In reply to you Jo:
Nope, not every one, but there were many less non-terrorist deaths
>than the 9/112800, and their deaths, unlike thedeaths of the civilian
>citizens in the Twin Towers, were accidental and unintended
Is it true then, that the organisation which carried these attacks out can
say that the motive was to destroy 2 buildinggs representing the heart of
what is ultimately unethical foreign policy and the killing of all those
people was accidental/unintentional? Don't kid yourself into thinking that
the US went to war thinking there would be no civilian casualties. If you
want to be so pedantic, we could always change the plea from murder to
manslaughter!
Talking of terrorists, we must not forget that ever since it's existance
Israel (with the support of the US) has broken over 40 UN regulations and
not been retributed. When Israel came into being and the land was being
taken over Jewish terrorist groups burnt women and babies in ovens trhe
local breadmakers had used (bit of a deja vu here?)
Lets also take into consideration that the US has huge grain stores which
are slowly going to waste, while global infant mortality from poverty is 2
deaths every 5 seconds.
I think there should be a sense of perspective, with all due respect and
sympathy 2800 people who lived full and affluent lives is nothing in
comparison!
>From: joedees@bellsouth.net
>Reply-To: virus@lucifer.com
>To: virus@lucifer.com
>Subject: Re: Re:virus: Finding the Golden Mean Middle Way
>Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 00:00:11 -0500
>
>On 1 Aug 2002 at 21:51, ben wrote:
>
> > [Joe]
> > And those who empathize with dead terrorists most likely
> > empathized with them when they were alive; that is a wash, or a net
> > negative, since dead terrorists reduce the total.
> >
> > [ben]
> > sigh... so now every non-US casualty in Afghanistan was a terrorist?
> > Should we start murdering brown people onsight Joe?I
> >
>Nope, not every one, but there were many less non-terrorist deaths
>than the 9/112800, and their deaths, unlike thedeaths of the civilian
>citizens in the Twin Towers, were accidental and unintended. Or does
>it take a Venn Diagram to illustrate that popint for you?
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