On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Tom Rittenhouse wrote:
> Why is it the rest of us have to rescue the pacifists when the
> shit they invite happens? I have long had a rule, never start a
> fight but damn well finish it! We didn't start this one, but we
> are going to finish it. Any US politician who does not realize
> this will be out of office next election.
Tom, I think part of the problem is that the other side doesn't think
they started it, either.
Justified? Hell, no. But people out there have reasons to hate America
as much as we love it.
> I am not a patriot. I do not believe in "my country right or
> wrong". I could not find a flag today but I did find some red,
> white, and blue ribbons. They are tied to the antenna of my
> vehicle at half mast where they will remain until the mourning is
> over and the fighting begins. By then I will have found a flag
> which will fly until there are no more terrorists in the world who
> dare act on their beliefs.
So how much are you willing to take? What if/when the fighting you
mention happens here, and not in a TV via CNN? What if it somehow
escalates into a nuclear or bacteriological war? I'm asking these
questions partly to myself, as I don't know the answer.
I don't think there should be no response. I want to find those
bastards and kill them one by one and make them suffer ten times what
we are suffering. But I'm not sure how many more innocent lives I'm
willing to pay for that. Certainly not mine or that of anyone I know.
If I had to take any decisions, I would do my best to put those
feelings I just expressed aside.
j
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