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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (6546)	5/21/2007 3:03:43 PM
From: one_less	Respond to of 10087

"And were I to survive the experience, the only emotion would be relief, and then outrage that I was forced by the perpetrator into having to take such an action." Honor is not an emotion as much as it is a state of being. The nobility and purpose of standing up against heinous injustice does not come at one's leasure and would rarely be considered pleasurable, except maybe in wacky wise cracking buddy movies. It generally comes with great suffering even the sacrifice of one's life. "But I would agree that a terrorist's family SHOULT NOT be directly and seperately targeted without firm information of their direct involvement in terrorist activities.. It's just that we shouldn't restrain ourselves if the target's family happens to be in the vicinity when we drop the JDAM." In the first case the family members are terrorists. In the second case we are not targeting the family members who may have been collateral damage, or incidentally caught in a cross fire. When ever innocents are harmed it is tragic and we should all feel the personal loss, it is sensible to accept collateral damage as a tragic reality in war. When they are targeted we should rise up in their defense. We agree on all this but you've not presented a Quid Pro Quo argument.