You see a child on the street, hungry and dehydrated; or carried away by a kidnapper and assaulted.
Is there anything that child could have done to deserve any of those atrocities?
Would you first ask where the child was from and their parent's belief system before giving aid?
Suppose see two children in the same situation.
Would you only object in one instance and not the other?
@lawprofblawg In the US, people walk past hungry, malnourished, or starving children every day. They vote for politicians who campaign on eliminating free school lunches and cutting social programs.
I understand the point you’re making, and I 100% agree with it, but the answers to your rhetorical questions, at least from US society as a whole, will disappoint you.
Our society is one of selfish callousness and indifference.
There's a huge difference between suggesting that the child deserves the outcome vs deciding that maybe a slicktalking politician serving in an institution which has lost the confidence of the public might not actually deserve support for his programs.
The two are really incomparable.
@mathaetaes yes, big difference.
If the politician isn't actually going to help then it doesn't really matter whether we vote for them.
It has little to do with the hungry child. It's really about the ineffective politician.
