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=315#comment-1119 I don't understand your 1:20 pm comment. Its claiming that it doesn't make sense to justify helping an ally because that ally helped us with something that was an ill advised decision on our part. They are still an ally regardless of what they helped us with. I'm not taking sides on anything, just that comment is stupid. I don’t understand your 1:20 pm comment. Its claiming that it doesn’t make sense to justify helping an ally because that ally helped us with something that was an ill advised decision on our part. They are still an ally regardless of what they helped us with. I’m not taking sides on anything, just that comment is stupid.

]]> By: Chris http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-blogging-81108/comment-page-1/#comment-1118 Chris Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:41:09 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=315#comment-1118 Ted, My 10:20am post was about the Olympics and Bush ;-) Anyways, I'm not a big fan of the Olympics. Ted,
My 10:20am post was about the Olympics and Bush ;-)

Anyways, I’m not a big fan of the Olympics.

]]> By: Ted http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/2008/08/11/monday-blogging-81108/comment-page-1/#comment-1117 Ted Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:35:32 +0000 http://www.whyweworry.com/blog/?p=315#comment-1117 I am very surprised and somewhat disappointed you are not blogging about the Olympics, Bush's interview with Costas, and NBC's odd choice to show replays of every foul call instead of dunks and great plays. I am very surprised and somewhat disappointed you are not blogging about the Olympics, Bush’s interview with Costas, and NBC’s odd choice to show replays of every foul call instead of dunks and great plays.

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