Why Do People Hate The West for Trying to Control the Middle East?

Originally posted by RE: Blaxican
Reminds me of Jesus' saying about removing the straw from your eye before pointing out the straw in others; that's probably where Martin Luther King got it from. It's one of my favorite scriptures, personally.

Do you think that's a realistic expectation of the world, though?

Obviously not. Do you find it pleasant to confront your own flaws before attempting to clean out your close friend's?

Nobody wants to do that to themselves, even when the group at fault is as large as a country.

I generally don't confront people about issues they have that I share.

On the other hand though, when I do it doesn't bother me a whole lot. I am only human, after all. And on the other hand, sometimes it's necessary to be hypocritical for the sake of someone else. If a mentally ill individual assaulted me and a police officer stopped that person; I wouldn't particularly care if the officer turned out to be a sociopath himself. I'd still be grateful. Dicks **** pussies and asses.

I said on the other hand twice. I have three hands, fyi.