Word: moralizers
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...critics pounced. New Republic editor Peter Beinart assailed "the moral hypocrisy underlying America's demand for democracy in Palestine and Iraq" while "we simultaneously coddle the dictators in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan." Columnist Thomas Friedman complained that "the Bush team is advocating democracy only in authoritarian regimes that oppose America." Washington Post editorial-page editor Fred Hiatt made the larger point: "The United States cannot fight, let alone win, a cold-war-style campaign for freedom in the Islamic world unless, as in the cold war, it is fully engaged throughout the world, committed to democracy in China as well...
...precise, grisly A Snake of June by Shinya Tsukamoto (renowned for his heavy-metal Tetsuo thrillers), a sensible career woman receives a package containing photos of her masturbating. The unknown photographer exploits her sensual sin by forcing her into ever-more provocative situations in Tokyo malls and subways. The moral: in a society where everything is recorded, only a saint could elude blackmail...
...necessarily be founded upon sweeping generalizations against an entire population. Fortunately, we are able to dissociate our opinions of a government from our attitude towards its citizens—most of the time. When criticism of Israel arises, our vision becomes murky, the boundaries between state policy and the moral standing of the citizenry begin to break down. Can we criticize Israel? Can we organize or even discuss an orchestrated effort to affect changes in state policy without debasing the people of Israel, or for that matter, Jews anywhere in the world...
...European allies, and his efforts over the last 20 years to build nuclear weapons and support worldwide terror, Hussein has amassed a brainwashed following in Iraq and parts of the Middle East, and is one of the last modern war criminals still running his country. There is enough moral and political justification for U.N. military action, which surely means that there is plenty for Anglo-American intervention but we should not have to do this alone...
Kilfoyle’s unwavering faith in the virtues of multilateralism is hardly surprising. His view has many sympathizers, and their sympathy follows naturally from the kind of moral education we receive as children. Share, we are told. Cooperate. Don’t hurt other people’s feelings. In the vaunted vanity of academia, these lessons are recast in subtler terms. Sharing becomes “social justice.” Cooperation becomes “discourse.” Not hurting other people’s feelings becomes “tolerance.” Who could...