<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Moral Equivalency Watch]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Raymond Ibrahim looks at the comparitive <a href="http://www.meforum.org/2159/are-judaism-and-christianity-as-violent-as-islam" target="_blank">violence of Judaism and Christianity vs. Islam</a>. It&#8217;s an interesting read, and its conclusion not a surprise. Seems to me, though, to ignore the basic point: So-called moral equivalency arguments of this type are <a href="http://www.iep.utm.edu/f/fallacy.htm#Tu%20Quoque" target="_blank"><em>tu quoque</em></a> fallacies.</p>
<p>No matter how bloody or brutal Judaism or Christianity may or may not have been in the past, nothing justifies the brutal violence of jihadists today. It&#8217;s the kind of argument one can expect on a school yard among nine year olds. &#8220;Tommy did it first!&#8221;</p>
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