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Originally Posted by Daldolma [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

literally none of the argument is reliant on that

you asked what makes chemical weapons "special", which i took to mean more flagrantly unacceptable than conventional weaponry. i explained the material differences between chemical and conventional warfare.

you then ascribed condemnation of terrorism to a desire to keep poor people from evening the playing field. i explained that a) that's incorrect and b) the underlying principle which condemns terrorism is the same underlying principle that demands american restraint and has greatly benefited the other side of the "war on terror" for the duration of this conflict

you're free to disagree, but none of the points that followed were founded on a conflation of the two

Eh, not really. The first point of my original post was a question for which you did stay on topic mostly. But you completely went off on a tangent with respect to the second point in the comparison of terrorism and chemical weapons. Going back to the cats/dogs analogy, I said that cats and dogs are similar in one respect and then theorized as to the implications of that similarity. You then came back with a post listing off the differences between cats and dogs. It has nothing to do with my point.