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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: epicure who wrote (37518)	11/19/2001 7:28:28 PM
From: Bill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I called both Baldwin and bin Laden cowards. Baldwin boasted that he would pack up and leave the US if Bush was elected. Baldwin went on a late night TV show and threatened to murder Henry Hyde and his family. Baldwin went on another late night show and waived his fists at another commentator who stated lawyer-client privilege is not a constitutionally protected right. In all three cases, Baldwin's victims defended themselves and Baldwin reversed course out of fear. I called the guy a blowhard coward based on those actions. If that objective description tickled your sensitivities, I apologize. As for Bin Laden, he is both a terrorist and a coward regardless of how you wish to portray him.

To: epicure who wrote (37518)	11/19/2001 7:29:58 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

"I think a coward is normally one who shows fear in the face of danger." It is normal to feel fear in the face of danger whether one shows it or not. I would consider it a normal and sensible act to back away from a challenge that represents danger. It becomes cowardly to back away (imo) only when the challenge is to over come such fear to make a stand against injustice.