off topic but i have to say it.

[Bruce]

to quote,
but i have to point out, there's more then you are seeing.
Bruce




----- Original Message -----
From: "Toby Corkindale" <tjcorkin at sa.pracom.com.au>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: off topic but i have to say it.


> This list is not the place for these discussions, but i have to point out
> there's more to it than you are seeing.
> The USA has always tried to do "the right thing", but often seems to end
up
> making things worse. Cases in point are
>
> The whole "war on drugs"
> Involvement with Israels expansionist policy
> Vietnam.
> Backing Iraq, the Taliban, and Bin-laden. (With rather questionable
> motives; how the tables have turned now)
> Restarting international tension by breaking relations with China and
> Russia, breaking the Kyoto deal, starting up arms escalation again,
> restarting the starwars project, etc...
>
> Of course, none of this justifies terrorism! But starting WW3 isn't the
> solution either. You don't solve complex problems with simple solutions,
> like carpet bombing innocent people.
> I don't want to start an argument on here. Please feel welcome to join
some
> on-topic discussion lists if you'd like to see arguments for both sides.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Toby
>
> (Newbie hat firmly in place)
>
> On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Greg Hermann wrote:
> > Precisely the kind of thoughts that put all of us into the pickle where
> > this sort of thing could happen in the first place I am afraid. Similar
to
> > what Chaimberlain did for us all!
> >
> > I have no wish to kill the innocent. I do, however, have a _VERY_
inclusive
> > definition of "giving aid and/or comfort to the enemy" in a time of war.
> > There is only one acceptable fate for those who participate in such
events
> > directly or indirectly, and I fear that collateral damage is pretty much
> > inevitable unless those otherwise good people who have stood by silently
> > while their countrymen plot and support such activities start to
ACTIVELY
> > turn people in, and _NOW_!
> >
> > The toll in innocents will ultimately be FAR higher if it is dealt with
in
> > any other way. I will readily admit that, if some innocents must die,
that
> > I would prefer it to be theirs than ours! Excuuuuze me if you don't like
> > that!
> >
> > Greg
>
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