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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (144171)	4/8/2002 5:15:13 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578305

Once again, I guarantee you that the terrorists don't believe in shades of grey, and they won't be swayed by those who do. You want to figure out why they act and think the way they do? Try breaking out of your notion that everything is gray, and you'll start to understand why the terrorists are so determined and how they are so successful at what they do. Tenchusatsu, while its common to believe in these days that seeing and distinguishing between the grays is a bad thing, the truth is that's the hard road to take. There is nothing easier or simpler than seeing things in black or white. It makes killing someone else easier to justify. ted

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (144171)	4/8/2002 6:25:33 PM
From: andreas_wonisch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578305

Tench, Re: don't want to believe in anything absolute. It's all relative, or so you like to believe. Even space and time aren't absolute, so why should complex human relationships be? The reality is that there are no absolute guidelines for what is right and what is wrong -- we can only follow those we made up ourselves because we think they are right. We might try to persuade others that our guidelines are the "right" ones but IMO we don't have a right to force them upon them. If our society is threatened by those who don't follow them we should of course protect it (that's e.g. why I support the operations in Afghanistan). But we should never make the error IMO to think as ourselves as "superior" ("good") and don't listen to the standpoints of others ("evil"). These generalizations just don't work. I guarantee you that the terrorists don't believe in shades of grey Of course they don't. That's what makes them so dangerous. If they didn't believe in the "good vs. evil" mantra they wouldn't be terrorists. And that's why we shouldn't apply that generalization ourselves. You don't "win" against terrorists if you fight against them with their own mindset. Andreas