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To: Rambi who wrote (212978)	7/22/2007 2:00:18 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) of 794221

People have a very difficult time getting beyond an emotional reaction when a word they perceive as positive is applied to a group or person they find abhorrent. "Moral equivalency" is a defense against having to apply the word. Maybe an emotional reaction to murder isn't a bad thing and should be understandable. On the subject of courage, its not just a word "we Americans use for people who do difficult and admirable things, a word we use for our soldiers, a word of great appreciation and praise." The word virtue is derived from the Latin word (virtus) for "valor, manliness, excellence, courage, character, and worth". en.wikipedia.org Before the Romans, the Greek philosophers listed courage as one of the four cardinal virtues. And these cardinal virtues were to be unified or hinged together. Courage without justice or in pursuit of injustice wouldn't be virtuous or courageous. Another word should be used that doesn't have virtuous connotations. Anyway, the point is our classical forebears might have had a problem applying courage to suicide bombers too.

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