at the temporal coordinates: 9/12/01 4:08 AM, the entity known as Eckard
Brauer at E.Brauer_at_intershop.de conveyed the following:
>>
>> This does not justify killing innocent people. In fact there's no justify
>> for killing innocent at all.
>
> This applies to both sides. Even that terriblest act doesn't justify
> killing innocent (collateral damage, in NATO terminology, IIRC).
>
>> I agree that the terrorist people who commited this act of barbarian
>> brutality should be punished and in a way that will be
>> remembered. But not at the cost of innocent human lifes. World already
>> lost enough of it yesterday...
>
> As much as it hurts, those terrorists (and only they, not their neighbours
> or relatives) have to be punished by a correct judgement, not just killed
> by bombs.
Sorry, but innocents DO get killed in war. While everything that can
humanly be done to limit this should be done, this should NOT be a deterrant
to EVER going to war. Such reasoning would have the Nazis and Imperial
Japan ruling the world. Remember, any government harboring or aiding these
swine has made a choice on behalf of their nation. Any harm befalling their
citizens as a result is the fault of THAT government.
Having said that, there IS one motivation that can be used to attack these
dogs and the governments that support them. Their so-called holy war and
all the acts springing from that are (as with all human activity) intended
to achieve their goals. The only proper thing to do is to ensure that such
acts in fact HARM their goals. And, given the massiveness of the attack,
the response should be far more massive. I'm not talking JUST militarily.
Through diplomacy, private and public groups, AND military response, EVERY
'weapon' should be brought to bear to guarantee that far greater harm comes
to their goals than they could ever have imagined.
- Eric.
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