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Ray's logic seems to be this: If someone was never in a dangerous job, he or she cannot expect the people who currently hold that dangerous job to risk their lives.

By that logic, if Ray's house catches on fire, he is a hypocrite to want the fire department to risk their lives to extinguish the fire and/or save his property since, presumably, Ray has never been a firefighter.

Similarly, by that logic, since Ray was never a police officer, he has no right to expect the police to chase and attempt to apprehend a suspect that robbed him.

Oh, and Ray: Bush won the popular vote in 2004. So, yes, even if you split hairs about the electoral college, the American people elected him and Cheney to the job.



 Originally Posted By: Halo82
Just cause people except dangerous jobs doesn't mean the govt. can do whatever the hell they want with them. They have a responsibility to use there power wisely.


And I've acknowledged that people can have legitimate policy opposition to this, or any other, war.

However, that doesn't mean that every argument against the war is valid. And the Chickenhawk argument is one of the more specious, since it rests on the fallacy that only an ex-military officer has the right to advocate for the use of the military.