On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 01:42:01 +0200 (CEST), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter)
> wrote:
> > But we have to understand why they did it, so that we can prevent further
> > attacks.
>
> This is something that defies understanding. I don't think it will
> ever be possible for us to understand why the terrorists who attacked
> the WTC and the Pentagon did what they did.
I understand.
> I don't think we will
> ever understand why Hitler and his followers in the SS did what they
> did.
I understand.
> I don't think we will ever understand why McVeigh and Kazinski
> did what they did.
I clearly understand McVeigh... not so sure about
Kazinski.
> I don't think we will ever understand why the
> kids who carried out the Columbine Massacre did what they did.
I don't.
> I
> don't think we will ever understand why Jack the Ripper and and the
> Milwaukee Cannibal did what they did.
Nope, them either.
> I could go on and on naming
> some of the most incorrigible sociopaths reported throughout history
> and commenting about how we will never understand what they did.
You may comment that YOU will never understand.
Don't lay the same inability on everyone else.
> A fellow list subscriber, Or Botton of Israel, has made the same
> observation. He says that his government is ineffective in trying
> to suppress terrorism simply by killing off some known terrorists.
> He says others will always soon pop up to take their place and the
> slain terrorist leaders become martyrs for the cause.
Martyrs are already in abundance. We certainly
don't need more.
> In order for any measures to be effective, they have to hit them so hard
> that they will begin to question the validity of their religious beliefs.
That will not make them question, but only serve to
reinforce their belief that the US is the great satan,
and proving that they must do even more against us.
George Washington had the right idea about foreign
affairs. Were we heeding his advice, I don't believe
we'd be having this discussion.
- Steve
