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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (176405)	11/30/2005 4:42:30 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

<But we just sit back and idly tell ourselves "oh, they're just being rhetorical and don't really mean it".. Until one day, as we discovered with Bin Ladin's declarations of war, HE DID MEAN IT.> I suppose people are treating them with contempt so don't really take them seriously. I think letting Adolf get away with it despite his Mein Kampf and obvious intentions was a case of hand-wringing and worrying what the hell to do about it and hoping it would all go away or he'd be reasonable or something. Islamic Jihad should be taken very seriously indeed. They are prepared to die for their beliefs as martyrs in suicide attacks. That's as serious as belief can get. The ultimate is to die for the cause, deliberately. That's serious. They are NOT kidding. They are NOT being rhetorical. It's for real. It's for keeps. They are head-hacking innocent people they can get hold of. It's nuts to think Iran needs nuclear energy. Yet people in SI believe it. Mqurice