> I stopped short of calling it bad faith, only saying that it "borders" on it.
I deny a difference in effect. And you said pretending. I know no relevant definitions of pretending and bad faith which pretending would include and bad faith would exclude.
> ignoring the circumstances entirely
No. They weighed some circumstances less and some circumstances more than you.
> It borders on bad faith in the same way that "the golden state killer is a killer, but so was Obama" (because he was the commander in chief of the US military) is bad faith.
Obama ordered people killed. Some people believed the commander in chief of the US military lacked legal authority to order some of those killings. Some people believed the commander in chief of the US military lacked moral authority to order some of those killings. Some people believed the commander in chief of the US military lacked moral authority to order any of those killings. All were good faith beliefs.
Clausewitz said war is the continuation of politics by other means. Obama's killings were a continuation of politics. The Golden State killer's were not.
I deny a difference in effect. And you said pretending. I know no relevant definitions of pretending and bad faith which pretending would include and bad faith would exclude.
> ignoring the circumstances entirely
No. They weighed some circumstances less and some circumstances more than you.
> It borders on bad faith in the same way that "the golden state killer is a killer, but so was Obama" (because he was the commander in chief of the US military) is bad faith.
Obama ordered people killed. Some people believed the commander in chief of the US military lacked legal authority to order some of those killings. Some people believed the commander in chief of the US military lacked moral authority to order some of those killings. Some people believed the commander in chief of the US military lacked moral authority to order any of those killings. All were good faith beliefs.
Clausewitz said war is the continuation of politics by other means. Obama's killings were a continuation of politics. The Golden State killer's were not.