> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Halupovich Ilana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: maandag 10 december 2001 6:13 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Tragedy in Israel
> Jeroen asked question and ignored my answer so I am going to ask a > question now: More precisely, *I* asked you a question (three times!) and you still have not given an answer. So, I will ask you again: Suppose your brother kills a Palestinian. The Palestinian Authority sends a group of soldiers to your house, they give you one hour to remove your possesions, then blow up your house in retaliation for the death of the Palestinian killed by your brother. Do you think that would be fair? This is quite a simple question, Ilana. It can be answered by a simple "yes" or "no". I do however not only want an answer, I also want to know *why* you believe such an action is or is not fair. > Suppose you are buying a house, or, better, land - piece of desert > land. Develop it, irrigate it, may be finding water on it or may be > oil, may be not, building your home. Then comes a guy claiming to be > distant relative of a guy who sold you the land, saying, that the deed > is void, because he is co-owner and there is no *his* signature on it, > and telling you to leave. Of course, being human-loving person as you > are, without any ounce of egoism, you leave. But let's, for the > question's sake, say that you don't. So guy puts tent on your main lawn > and you say nothing, because he is miserable and poor and needs some > place to live and to this piece of land he has *some* connection. Then > he starts shooting on you, you home, your family. What would *you* do > then? I fail to see the relevance of this question. The issue here is whether or not it is okay to destroy a family's home because one member of that family is assumed (or known) to be a terrorist. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.brin-l.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
