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To: i-node who wrote (155449)	12/1/2002 1:14:33 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579760

It is OK to try to understand why a suicide bomber does what he does, and that should in no way be interpreted as excusing or endorsing that act. Mani, well said. When a liberal "understands" why a suicide bomber "does what he does", it is implicitly excusing the act. Its like you speak a different version of English. That's not what I said at all nor does saying "I understand" mean I am excusing the act. Please stop making things up as you go along. It is the same crap liberals do with all manner of criminals -- eliminate the concept of personal responsibility. Never once did I say that. You read what you want into what what people say. To "understand" why a suicide bomber kills babies is precisely the same thing as saying, "well, I can see WHY he did it". When you say, "I can see why he does it", it is effectively bringing about a conclusion that the behavior is reasonable. Which it isn't. That's your conclusion, and only your conclusion. There's no point in me trying to interrupt your internal dialogue; it refuses to let anyone else in or allow anyone to suggest something that might interfere with your fixed-in-concrete value system. Well said? A totally self-conflicting statement, I'd say. Clearly, you wouldn't understand. ted