Hi
17 Sep 2001, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> If it was intended as an attack of humanity than there would have
>> been attacks worldwide.
SH> No. Some of the Nazi war criminals were convicted of crimes
SH> against humanity based on evidence of what they did to their own
SH> people in their own country.
sorry .... I was tired when writing this ..
Sure it was an attack on humanity.
(I thought that you meant, that the prime target wasn't the US, but the
whole world - the whole world is shocked and affected, but the prime
target was the US)
SH> I do know an attack on humanity doesn't necessarily involve an
SH> extensive broad-reaching attack against people in other countries,
it was a misunderstanding by me ...
YOu are 100% right.
SH> I have never seen the full text of the internationally accepted
SH> "legal definition" of the term "crime against humanity".
I don't know the legal definition either, but this attack sure met all the
criteria.
>> It was an attack at the 'satan' called usa. They firmly believe in
>> this view, and it is partly motivated by US foreign politics.
SH> Regardless of how firmly they believe in this view, there are no
SH> circumstances which could tend to excuse and mitigate their actions.
Sure ...
nobody wants to excuse their actions ... they devastated parts of new york,
and killed THOUSANDS of people.
But we have to understand why they did it, so that we can prevent further
attacks.
Only killing bin laden will not really change the situation.
They will claim that he is a martyr (?spelling?)
You have to take away their motivation.
Why does somebody hate the US so much, that he will kill himself, only to
kill US citizens.
SH> I don't like US foreign politics either. My dislike for US foreign
SH> politics does not provide me or anyone else with a justification for
SH> murdering anybody.
There is no justification for murder. Never can there be.
(i can't even understand why a country kills prisoners ... but this is
another story, which does not belong here now)
The attackers have to be punished ... no question.
But as long as the motivation which triggered this attacks (for which no
justification is possible) is up, so long the situation will not relax.
And massive bombings will only worsen it.
Thanks god that it now looks much better.
The US has cooled down a bit, and can now thibk out some strategies, that
will hurt the terrorists. (bombing up some tents does not impress them, but
if the people behind, supporting them are scared/imprisoned/whatsoever this
will hit them very hard.)
If Bush makes things all right, he has even the majority of arabs behind
him. (most of them are as shocked about the attack as the rest of the
world)
(on the other hand one of Bush's well known "slip of his" tongue can ruin
that support)
SH> There can never be any justification whatsoever
SH> for committing an outright murder.
I agree 10000% ... I feel just the same ...
now it's really late ... so good night.
sorry for the misunderstanding ... this should really not have happened.
SH> Sam Heywood
CU, Ricsi
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