Letters to the Editor
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Born again hypocrisy
I am sure George Bush believes his faith in God and all that goes along with that faith is sincere. But that doesn't necessarily make his faith genuine. What we've seen from fundamentalists of all stripes is the willingness to pick and choose those pieces of belief that support their world view and their ambitions. In vetoing the stem cell research bill the other day, Bush had this to say as he was wagging his pen:
"Destroying human life in the hopes of saving human life is not ethical -- and it is not the only option before us."
Yet this is the same man who can feel quite comfortable with his decision to invade Iraq, killing thousands of civilians in the process. This blindness to his own hypocrisy certainly supports your contention about a "Good vs. Evil" mentality. But it also demonstrates Bush's inconsistency in applying his beliefs, and makes it easy to assert that his faith is a sham. How can it be genuine when he so easily puts aside faith-based ethics when it suits his purpose? In fact, it is the "Good vs. Evil" mentality that best supports this kind of illogical, inconsistent reasoning.