Quote Originally Posted by Mordan
300 people died drowning on the beaches of France since June. (http://www.lefigaro.fr/france/20060728. ... etant.html) . Where is the public outcry for this horrible statistic? Why don't you care for those poor people who died a terrible death drowning the salty water???

It is not that I don't care about people. I'm trying to give you the intuition to understand why I don't care.
There's nothing revelatory about this observation. Tens of thousands of people die in car accidents every year, people are murdered, raped and tortured every day somewhere in the world. Just because we know this, is no justification for becoming desensitized or indifferent to images or reports of human suffering in places like Lebanon, or elsewhere. Yes, human life is cheap in this world, it's snuffed out without a thought every minute of every day but if we become totally indifferent to it, then we cease to be fully human and become more like the leaders and governments that perpetuate these conflicts for their own selfish ends. It should stop us from becoming overemotional or too carried away with our response and maintain a perspective on things, but not indifferent and unmoved.

Quote Originally Posted by Mordan
Lebaneses played with fire harboring terrorists. Now it is payback time.
Lebanon has only recently escaped the control of Syria and still remains in its shadow to a large degree. It's also an ethnically diverse country. The Lebanese army is weaker and less well-equipped than Hezbollah. To think you can just bomb Lebanon into taking on Hezbollah is crazy. You're more likely to boost support for them (while the bombing campaign is in progress anyway). If this was a more homogeneous and powerful state like Egypt that was harbouring Hezbollah, then perhaps Israel's approach to the conflict might make a bit more sense.