From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Wed Aug 14 2002 - 14:18:33 MDT
On Wednesday, August 14, 2002, at 01:50 pm, Brian D Williams wrote:
>> From: Eugen Leitl <eugen@leitl.org>
>> What is the hard answer to a nuked Manhattan?
> A Mega-nuked Mecca.
Sadly, you have no clue that you are spouting the terrorist's party
line. You don't realize that you are justifying the terrorist attack on
New York and giving them permission to attack us again in the future.
Basically, you believe that if we have grievances against a few
terrorist individuals that we can and should retaliate to kill massive
numbers of their native population in return. This is the exact
reasoning that lead the terrorists to attack innocent Americans. They
claimed some grievances or atrocities committed by some American
individuals. Instead of blaming individuals or pursuing legal courses
of action, they blame an entire culture and declare war on innocent
civilians. They believe that this course of action is totally
justified, apparently in the exact same way that you do.
You are justifying the same logic they use. You are proposing the same
course of actions they use. The results of your action are
indistinguishable from terrorism. You propose slaughtering entire
cities of innocent people. I don't see how this is any different than
any other brand of terrorism.
And I certainly don't see how this represents a transhuman or Extropian
response.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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