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To: Tony Viola who wrote (153640)1/3/2002 6:13:21 PM
From: Road Walker  Respond to of 186894
 
Tony,

re: Not at all, but if for example we stopped to worry about every unfortunate critter that got in the way of a bomb in WWII, I don't think a lot of us would be speaking English today.

I think there are some subtle differences. In order to kill all the terrorists with bombs, we would need to drop them on many cities around the world, probably including some US cities. Terrorism doesn't have a nationality, and many Afghans are just as innocent as the folks that may live next door to a terrorist in San Francisco.

It's complicated, and hard for me to understand the implications of how we act.

John



To: Tony Viola who wrote (153640)1/3/2002 6:37:44 PM
From: SilentZ  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 186894
 
>Not at all, but if for example we stopped to worry about every unfortunate critter that got in the way of a bomb in WWII, I don't think a lot of us would be speaking English today.

Yeah, but back then we didn't have the luxury of such discretion. The urgency isn't there and it doesn't need to be there. We can afford to take our time if it means the loss of fewer lives.

-Z


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