Given Afghanistan is now under control of the Taleban, they are literally asking the U.K. to pay a political organisation that amongst other things opposes democracy in any form, denies females access to education, and stones and beheads people they don’t approve of, like gay people for example.
(, Mon 16 Aug 2021, 13:08, Reply)
I mean before I get into the complex subject of ethics in multilateral relations, I'd want to gauge whether you're an unknowing or knowing hypocrite. Actually, fuck it. dealing with you is just parsing one stupid argument after another, the same kind of stuff I heard in the march to war. It's depressing.
(, Mon 16 Aug 2021, 13:47, Reply)
(, Mon 16 Aug 2021, 13:53, Reply)
So if war is bad, the fact that you're being told it's bad by someone you otherwise disagree with on some related topics shouldn't blind you to the fact that war is indeed bad.
Of course, usually we all get that bit wrong. If Jonathan King told me that eating food was necessary for health, for example, I'd probably be wondering what the ghastly trick was.
(, Mon 16 Aug 2021, 17:54, Reply)
I do object to giving a barbaric and tyrannical regime like the Taleban cash compensation in any context. That’s what STW are calling for. Not food and medical aid, but cash reparations.
War is bad. That much I have learned.
(, Mon 16 Aug 2021, 18:40, Reply)