At 10:16 15-12-01 -0500, Robert Chassell wrote: >Jeroen, regarding symmetry: > >Ilana is saying that she thinks it is worse to kill someone than to >blow up his or her family home. I agree with her. There is a >difference between destroying property and killing a person.
I agree with that. However, the issue is not whether or not killing a person is worse than destroying people's homes. The issue is about punishing innocent people for the crimes of their relatives. When Israeli's get killed by a Palestinian, the Israeli army destroys the homes of that Palestinian's relatives, even if they have not committed an act of terrorism themselves. Ilana seems to think there is nothing wrong with that, but at the same time seems to believe that it would not be justified if the Palestinian Authority would do exactly the same thing: destroy the homes of an Israeli soldier's relatives when that soldier has killed a Palestinian. That is the symmetry I was talking about, not any symmetry between killing people and destroying people's homes. Jeroen _________________________________________________________________________ Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com Tom's Photo Gallery: http://tom.vanbaardwijk.com
