This End Down

Political rant. Sorry.

Considering that I posted a Hot Air (right-wing political commentator Michelle Malkin’s co-blog) or two that I agreed with earlier, I felt I should make it clear (in a post on the complete opposite end of the emotion/rationality spectrum as the last post) that there is much she and her cohorts say which I am completely against. For example: The idea that, since terrorists don’t follow the Geneva convention (i.e. torture, killing civilains, etc.), we shouldn’t be bound by the Geneva convention when dealing with them. In terms of a purely detail-oriented analytic form, I might be able to understand the concept that the terrorists anull their right to be protected by the Geneva Convention by violating it themselves. HOWEVER, coming as she purports to be from a Christian perspective, it is inherent in our treatment of others that, no matter what they do to us, we maintain our humanity in the manner in which we treat them. This isn’t just exclusive to Christians, either — the concept (and the phrases “be the bigger man” and “don’t stoop to their level”) are prevalent in all areas of society.