I'm so fucking tired of this stupid asinine phrase. This is the stupidest most idiotic phrase to come out of the warmongers lexicon since "Absence of evidence does not equal evidence of absence" and even the lefty blogosphere is playing along. Stop it Atrios! [Please see second update and discussion in comments...]
Things that most assuredly SHOULD NOT be on the table for any decent human being or country:
- Genocide
- Torture
- Another Hiroshima
- Political assassination
- Nazi war crimes
- Human slave trade
- Concentration camps
- Inflicting mass terror/punishment
- Suicide bombing
- Apartheid
I'm tired of our Democratic politicians trafficking in this gutter phrase. A phrase only an authoritarian dictator could love. It does nothing but define our society downwards damn it!
The first Democratic presidential candidate to get up and proclaim loudly, "God forbid, every option is NOT on the table!" and give us a list such as the above will have my vote.
Please feel free to add to the list... what else should decidedly NOT be on the table?
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