I find it difficult to understand how these acts of murder help the groups
responsible achieve anything of value.

The way I see it, they will receive retaliation and any sympathy that would
have been building for the "cause" of their people would be lost.

If this is some kind of "holy" war, I see they have a dilemma on their
hands. They will either end up in the afterlife, spending their endless days
with their "god of terror", or they will stand before a just god that will
require them to give account for their actions. It would be a sad day for
them indeed if the god they came before just happened to be the god of their
long time arch enemies.

Best Regards

David Huisman

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[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of M. Adam Davis
Sent: Thursday, 13 September 2001 8:42
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: Tragedy


I don't see the connection.

Either you are saying that when a man commits murder in an area where he
knows the punishment is death, and he receives that punishment, then
justice is not done

OR you are saying that the US is receiving justice in this attack.

Or you have a chronic inability to generate useful analogies.

Anyway.  I don't think I really have anything else useful to say on this
particular track.  It seems this is going to degrade into a splitting
hairs type of discussion.

I'm sorry if I don't understand what you are truly trying to get at.  It
just seems like you are sympathetic to the views of those who would
perfrom this act.

-Adam


Nick Taylor wrote:

>"M. Adam Davis" wrote:
>
>>I am very deeply offended that people keep peddling that line:
>>"One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."
>>
>>It is akin to saying,
>>"One man's murderer is another man's [fill in the blank]".
>>
>
>I also am very tired of hearing (and saying) it ... but it's
>very true.  Many states (notably Texas) execute a large number
>of convicted criminals each year.  It most certainly is NOT a
>deterrent, it does NOT protect society any more than life
>imprisonment ... it only satisfies a blood lust, and in my
>mind is murder by the state.  "One man's murderer is another
>man's purveyor of justice."
>
>Regards,
>  -Nick T.
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