| 1. Why does my country have the right to be occupying Iraq? A1. Because if the country just thinks about "rights," then the people with means can have what they want, while the people without want the meaning of have. 2. Why should my country not support an international court of justice? A2. Everybody supports justice. Your country must believe that that court is not just justice. 3. Is my country not strong enough to achieve its aims fairly? 3A. If all agreed the aim was fair, then why the strength to achieve the aim? 4. When the leaders of a country cause it to do terrible things, what is the best way to restore the honor of that country? 4A. Collectively forget about the terrible things in that country. 5. Is it possible for potential new leaders to raise questions about their country's possible guilt, without committing political suicide? 5A. If committing political homicide, then yes. 6. Do I deserve retribution from aggrieved people whose lives have been ruined by actions that my leaders have taken without my consent? 6A. According to the aggrieved people: yes. 7. How can I best help set in motion a process by which reparations are made to people who have been harmed by unjust deeds of my country? 7A. Open a commercial franchise and employ those people. Sell those employees DVDs and iPhones. 8. If day after day goes by with nobody discussing uncomfortable questions like these, won't the good people of my country be guilty of making things worse? 8A. I don't know, because day after day everybody constantly discusses questions like these, yet they are good people and their country belongs to them. Maybe you belong to the country, and maybe you are good because it's inconceivable to you that you could be any other way. |