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If I may add a different distinction here. When bad things are being done, we can distinguish between "justification" and "excuse." A justification entails having done the right thing, usually a lesser evil, e.g. shooting in self-defense. An "excuse" sometimes works, partially, fully, or not at all. One excuses when has made a mistake, acted out of ignorance, whatever, e.g. I shot him because I thought he was about to attack me, but he turned out to be the mailman trying to deliver a package. Judgments tend to differ on both of these, but the distinction should be kept clear. It the first instance one claims to have done the right thing; in the latter one is trying to explain the reason why one did the wrong. Needless to say, when one is speaking of 'terror' one can think of examples both in which it has been justified (e.g. against the Nazis during WW2) or may be excusable? The debate, needless, to say today in the Middle East hinges on this last. Personally I see violence as a last resort when all else has failed and recommend civil disobedience as the better and often more effective alternative. It worked for Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. by showing up and publicizing the cruelty and injustice being inflicted by their opponents. Ed Kent
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On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Wesley Parish wrote:
I would of course like to ask her if she has fallen into the trap of the "good, righteous Jew" stereotype in declaring "There is NEVER a reasonable excuse for the use of terror. When you explain and find plausible reasons for terror, you help to perpetrate its use." [snip]
-- "A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy) -- Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CollegeConversation http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PeaceEfforts http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndingPoverty
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