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To: RetiredNow who wrote (243093)	7/24/2005 8:56:05 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1576823

Well I hate to say it, but I can't really agree with you. In most cases I'd say you're correct. But I can imagine extreme cases where suicide bombing may be "morally justified" or whatever you want to say about it. 1 - Supposed you are a high level German officer in WW2 in Hitler's upper heirarchy. You realize what he is doing to the Jewish people of Europe, as well as what he's doing to the German people, as well as what he is doing to Europe as a whole. You are involved in the meeting of his top 30 leaders. And you are Jewish, but none of them know it (lucky you). You wear and detonate a suicide bomb at the 1943 Xmas party killing all of them. Justified, or not? 2 - Supposed you are in an occupied land and the occupiers regularly kill members of your family, humiliate your people, show zero signs of leaving, and you have no means to strike back at them military, but you have the means to blow up some of their kids in a suicide attack. You HATE them for what they do to you and "people like you". After 25 years, the situation is the same. You're sick of it, so do you kill just yourself (you've decided no sense in going on living) or are you justified in taking some of them with you?

To: RetiredNow who wrote (243093)	7/24/2005 11:00:47 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576823

>Tejek has made statements to the effect that the suicide bombings are a tragedy, BUT. That is apology for suicide bombings. There is not BUT. It's simply unacceptable. Period. But there can be BUTs for non-suicide bombings... -Z

To: RetiredNow who wrote (243093)	7/24/2005 3:00:47 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576823

Tejek has made statements to the effect that the suicide bombings are a tragedy, BUT. That is apology for suicide bombings. There is not BUT. It's simply unacceptable. Period. I've apologized for suicide bombings? You are lying sack of horse puckey. There is nothing acceptable about suicide bombings. What I have said is that the West is not innocent in this matter; that they have done things that have provoked Muslims. The only difference between you and I is that you haven't met a Westerner you didn't love and a Muslim you didn't hate.