Michael Rubin Swears Again

Weird how some people just engage in political swearing instead of a coherent argument.

EG: the use of the phrase 'moral equivalence'. Perfect example. As if two people commit the same crime but only one criminal is 'wrong'.

Last I checked to apply double standards is hypocrisy. You can't be both hypocritical and moral at the same time. A person or act is either moral, or is hypocritical.

A good recent example is Michael Rubin's article in Commentary;

I’m in Wiesbaden, Germany, for a conference on Afghanistan. A German friend points out this German story which quotes a German foreign ministry spokesman, like Amnesty, as calling the swap a “prisoner exchange” and continuing to suggest Israel and Hamas should build on this episode to advance the peace process. If Europeans cannot tell the difference between a democracy and an innocent soldier kidnapped in his own territory from that of a terrorist group whose charter embraces genocide, then Europe is in more of a black hole than Gilad Shalit ever was.(1)

Either someone is a prisoner or they're not. Dismissing Shalit as only 'kidnapped' because a non-state actor committed the capture it blatant hypocrisy. Governments can 'kidnap' people; like by apprehending them without a warrant. Which Israel does under the term 'administrative detention'. Though, logically, Mr. Rubin wouldn't concede that as it seems, in his view, a state, esp. a 'democratic' one, can do no wrong. And to point out it has is 'moral equivalence'. My god, what a sick world we live in where people make such arguments.

Footnote:
(1) http://www.commentarymagazine.com/2011/10/18/amnesty-international-shalit-terrorism/