Lol. you know what you wrote is amazingly stupid at best and now you're just going to try to babble it away. Withdraw the comment and get it over with. Or be held to the utter moronic idea that Western societies are superior in every possible way to non-Western societies. — Baden
The sweeping nature of which makes it obviously false. But I still want it admitted so and withdrawn without any BS attempts to pretend he never said that. — Baden
I did say it because I meant it. There is a moral superiority of the West to others. What's shocking is that you can't admit it. — Hanover
Religious brainwashing has a lot to do with this. — RogueAI
Choosing to be ruled by Hamas has led to some disastrous consequences for the Palestinians. — RogueAI
What a gross viewpoint.
So the thousands of innocent children murder by Israeli forces should have known better 17 years ago. Got it.
By that logic, the Israelis who died on October 7th were also learning some “hard” lessons for electing a terrorist government. Glad to know you’re cool with Hamas’ actions. — Mikie
Superior in every way possible would include intelligence, — Baden
The point here is that equality is not a wedding vow, and it is worth admitting that we (meaning the West and its values) are superior to others, in terms of morality, technology, civility, and in every way possible. — Hanover
"Every way possible" should have been limited to those things along the lines of the examples given and not included things like height, athletic ability, sexual prowess, soccer skills, big game hunting, ability to navigate the high seas on a paddleboard, prettier hair styles, and everything else that would be included in the term "every way possible." — Hanover
Nevertheless, not untrue. — Merkwurdichliebe
Western values in the sense I do in fact hold them superior to others, but not superior to all. — Hanover
What other value system has delivered such widespread prosperity and quality of life? — Merkwurdichliebe
An oldie but goodie. — Mikie
After all, what other value system has delivered such widespread prosperity and quality of life? — Merkwurdichliebe
The Israel/Hamas conflict is not west vs non-west. — frank
Israel is trying to play by Western rules against an enemy that openly despises all Western values that do not fall strictly in line with their radical Islamist ideology. — Merkwurdichliebe
What is the connection between value system and quality of life? — bert1
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