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There's a psychological trap which pretty much everyone is in danger of falling into at some time or another. It's a mind-trick we use on ourselves to justify deeds we're not proud of. We simply compare ourselves to others who've done something worse.
I've done this many times myself to justify in my mind acts that I know were wrong, and I'm sure if you're honest, you can think of examples too.
It works like this: You admit to yourself and others that you've committed an error, but belittle it by comparing it to greater errors committed by others. For example, an alcoholic who drinks a bottle of whisky every day says to himself: "Well, at least I don't drink two bottles a day like Henry next door."
The wonderful thing about this trick is that it can be used to justify virtually any act, no matter how immoral. No matter what you've done, you never have to look far to find someone who's done something worse.
Have you become lazy lately? Well, at least you're not as bad as that slothful uncle of yours.
Are you violent? It's nothing compared to those families living down on the housing estate.
Do you take drugs? At least you're not one of those junkies sleeping in bus shelters.
Using this method, you never have to face up to doing anything wrong. It's extremely comforting. The only problem is, you still have to eventually face up to the consequences of your actions.
Lazy people still end up with fewer rewards, regardless of their uncles. Violent people still get arrested, no matter how nasty those on the housing estate are. Drug users still wreck their health, even if someone else wrecks theirs worse.
This mental trick is the equivalent of sweeping dust under the carpet. The dust is still there, even if it's hidden from view.
Some of the most dishonest users of this trick are politicians. They can justify almost any evil act simply by comparing their choices to those of their peers in other nations. They use it to legitimize war, torture and all sorts of other wrongs. All they have to say is "Well, what I'm planning is nothing compared to what politician X in country Y gets up to".
Morality and good deeds aren't measured by comparing yourself to others. It's something that comes from within. Most people know when they're committing bad deeds, and are perfectly aware of the consequences. Trying to hide behind someone else's badness is often as immoral as the original act itself.
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I said "WITHOUT comparing them to some stupid Islam country that EVERYBODY already knows doesn't have CLUE about democracy??? " Is suppose I should have included in that 'all countries that NO ONE has difficulty telling that they don't have a clue about democracy, but it didn't matter because you still went off and mentioned Islamist countries as if anybody is going to think they have good examples of democratic states.
I don't want "to see really oppressive "Republics" that abuse power" and I don't care about "countries that support Islamism" that are "repressive and totalitarian". Why does "blame Russia" for Syria come up, that falls under the 'no clue about democracy' default status. Why don't I criticize 'true repressive regimes" instead of the "democratic West"? First, the State of Israel is not part of the democratic West, it is an Afro-Asiatic Socialist hub with Jewish Nationalist policies who have an apartheid system enacted to the detriment of the non-Jewish population inside and outside it's borders. Why does this matter to me? Because they have one of the most non-proportionately powerful, representative speaking, political lobby that is entirely foreign to the U.S. in nature, advocating in the U.S. entirely for a foreign country. This non-proportional powerful lobby has also confused a Biblical illiterate populace, that is unaware of the historic position of their own churches regarding Jews, Israel, the sufficiency and supremacy of Christ for all, the Temple sacrifices which are obsolete, the abolishing of the Levitical priesthood, the ascension of Christ to the position of High Priest for all eternity, as the Aaronic priesthood is disappeared never to return. All these things are being ignored by Jews that are today working to build a third Temple where the Dome of the Rock now stands. They plan to start up Temple sacrifices, reinstate the Levitical priesthood, dream up an Aaronic High Priest from thin air, find the Ark of the Covenant(the covenant which is broken), secure a pure Red Heifer(which they don't have the ashes from the last one to make the new one pure), craft new priestly vestments(without the old ones which had special irreplaceable stones on them), and many other things which can not, will not, and in the light of what Christ has done, should not be done. They have the right to practice the religion they want, but it is when they lobby another country for support in doing these things that will only benefit themselves, that is what I take issue with.
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