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Politics : GOPwinger Lies/Distortions/Omissions/Perversions of Truth

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To: Suma who wrote (12725)	5/12/2004 9:56:37 AM
From: jttmab	Read Replies (1) of 173976

This is the dilemma that faces the military today. We have to make the enemy bad and badder.... and the cutting off of the head of that worker does help our cause in painting them...those guys, he terrorists as really bad while we are just more civilized in that we don't cut off heads. You're correct. Though the Press doesn't cooperate like they did in WWII. I don't recall seeing any WWII newspapers [archives, I'm not that old] that dealt with the human side of the story. There wasn't a single German or Japanese that was any good. It allowed the Allies to firebomb Berlin, Dresden, Tokyo, etc... without a flinch from the public. The beheading certainly offends our sense of civilized. OTH, if you're able to separate yourself from that emotion [not easy], it's not less civilized than beating someone to death and beheading is relatively quick. You could argue that beheading is a more compassionate way of killing someone than some other ways available. From the film, it seems that Berg had absolutely no idea what was about to happen. I'm glad that he didn't. jttmab

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