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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][i]If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.[/i]

By this logic, by not choosing team A, team A will tell me I’ve chosen team B. But if I don’t choose team B either, team B will tell me that I’ve chosen team A.[/quote]

OK, but you're assuming both teams are equal. This quote specifically says it's in time of injustice. So if team A is oppressing team B, it doesn't matter what team A or B think about your choice - your inaction is a tacit approval of the injustice and the oppression, which team A is perpetrating. You're choosing team A because you're choosing status quo, and they control status quo.

This quote is predicated on a known injustice. If you were watching slave owners and slaves, and you remained neutral, you're choosing the side of the slave owners. Surely that feels obvious? I think you're struggling with it because you're applying it to a conflict where you're not sure who has made the injustice (maybe Israel/Palestine, or maybe in projecting?) [/quote]

*maybe [b]I'm[/b] projecting[/quote]

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