Civilized nations and peoples do not target civilians. And as weapons become more advanced, civilian causalities decrease. Look at Afghanistan as an example. There are neighborhoods where all but one house remains untouched. That one house, all of the residents say, was occupied by a known Taliban or Al Quada member. It is utterly destroyed. The neighbors say no other homes were damaged and no other people hurt. Just that one house. That's what advanced weaponry will do for you.
As I said, civilians will inevitably be hurt in killed in a war zone. I don't think there will ever be a time when that is 100 percent unavoidable, but the difference between a civilized nation (such as Israel) and an uncivilized one (such as Palestine) is who they choose as their targets. The civilized ones pick military and government targets. The uncivilized ones pick civilian targets. H. -----Original Message----- From: Will Swain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 8:10 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) Interesting point.... are you saying that a terrorist is someone who attacks civilians? generally in the past, civilians have not been targeted in time of conflict or war. For example, in WW1 about 5% of all causalities were civilian. Obviously this has changed during the 20th century, maybe partly due to the changing nature of weapons, and of conflict itself. will -----Original Message----- From: Howard Owens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 April 2002 17:01 To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) Illogical and wrong. The colonists attacked military and government targets. H. -----Original Message----- From: Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 7:53 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) Agreed. I'm the colonists that rebelled against England were considered terrorists at the time. Probably still could be. Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Smyth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 10:42 AM Subject: RE: Why (Re: They invaded! 0_0) > >They (the Palestinians) are the terrorists. > > Surely the issue of whether they are terrorists depends on your perspective > of the situation? I'm not condoning anything, its just an observation > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
