To: Raymond Duray who wrote (7986 ) 9/16/2001 3:22:00 PM From: Razorbak Read Replies (1) | Respond to Ray, Good Afternoon.Thanks for the links to the Barbary Coast and the Library of Congress incident report. We are in complete agreement on eradicating the terrorist cells, pronto. very important point upon which to agree. If we don't agree upon anything else in this ensuing dialogue, then we will have still achieved a very important point of consensus.My objection to declaring "war" is that the indiscriminate slaughter of further innocents (if anyone in Afghanistan can be called such a thing) is that it only reinforces the cycle of violence, wherein I see the U.S. having a lot more to lose than the zealots and fundamentalists we oppose. indiscriminant slaughter of further innocents. We didn't do that in the Gulf War, and that was our most recent campaign. Why should we do it now? Even the Hanna Barbera TV generation knows that. You don't even have to read that in the history books.I'm glad that we have been able to be of some entertainment value to each other during these trying times. Seems to be a bit of nervous chattering as we face an uncertain future. Sometimes the use of this written medium leads to some unpredictable interpretations of the meaning of another's words. While I've enjoyed our exchange, I'm of the opinion that it's high time for me to back off from what has become a fairly inconsequential bout of "baiting" as you call it. I know I'm guilty of doing so with you, and upon reflection, this doesn't seem a particularly appropriate response considering the circumstances at hand. In other words, nuf sed.
