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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (765)	1/30/2001 12:17:09 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Respond to of 23908

The use of terror unilaterally by the state is always counter-productive over the long-run. It undermines public support and credibility, and destroys their moral authority. That said, in situations where the use of terror is a response to terror inflicted on the state by guerillas who target civilians indiscriminately, I think there is some leeway for the methods employed against such groups. But Algeria was also a case where independence was being sought by those who no longer felt represented by their European colonizers. But again, we're talking about a group, the black panthers, who tortured and killed one of their own, AND WERE CAUGHT, charged, and convicted under civilian law, not military law. Btw, Stanley Milgram proved that ordinary people placed in extraordinary circumstances will commit atrocities. And they are more inclined to justify doing so when under the authority and direction of others. And y'know.. some people think that the fire-bombing of civilian targets in Europe and Japan were criminal acts of war... In such brutal circumstances, he who wins the war, writes the rules. Regards, Ron