Collective Guilt is An Excuse for Mass Murder

Collective Guilt is An Excuse for Mass Murder

Let’s do a thought-experiment. We’ll start with a choose-your-own-adventure. Pick a mass-shooting event from recent U.S. history, but try to pick one where the shooter matches your personal demographics as closely as possible. As a white, male American of a similar age, I’ll pick James Holmes, the man who shot up the Colorado movie theater in 2012, killing a dozen people and wounding dozens of others. (I even support the right of individuals to own firearms, damning me even further.) I’ve never had any association with James Holmes, and living in a completely different state at the time,...

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No, sanctions won’t convince North Korea to give up their nukes

No, sanctions won’t convince North Korea to give up their nukes In an article on Politico titled, "Yes, we do have a way to deal with North Korea," Peter Harrell declares that sanctions are the way to force North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. Never mind that 60 years of sanctions have been laughably ineffective, the problem is clearly that we haven't had enough, or, perhaps, the right kind of sanctions! Harrell states: "Despite the common assumption that North Korea is already subject to crippling international sanctions, U.S. and international sanctions actually leave vast parts of...

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