At 10:06 AM 9/15/01 -0500 Dan Minette wrote:
>Are suicide bombers who kill 20 civilians better than those who kill 5000,
>or just less able to get a big target?
Strangely, yes.
The bombing of the World Trade Center was not an act of war.
Crashing airplanes into it was.
This country *has* been a victim of terrorism before. Yet, almost
everyone agrees that this time, its different.
Heck, even Hamas has denounced this attack. I think that clearly the
enormity of this attack has gripped us all - and I think that the enormity
of this attack is not lost on even the terrorists who planned it. This
sort of attack is unprecendented for a reason - and I think its because we
are dealing with a new and greater evil than we have dealt with before.
> I realize that its going to be a judgement call, but I don't think that
we can
>just assume that these people are unique.
True, it is a judgement call. After all, *all* humans are questionable -
even the United States.
JDG
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"Freedom itself was attacked today, and Freedom will be Defended."
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