Moral Superiority

Amnon Meranda from YNet reports:

Just a short while after the bulldozer attack shocked Jerusalem, the Knesset approved in a preliminary reading two bills revoking the rights to citizenship from the families of terrorists.

Not much to say here except kudos once again to Israel for shining bright as "the only true democracy in the Middle East." Of course we would need to accommodate this by redefining the word "democracy" to include "mob-like forms of government that substitute vengeance for justice and disregard, when the need arises, basic human rights such as protection from arbitrary or collective punishment." But that shouldn't be too much of a problem.

See, the clever argument here is that, even though it's illegal and downright immoral, it's worth it if it might help save people's lives by preventing future terrorists from commiting acts of terror. Hmmm... Makes sense...

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Hey, remember last time you tried something like this and went around demolishing homes of suicide bombers in an attempt to prevent future attacks? That totally worked, didn't it...