At 16:58 14-09-2001, you wrote:
To Artur's question about mainstream response, I suspect these are more reflective of it.
Thanks, Peggy, for your answer and the two mails you forwarded. They gave me a perspective of the mainstream... And from the newspapers I have also the perspective of the political leaders (not only of USA, but also of Europe). In spite of the best efforts of many people of good will, the perspective for the near future is somber. The occidental world has now an "enemy" of a few radical groups with some hundreds of members. In a near future we will "create" a much bigger enemy -- maybe half of the muslin world...
Please help me know how best to speak in a way that unites and opens to door to other voices (truth, mercy and peace as well as justice?).
I am sorry but I don't know how to help you. But for me, there is no need to talk about mercy, peace, etc. Justice is enough. This is not a war. We are facing a criminal attack. After a profound investigation, the criminals (including all those PERSONS that ordered the actions or helped them) must be conducted to justice -- and only those. And only that. That's justice. Any other action is not justice - is revenge against people that are not guilty (exactly has it has been done in Yugoslavia - to give only one example)... The actions the world leaders are preparing have the same moral fundamentals of the actions of the criminals. Exactly the same!!! Indeed they are all "fundamentalists"... Maybe this is one of the arguments we must use. When we talk about mercy, some may claim we are weak. No; we are only just. I wonder what field will be the first to use tactical nuclear weapons (there are instructions at the Internet about how to construct one...). Warm regards in a cold world Artur * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
