Ben Shapiro comments on Bassem Youssef’s use of ‘moral equivalence’ on Piers Morgan

Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro has accused Bassem Youssef of using “bad analogies and moral equivalence” as substitutes for “realism and moral clarity” when fighting terrorism.

Egyptian comedian Bassem Youssef, on Piers Morgan Uncensored, accused Shapiro of having a ‘great year’ in 2014 because ‘88 Israelis died and there were 2,329 Palestinians killed on the other side’.

“Listen, Bassem is a very smart guy, and I don’t think that sarcasm or bad analogies or moral equivalence are really substitutes for realism or moral clarity about situations like fighting terrorism,” Mr Shapiro told Sky News host Piers Morgan.

“No one wants civilians to die – except for Hamas; Hamas does want civilians to die – but nobody rejoices when civilians die; no one is looking for an exchange rate of death for death.

“The point that I was making when you are talking about, for example, legal proportionality in terms of just war, what you’re talking about is proportionality to achieve your target.

“There is no actual math that goes into a war where you say if a certain number of people die on this side, versus a certain number of people die on that side, therefore the war is unjust – that is not exactly how war works.”

[fantastikfanatic]

Ben Shapiro vs Bassem Youssef who wants to see this?

[Habooben]

I want Ben Shapiro to argue with an actual Palestinian instead arguing with college students who just learned about the whole conflict.

[Allycat]

No interruption from piers when he likes what he hears

[peqyzwy]

Did the allies winning against Nazis make more nazis?

[MrIlleism]

Ben Shapiro, the child that got famous by debating kids... Internet has made everyone an expert!

[MrIlleism]

We don't call German's Nazis and we shouldn't call Palestinians Hamas.

[michaelaziz]

6:38 Mosab Yousef did suggest in a Fox interview that the Arab League could possibly take control of Gaza

[dima]

Wait a second, so Hamas doesn’t wear uniforms and that’s ok, Idf dressed as hamas, that’s a war crime?

[stephanysmith]

M.Morgan is wrong. Accoding to international laws, if a school/hospital, etc are used for war crime or etrrorist operation, de facto, that building lose it's umbrela of protection because it is no longer used as it's primary activities but for war activities.

You can read it, it's public.

[BMB]

" no one wants civilians to die" 27000 dead and still counting...

[mykesinger]

The stupidity and hypocrisy of Piers is absolutely amazing.

[parthvaland]

Ben v Baseen showdown - make it happens piers

[LukeFlegg]

Looking forward to Ben actually debating with the people who's arguments he just "comments on" from a safe distance. I'm not talking about debating with students.

[neon]

Oh, I didn't know that a popular rapper Ben can talk about politics

[MsBhappy]

Piers, ehy dont you invite actual academics who study the conflict, historians, peace activists or people in international relations who are specialists on the conflict?

[gsp]

The idea of rules for war is kind of an oxymoron.

[ArL]

“Nobody rejoices at civilian deaths, well except for Hamas” = Truth

[peqyzwy]

That anti-terrorist operation reminds me of the amazing Israeli series ‘Fauda’. Dressing like terrorists to combat terrorists

[HydroMech]

Ben looks evil, sounds evil and is evil. Case closed!

[TheLoremasterNojah]

No matter what you say to Bassem, his response will be to change the subject.
"Okay, so..." "Okay, so..." "Okay, so..."