A little compare and contrast

I recognize that these are just two snippets that focus on microcosms of entire cultures in a technological age.  They’re nevertheless an interesting moment in “compare and contrast,” since both appear in today’s papers.

From Israel:  scientists have figured out how to use technology to make the paralyzed stand and walk.

From the Taliban:  Talibani fighters were planning on skinning a British Marine alive, and then broadcasting it on the internet.

I’ll leave you to draw your own morally relativistic conclusions, if any.