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Politics : Formerly About Applied Materials
AMAT 230.17-1.4%Nov 7 9:30 AM EST
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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (51888)9/11/2001 9:20:38 PM
From: Proud_Infidel  Read Replies (2) of 70976
 
Sun,

Excellent post; perfect combination of reason, logic and compassion.

But there is another side to this equation. If I lived my life in such a way that actually drove someone to hate me so much that that he'd rather die than to see me alive, then it would be very ignorant and oblivious of me not to question my ways. I'd have to understand what the issues are before I can decide what the correct answer is.

AND

PS Let us not forget that the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan under direct US support. Should we not carry some of the blame for all those Afghans who gravely suffered at the hands of the Taliban? How would you have felt about the Afghans, if they had placed a Taliban like regime in the US?

Tolstoy once said "so many people talk of changing the world; but never do they talk of changing themselves." I am in the minority I am sure in saying I believe there should be no reprisals as violence can never be justified. Over time this lesson will and must be learned if we are to go on as a race. We have had thousands of years though in which the tit for tat lessons of war have not yet taught us that violence will never bring a change to men's hearts.

Brian
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