
Imam Tom discusses The Impossible State by Prof Wael Hallaq (part 4)
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The Minimizing of Ethical Standards to the Absolute Minimum
When we, the West Britain America involved in torturing people, which we have been, black sites or locking people up with a due process, Guantanamo Bay and so on. This is soft-pedaled or explained away or justified in some way on ex-grounds. But if Russia does it, or someone else, oh my God, evil bastards, and we must denounce them and bring them to international tribunals and get them to pro-proskit. So you get the very lopsided sense of, you were not dealing with justice as a principle that is applied as such, but in a very partisan way.
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