"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Benign State Violence vs. Barbaric Terrorism
Submitted by Melinda L. Secor on Mon, 2015-09-14 01:00
"So what makes ISIS's executions supposedly morally outrageous compared to those of the Americans and the British? Are ISIS's killing really less morally justified? Are they indicative of the group's medieval savagery compared to Western decency?"
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