From: Brian D Williams (talon57@well.com)
Date: Thu Apr 11 2002 - 07:46:17 MDT
>From: Harvey Newstrom <mail@HarveyNewstrom.com>
>All of these hypothetical situations are missing the point.
>Israel has authorized the use of deadly force against reporters to
>enforce their news blackout. This is not a case of mistaken
>identity, collateral damage, or inadvertent damage being done by
>the reporters. The Israeli government admits and defends their
>use of deadly force to force reporters out of the area.
This is not hypothetical, this is war, where one mistake gets you
killed.
I have no problems with "journalists will be shot on site."
But that's because I've actually been there, and until you've
actually faced the result of a bad policy you're not likely to
understand why.
The first commandment of a grunt is:
"Thou shall not give away thy position"
The second is:
"That which giveth away thy position is thy enemy"
Brian's corollary: "If you deliberately or through carelessness put
me in danger, I am going to put YOU in danger"
You want to see whats going on?
Enlist.
Brian
Member:
Extropy Institute, www.extropy.org
National Rifle Association, www.nra.org, 1.800.672.3888
SBC/Ameritech Data Center Chicago, IL, Local 134 I.B.E.W
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Nov 02 2002 - 09:13:25 MST