oh, people who do bad things can usually find an excuse for them? I will grant you that, sure. I am just trying to apply the "reasonable man" test... I do realize that this assumes I am reasonable, which might be a case in point :)
Bill Wheatley writes: > thats not what i meant. > > You said > "I dont say I agree with it, just that I can conceive of a mind frame where > someone might think these tactics were justified" > > So i took that as someone can convince themselves of everything they WANT to > be justified in doing. So i'm sure hitler was able to put himself into a > mind set where it was ok to kill millions etc etc. Not that WE can put > ourselves into others mind sets and find a justification for it. > > :) Sorry for the mixup! > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 2:07 PM > Subject: Re: live video/Iraq > > > speaking for myself, no... I can't justify Eichmann, Hitler, the DC sniper, > the US soldier who attacked other US soldiers, just off the top of my head. > > Bill Wheatley writes: > > > LOL anyone can get into any mind frame where anything is justified. > > > > 9/11, terrorists in general, saddam killing his own people, hitler, the > holy > > wars back in the day? > > > > lol > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dana Tierney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:36 PM > > Subject: Re: live video/Iraq > > > > > > I dont say I agree with it, just that I can conceive of a mind frame where > > someone might think these tactics were justified > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > Guerilla warfare means sneak attacks, hitting behind the lines. > Snipers, > > > bombs, things like that. Digging a tunnel under your enemies base to > > defeat > > > it's defenses. > > > > > > Dressing as a civilian or pretending to surrender is a war crime. It's > > also > > > only going to cause innocents and people truly trying to surrender to be > > > killed. > > > > > > If they see themselves as valiant anything they should do as their > > religion > > > says, martyr themselves so we can be rid of them here forever. > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dana Tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 1:05 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: Re: live video/Iraq > > > > > > > > > I think it stinks to use people's compassion against them. Is it > > legitimate > > > guerrila warfare? ummm... maybe. If they see themselves as outgunned > > > valiant defenders against an overwhelmingly more powerful invader I > guess > > I > > > can see it. I don't blame the Americans if they make it a heck of a lot > > > harder to surrender in future though. > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > Tactical surprise? Funny from what I remember of the rules of land > > > warfare > > > > what they did was a crime, and turned them into saboteurs. That means > > you > > > > don't even have to try them, you can just shoot them. Don't need to > > take > > > > them prisoner or anything. If you are expecting to be treated as a > > > > combatant then you need to look and act accordingly. > > > > > > > > Tim > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2003 10:25 AM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: live video/iraq > > > > > > > > > > > > Bill Wheatley wrote: > > > > > You're missing the point and wrong, the people who were happy to see > > us > > > > > did cheer. > > > > > > > > And how many where that? > > > > > > > > I wouldn't expect too much cheering before the news comes out Saddam > is > > > > dead. These are the same people that cheered prematurely in 1991 and > > payed > > > > > > > a hefty price for that. > > > > > > > > > > > > > These people were just soldiers in plain cloths there to BUTCHER and > > > > > trick theallied soldiers. > > > > > > > > I believe I heard somebody explain that that is called "tactical > > > surprise". > > > > > > > > > > > > > lol > > > > > > > > You must be kidding. > > > > > > > > Jochem > > > > > > > > PS News and press-conferences on Iraq Sattelite Channel are actually > in > > > > English. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
