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Hurkyl
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I deliberately (over)simplified your argument for the sake of brevity and clarity. You can talk all you want about the nuances that get disregarded by the simplification, but you'd be missing the entire point of my post: You are completely ignoring issues that matter to others.Bilal said:May be my English is not perfect, but I really surprise how you twist my words!
Allow me to elaborate.
The government of Palestine is dedicated to the annihilation of one of our friends. Therefore, it would apparently be a terrible thing to allow it aid, so we do what we can to prevent it.
You go on and on about the consequences of that decision, but that's it.
For those who subscribe to a philosophy that acts are justified on their own merits, and not their consequences, your argument means absolutely nothing to them.
For those who subscribe to a philosophy where the ends justify the means, your argument is lacking an essential component: you never seem to even attempt to argue that the evils of denying aid to Hamas outweigh the evils of allowing aid to Hamas.