Come on Hermit. Do you really think you can get away with a cheap trick like
this? :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hermit" <hidden@lucifer.com>
To: <virus@lucifer.com>
Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 10:51 AM
Subject: Re:virus: UN report on Jenin released - Israel not guilty
>
> massacre
>
> \\Mas"sa*cre\\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Massacred; p. pr. & vb. n.
Massacring.] [Cf. F. massacrer. See Massacre, n.] To kill in considerable
numbers where much resistance can not be made; to kill with indiscriminate
violence, without necessity, and contrary to the usages of nations; to
butcher; to slaughter; -- limited to the killing of human beings.
>
> If James should be pleased to massacre them all, as Maximian had massacred
the Theban legion. --Macaulay.
> Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
> [hr]
> Yes, considerable numbers were killed. - 'considerable' is a subjective
standard. Given the scale of the fighting a tiny number died. .
> Yes, much resistance could not be made - Incorrect, 'considerable'
resistance was made in this armed camp.
> Yes, indiscriminate violence was deployed. - This is simply false.
> Yes, It was without necessity - This is simply false.
> Yes, contrary to the usage of nations - This is simply and demonstrably
false.
> Yes, Palestinians are human beings too. - This is of course true but
irrelevant. These humans were not massacred.
>
> Was there a massacre? You choose.
Of course not. Ask the UN, the Palestinians and the Israeli's - they all
agree: No.
Regards
Jonathan
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