> From: Ronn Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At 10:15 PM 1/26/02, you wrote: > >\ *If* there is anything as a just war - which > > > I don't say the 1967 war was - then it makes sense to use all valid ways > > > to make it an easier win. > > > > > > A hypothetical example: imagine that the USSR and the USA were > > > *almost* in a Global Termonuclear War. Then, the USSR strikes > > > an attack against Washington and kills the USA president, and the > > > USA (partially) surrenders (say, the USA gives South America to > > > the USSR). This day becomes known in the USSR as "the Victory > > > Day", and, as expected, it's celebrated with lots of vodka. So the > > > USA intelligence learns that even the nuke-controllers consume > > > half their yearly quota of vodka during this day. Wouldn't it be > > > brilliant to launch a nuclear attack against the USSR on this day? > > > > > >But in fact most countries even in war follow certain rules. Attacking > > when every one is drunk celebrating is one thing; attacking on a solemn > > holy day is another. > > In a case like this, though, the attackers could perhaps claim that the day > is only "a solemn holy day" to their enemy who are practicing a false > religion, thus there is no blasphemy in taking advantage of that fact to > attack on that day. > > Of course, taking that argument further, one could say that if both sides > share a common religion�like the Americans and the British in 1775 both
> being (more or less) Christian�it is a no-no. (Though one might question > whether Christmas is indeed a solemn holy day for Christians� or just for > retailers . . . ) > > _____ > �Compared, say, to Easter. Which is thousands of times more pagan than christmas, existed for thousands of years before the birth of christ, is named after a pagan goddess, and is not even the correct date (a couple of days after nissan 14 (aka the passover)). Furthermore the Crist commanded ALL to observe the lords evening meal (which no one does), but not his ressurection.
