Stress Kills: Ken Lay Dead at 64

Originally Posted by Dunbar

Sorry, I don't even buy "Castro, the ruthless dictator". Battista, the guy Castro overthrew, was a ruthless dictator. We, the US, have supported numerous ruthless dictators when it suited our purpose. We supported Battista's regime, and we've paid the price for 50 years. Castro is a saint compared to Battista, who fled with as much of his country's wealth as he could stuff into his offshore accounts.

Faulty reasoning ...

... a mass murderer is a mass murderer ...

... and just because someone else is a mass murderer ... that doesn't make your mass murders any more defensible.