If you were responsible for a person's death, would you feel remorse?

[mopaul]

most folks would, even if it were a home intruder and you had to kill him, you'd feel a tad bit bad about having to kill someone. this exact thing happened to my grandpa. he killed an intruder and felt bad about it, even though he'd killed people in world war one.

bush, and the men supporting him, do not feel such an emotion as remorse over the death of a person. they've obviously never lost a son or daughter in combat, so that is something they'll never share with their newest enemy, Cindy Sheehan. they don't do funerals, they do cheer leading and crocodile crying.

would you feel bad if you sent a bus load of people on a trip and they were all killed, would you feel that remorse times 25? what if you were responsible for the deaths of 3000 people on 9/11? responsible by not telling we the people about the upcoming attack, but going on vacation instead. and what if you'd sent 1,850 volunteer soldiers to their deaths based on complete lies, would you feel a wee bit sorry about that?

and what if by your decree many thousands of soldiers returned crippled and driven mad, would it bother you at night at about 3 a.m.? and what if you personally were responsible for the deaths of over 100,000 INNOCENT PEOPLE, who did not have to die at all, would you feel a slight tinge of regret, sympathy, compassion? of course you would.

but there are some people who do not feel such bothersome emotions as empathy or sympathy or remorse. and they are at the helm of the ship of state. they do not feel sympathy for Cindy Sheehan or the other Gold Star Mothers for Peace, but hatred, and even more, fear.

[KitchenWitch]

1. These "men" are sociopaths, plain and simple

[ClintonTyree]

2. Hey, God told them to do it............

and with God on your side, who can be against you? This entire "god" thing really is a wondrous defense. It absolves you of all blame and responsibility and you can go merrily on your way. "God" shoulders all of the responsibility, see?
As Dana Carvey's character the "Church Lady" would say...."how conveeeeeenient"!

[wishlist]

4. As Billy Graham said recently about Iraq, we all have to die sometime

I was shocked at a recent interview he gave on one of the TV networks where he downplayed the deaths of soldiers in Iraq by commenting that the war is not causing more deaths because everyone dies eventually anyway.

[etherealtruth]

14. Dementia is a sad, sad thing n/t

[Wetzelbill]

3. I feel remorse for a lot less... I feel it if I offend somebody on DU

which is a message board with plenty of anonymity. If I caused the death of someone, I would be so distraught I'd have to get help or it would cause the death of me. I couldn't live with myself if I started a war the way our administration did. I couldn't execute anybody either. I couldn't live with myself if I did.

For all his faults, Lyndon Johnson was bothered by Vietnam. So much so he never ran for reelection. Bush feels nothing. It's sick. Vietnam killed Lyndon Johnson. Iraq makes Bush feel like he's some kind of God.

[KitchenWitch]

5. I hear that

I get really worried if I hurt someone's feelings, even if it is anonymously.

You may enjoy this. http://www.pythonline.com/plugs/idle/FCCSong.mp3

[LaurenG]

6. Me too.

I guess that's why we are liberals. We care.

[H2O Man]

9. Yesterday afternoon

I was driving through a village in rural, upstate New York. Though I rarely pass through it these days, I am pretty familiar with a number of people there. At the south end of the village, along the state highway, was a sign reading, "Support The Troops -- Bring Them Home Now." It was put up by some businessmen who are conservative republicans, who are veterans. These are the people who fought in WW2 and Vietnam.

The American people are realizing that the administration lied to the nation about the reasons we invaded Iraq. And the veterans understand, perhaps more than most, that this administration has betrayed the faith of those who wear that uniform.

But, of course, those qualities go hand-in-hand: the ability to lie to the nation, to betray the military, and to feel no guilt whatsoever about the blood on their hands.

[Flirtus]

7. I thought you were thinking of Laura Bush. n/t

[KitchenWitch]

8. she fits right in with the sociopaths

She is the paragon of Stepford Wife.

[newyawker99]

12. Hi Flirtus!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Delphinus]

10. I feel remorse when I have to kill even a bug.

I cried when I had to kill a mouse and when my dog killed a bunny, I cried while I was burying it.

I hope my life ends before I face killing a person.

[quiet.american]

11. Apparently, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

If Shrub's mother can't be bothered to trouble her "beautiful mind" about body bags on the eve of war, then apparently, as far as Shrub's concerned, mother knows best.

[Mairead]

13. "The rich really are very different, especially if they are also

unscrupulous."

"One of the ways they got rich," I said.

She nodded, but she wasn't paying me much attention. "They have always gotten what they wished, and after a while they think they are supposed to. If they have a problem they hire someone to solve it. And they become ever more contemptuous of people who cannot. They even become contemptuous of people who have problems. And eventually they are contemptuous of everyone and care only about what they want."

Robert B. Parker, A Catskill Eagle